Talbot Historical Society
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HSTC is a 501(c)3 in Talbot County, MD. Its purpose is to offer historically significant and educational exhibits, research opportunities, programs and outreach to and for the benefit of Talbot County residents and visitors.
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It's time for Tharpe Antiques and Decorative Art's Manager DeeDee Wood's weekly video! Enjoy and stop by and shop at Tharpe, part of the Talbot Historical Society Campus!
Project Rewind- Talbot County 2
Project Rewind - Talbot County: We all miss the H&G Restaurant on Rt. 50 Easton, Maryland! Bob Horner's father and grandfather built the restaurant and opened it on June 19,1947 and the Horner's closed the restaurant in July, 2005. Facts: July 14, 2005 Star Democrat article "Customers saddened by H &G closing" by Shelley Buter. Loved the fried shrimp, turkey and stewed tomatoes!! Share your favorite H & G memories! Photo from the Talbot Historical Society H. Robins Hollyday Collection. Contact: Cathy Hill cvhill@atlanticbb.net to share your old photos. Comment, Like our page and join THS!
Jane
Thanks Jane Barrett for sharing this post to the Growing up in Tilghman group!
The Way We Were (in St. Michaels) Presentation set for May 19
Pam O'Brien's " The Way We Were in St. Michael's " May 19 will be amazing!
Project Rewind- Talbot County 2
Project Rewind-Talbot County: Trader's Drug Store was a local treasure and was packed at lunch everyday! Don't remember all of that alcohol but definitely remember the Whitman's chocolates! Do you have any Trader's memories? Traders opened in 1933 and closed Friday May 22, 1992 at 4:00 pm! Facts: "The Star Democrat" Sunday, May24, 1992 issue. Photo from the Talbot Historical Society's Laird Wise Collection. Contact: Cathy Hill cvhill@atlanticbb.net to share your old photos. Comment, Like our page and join THS!
Jane
Enjoy this Jane Barrett post to the Growing up in Tilghman group!
Project Rewind- Talbot County 2
Project Rewind-Talbot County: Dave McQuay, thank you for sharing this priceless circa 1932-1933 photo from your grandmother, Lottie Covington Harrison's Collection! Dave's local history facts identify the man as Frank Richardson. He is standing next to the Oxford ferry Tred Avon that his father Captain Buck Richardson had built. Look how small it is!! Contact: Cathy Hill cvhill@atlanticbb.net to share your old photos. Comment, Like our page and join THS!
Tharpe Antiques and Decorative Arts
It's Friday and time for Tharpe Antiques and Decorative Arts manager DeeDee Wood's weekly video! Tharpe is a part of the Talbot Historical Society and can be found on our Washington St. Campus! Stop by and shop!
Talbot County Garden Club
Thanks to the Talbot County Garden Club for your faithful care of the Talbot Historical Society Gardens!
Project Rewind- Talbot County 2
Project Rewind-Talbot County: Enjoy this newly scanned photo of the ferry's departure from Claiborne! The first Claiborne to Annapolis ferry boat run was June 19, 1919 on the 1901 side wheeler ferry Gov. Emerson C. Harrington! This 1938 Talbot Historical Society H. Robins Hollyday Collection photo is of the Gov. Emerson C. Harrington II which made the last Claiborne to Romancoke run on December 31, 1952. The first Gov. Emerson C. Harrington ferry left Service in 1938 and became a floating restaurant in Pocomoke City, Md and the 1913 steam and coal fired boiler run Gov. Emerson C. Harrington II took it's place. Facts: Wikipedia "Claiborne -Annapolis Ferry Company" Contact: Cathy Hill cvhill@atlanticbb.net to share your old photos. Comment, Like our page and join THS!
Frederick Douglass Honor Society
The May 21 Frederick Douglass Honor Society Event is coming soon!
Project Rewind- Talbot County 2
Project Rewind-Talbot County: On August 27, 1905 a group of 12 Easton, Md. men self named the "Alfaretta Fishing Club" spent a week fishing Sharp's Island's waters 5 miles off of Black Walnut Point on Tilghman Island. Captains John B. and Thomas Harrison took them out to the Island on their workboat Iva. All but 25 acres of Sharps Island had washed away in 1905 and one last large deserted building served as their headquarters. William C. Meintzer documented the week. Members in the group included Walter C. Hughs, A. Clark Gilbert, E. Ashton Plummer, W. J. H. Wooters, Joseph P. Hull, George C. Mason, W. Grayson Stitchberry, Lawrence H. Chaffinch, Harry S. Burrows, J. M. Mowbray, J. Graham Shannahan and William C. Meintzer. Are any of your ancestors listed here? Facts: " The Tales of Sharp's Island" by Douglass Hanks, Jr. Dec. , 1975. Talbot Historical Society H. Robins Hollyday Collection photo. Contact: Cathy Hill cvhill@atlanticbb.net to share your old photos. Comment, Like our page and join THS!
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