Old Damascus Photos from the Smith Family Album
These are photos from the family albums of the webmaster of this site.
10 photos, about 454 kilobytes, slow download on a phoneline connection.

First car in Damascus, probably around 1916. My grandmother used to brag about this.
Actually she bragged about a lot of things, like being the first woman to go swimming in Damascus,
(no photos available). My grandfather is driving, and the passengers are my father and aunt.

Damascus High School baseball team in front of the Rock School, probably around 1927.
My father Garland Smith is third from the right in the back row.

My grandfather E. F. "Doc" Smith (right) at the pharmacy in Damascus.
The building is gone now, replaced by a parking lot.
A visit to the Damascus library and to the book of old buildings there will reveal
how much classic architecture the town has lost.

Street scene in front of the drug store.

Street scene in front of the drug store.

The family album has several photos just of the train track, like these two, indicating how much the railroad was part of daily life in Damascus in the early part of the century.

Playing on the railroad track. They dressed kids funny in those days.

My aunt at the family home on Laurel Avenue, a house built by my grandparents.

Playtime on Laurel Avenue in Damascus, Virginia, early 1900s.