Sunday, March 27, 2011

Oktoberfest at the Bowie Race Track, 1973

Oktoberfest at the Bowie Race Track, October, 1973.

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Tischer VolkswagenOktoberfest. Tischer Volkswagen of Laurel had a German engineered Beetle on display




Tischer Volkswagen











Bowie Mayor Jim ConwayBowie Mayor Jim Conway at the microphone, Maryland Senator Ed Conroy to the right of Conway and Bowie City Councilman Bill Wildman on the far right




Bowie Mayor Jim Conway Jim Conway, Ed Conroy and Bill Wildman




Bowie Mayor Jim ConwayJim Conway and Ed Conroy




Bowie Mayor Jim ConwayJim Conway and Ed Conroy








Bowie Mayor Jim ConwayBowie Mayor Jim Conway being escorted




Bowie Mayor Jim ConwayBowie Mayor Jim Conway being escorted




Bowie Mayor Jim ConwayIt was good to be Bowie Mayor Jim Conway during Oktoberfest




Bowie Mayor Jim ConwayBowie Mayor Jim Conway being kissed. Bowie City Councilmen Dick Bulman and Bill Wildman are on the right.




Bowie Mayor Jim ConwayLouie Goldstein on the left. Bowie Mayor Jim Conway is second from the right.




Bowie Mayor Jim ConwayLouie Goldstein on the left. Bowie Mayor Jim Conway is second from the right.




National Brewing Company,Natty Boh,Horse Drawn Beer WagonKegs of beer delivered via horse drawn beer wagon by National Brewing Company. Perhaps some Natty Boh?




Al Karwacki,Prince George's County Councilman Frank FrancoisAl Karwacki (left), Prince George's County Councilman Frank Francois (center)




Al Karwacki,Prince George's County Councilman Frank FrancoisAl Karwacki (left), Prince George's County Councilman Frank Francois (center)




Kiss Me I'm GermanKiss Me I'm German




Inside the Bowie Race Track





















I wasn't sure if the following set of pictures were part of Oktoberfest, but they were taken at the Bowie Race Track during the same time period, and there appears to be a guy dressed in German garb in the background of the first photo.


Native American Indian Dance



Native American Indian Dance



Native American Indian Dance


Native American Indian Dance



Native American Indian Dance




These pictures were posted as part of the Bowie Blade Pic Project, I've been posting pictures taken by Arnie Miles for the Bowie Blade between 1973 and 1975.

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Friday, March 25, 2011

Golfing in Bowie, Spring, 1974

These pictures appear to show the Bowie High golf team at the Bowie Golf & Country Club in the spring of 1974.

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A car can be seen in the background driving South on Route 197. Rockledge Elementary School and part of the Rockledge section can also be seen. The house on the left is still on Route 197 today, but it's easy to miss when driving by. The Heartfield Assisted Living building might have been partially visible in this photo if it had existed in 1974.




You can't photograph teenagers without someone flipping you the bird. The houses in the background are probably in either the Rockledge or Whitehall section.








This guy is teeing off right next to Route 197.



























These pictures were posted as part of the Bowie Blade Pic Project, I've been posting pictures taken by Arnie Miles for the Bowie Blade between 1973 and 1975.

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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Bowie High Sports Award Banquet, March, 1974

Below are pictures from a Bowie High Sports award banquet held in March, 1974 at the Bowie Elks Lodge in Crofton. I don't have names of the people in each picture, but the pictures show the following athletes listed on the "Hall of Fame."
  • Robert Cashwell
  • Maxine Eggleston
  • Dave Phillips
  • Bill Franklin
  • Kevin Castner
  • Mike Hungerford
  • Gene Bates

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These pictures were posted as part of the Bowie Blade Pic Project, I've been posting pictures taken by Arnie Miles for the Bowie Blade between 1973 and 1975.

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Photos of Bowie Maryland 1973 through 1975 by Arnie Miles is licensed under a Creative
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