Gallery 7   Trappe area atrifacts

PEOPLE, PLACES, ORGANIZATIONS AND POLITICS

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Portrait photo of Frank Baker
 701. Oldest known portrait photo of Frank (Home Run) Baker taken in 1908 when he was 22.		 Baker's boyhood
 702. Frank (Home Run) Baker's boyhood story as told by childhood friend, 1913
(1 MB .pdf download)		 J. Franklin <i>Home Run</i> Baker at his home in Trappe
•703. J. Frank Home Run Baker and his wife Ottilie circa 1909
Baker family photo
 704. Norman, Agnes and J. Franklin Baker at their parents home on Howell's Pt. Rd. circa nineteen-teens.		 Baker baseball card
 705. Frank (Home Run) Baker baseball trading card, American Caramel Co. 1921.

J. Franklin <i>Home Run</i> Baker at his home in Trappe
•706. J. Franklin Home Run Baker at his home in Trappe, c. 1958
J. Franklin <i>Home Run</i> Baker at his home in Trappe
•707. Graves of J. Franklin Home Run Baker (1886-1963)
& first wife Ottilie (1888-1920)		 John Caulk
 708. John K. Caulk, Sr. with horse and buggy, downtown Trappe
circa 1860's		 Early street scene
 709. A very early street scene of Trappe taken in the 1860s		 Joseph and Mary Caulk
 710. Very early Trappe area photograph portrait of Joseph & Mary Elizabeth Caulk taken in 1857 or 1858
Trappe souvenir
 • 711. 1856 letter from Mary Elizabeth Caulk in Baltimore to her husband Joseph Caulk		 Trappe souvenir
 • 712. Letter dated May 12, 1860 from Mary Elizabeth Caulk to her son William		 Trappe souvenir
 • 713. June 10, 1860 letter from a Caulk family friend staying at Isle of Rays farm near Trappe

Isle of Rays house
 714. Caulk house on Isle of Rays farm (now called Roslyn), Island Creek Neck. Built in the 1840s
Isle of Rays Buick
 715. The Caulk family admires new Buick. Isle of Rays farm (now Roslyn farm) Island Creek Neck. 1915-17

Ingleside 1910
 716. Ingleside farm, Trappe, Md.
1910
Watermelon party at Ingleside
717. Watermelon party at Ingleside farm about 1910.
Aerial View of Ingleside Farm, 1940
 718. Aerial view of Ingleside Farm Chancellor's Pt. Rd. circa 1940
Velie automobile
 719. Ingleside Farm in the early 1920s. The automobile is a
1921 Velie.
Lions Club at THS
 720. A district meeting of the Lions Club at Trappe High School auditorium circa 1950.
Jones House
 721. The Jones house at Trappe Landing
circa 1920		 Slaughter House
 722. The Slaughter house at Trappe Landing
circa 1920		 Soft Crabbing
 723. Soft crabbing off the Webb Farm, Jamaica Pt. Rd. Trappe, Md. early 1950s		 Island Creek fishing
 724. Island Creek fishing		 Life in the country
 725. Life in the country: picking geese & crabs circa 1957, Milan Farm.
Liberty Song
 726. Copy of "The Liberty Song" from 1768, written by John Dickinson.
[Listen to song]		 4 letters from Trappe
 727. 4 letters mailed to Trappe in 1844 & 1845. No two spellings of Trappe are the same.		 Old letter from Trappe
 728. Letter mailed from Trappe in 1847, in the days before there were postage stamps.		 Trappe Red Men
 •729. Tuckahoe Tribe No.64 Improved Order of Red Men, Trappe, circa 1882		 Trappe Red Men Dues Paid
 •730. Dues paid Improved Order of Red Men, 1914, 1919
Trappe Red Men letter
 • 731. 1923 letter from Great Chief of Records Improved Order of Red Men
ritual wind machine
 732. Improved Order of Red Men ritual wind machine		 Trappe chapter IOOF, 1910
 733. The Trappe chapter of the International Order of Odd Fellows was established about 1910.		 Trappe's Odd Fellows •734. Trappe's Odd Fellows circa 1915 Bugeye
 735. A Bugeye entering Island Creek under sail,
(undated photo)
Oyster License
 736. License to catch oysters issued Nov. 5, 1873
Scout troop 1920
 737. Trappe Boy Scout Troop, circa 1919		 Scout troop 1920
 738. Boy Scout handbook used by Trappe scout,1953		 Cub Scout uniform
 739. Trappe Cub Scout uniform Pack 189 Den 4 circa 1958		 Cub Scout uniform
 •740. Trappe Jimmy Dawson's Winning Pinewood Derby Racer, circa 1959
Troop 189
 741. Trappe Boy Scout Troop 189 at Rodney Scout Reservation, 1962
Windy Hill circa 1920
 742. 4H Club demonstration wins safety award, 1957.
4H Club Week
 743. Trappe youth at 4H Club Week, College Park Md.,1955
Windy Hill circa 1920
 744. The steamer Dorchester at Windy Hill probably 1920s.		 Main St. Trappe
 745. Jack Slaughter, Bill Kirby and Jim Banks on Main St., Trappe
Pops Murray
 746. "Pops" Murray, the last miller of Wright's Mill. Photo by Tom Firth probably 1950s, courtesy Joedy Cecil.		 Defender House
 747. Defender House, Trappe, Md.
circa 1815		 Defender House
 748. Historic building from downtown Trappe,
circa 1908		 Merrick House
 749. Samuel James Merrick (1843-1924) "Capt. Sam" on his farm near Trappe
 Merrick House
 750. The Samuel James Merrick house on Bruceville Rd. near Trappe, Md.
Adams for senator
 • 751. The old Leonard house on Maple Ave. about 1945
The old Kemp house at 3901 Main St.
 • 752. Dr. Samuel T. Kemp house at 3901 Main Street, Trappe
circa 1764
Hampden, south side Island Creek Neck
 • 753. Hampden, south side Island Creek Neck, originally owned by the Martin family in 1660s.
The gravestone of Elizabeth Martin, 1676
 • 754. The gravestone of Elizabeth Martin, 1676
Local Politics


Adams for House of Delegates
755. Charles B. Adams, Jr., candidate for House of Delegates, 1966.		 Adams for House of Delegates
 756. Charles B. Adams, Jr., candidate for House of Delegates campaign advertisement		 Adams for senator
 757. Charles B. Adams, Sr., Republican for state senator, November 1950		 Adams for senator
 • 758. Charles B. Adams, Sr., Talbot Co. Treasurer, Dec. 1943
The artifacts and the images of the artifacts displayed here are NOT FOR SALE and unless credited otherwise, are the property of James Dawson or the Unicorn Bookshop Inc. and are used with all rights reserved. None of the images displayed here may be reproduced in any manner without written consent of the owner.

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Trappe Artifacts Gallery 7. PEOPLE, PLACES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND POLITICS