Car shows were held in the armory in Elkton until the 1960s. In this 1967 Cecil Whig photo, show organizers and car dealership owners Warren W. Boulden, Jr. and Frank Williams pose in front of the armory. These shows began in 1925 and were originally sponsored by the American Legion Post 15. The legion was [...]
This snowy photo of East Main Street in Elkton, Maryland was taken in February of 1899. Snow removal was mostly done by hand, which meant Mother Nature was in charge! The area pictured was the vicinity of today’s courthouse. The wood sided house was the location of Miss Tabby Jones’s Nursery School. None of the [...]
The Historical Society of Cecil County was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly in 1931. The building which now houses the Society was constructed about 1830 as a bank with commercial space for a vault and cashier’s office on the first floor and residential quarters for the head cashier above. In the 1890s, [...]
