Kent County Flashback: Getting Ready for Ice Sailing

January 5, 2024 by Historical Society of Kent County

Joe Strong Downey, who was born in 1919, is seen preparing for ice sailing. After serving in the Army during WWII, Mr. Downey returned to Rock Hall where he later owned and operated the Rock Hall Texaco gas station and Dairy Queen. Image courtesy of the Historical Society of Kent County.

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Joe Lill says

January 5, 2024 at 3:30 PM

Does anyone know where this picture was taken? As a “Chicken Necker”, my thoughts would be that this could be Swan Point taken from Lawton Ave., or near the Eastern Neck Island bridge looking west.

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