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The Atwell family lived in Shady Side, Maryland for three generations. The Atwells were carpenters, shipwrights, and boat builders. In this Oral History, Jim tells stories of his father using Shady Side "dialect;" of his grandmother, Anna Maude…

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Lucretia Brown & Nellie Jane Cherry 4/24/1938

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Iva Fern Proctor Ford was born and raised in Shady Side, Maryland. Her mother was part of the Crandell family and she spent a great deal of time with her Grandmama Crandell, helping around the boarding house she ran for hunters, primarily from…

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Emma Price (Lucretia Brown's Grandmother) daughter of Capt. Salem Avery

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Lucretia Brown was born and raised in this home, on Snug Harbor Road, which her father, Francis Vernon Lee, bought/built in 1917.

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1950: Bill Nowell w/ wife (Martha) and dog "Tuffy" editor of "The Great Swamper"

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"Captain Bill," pictured in the photo, wrote and published The Great Swamper, among other newspapers, during his
lifetime. In this photo, he's sitting with copies of the Newspaper.

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The Great Swamper / Bill Nowell's Office 1988. Built by Nowell and housed his motion picture theater and later an auto dealership
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