Strasburg High School 1925 Girls' Basketball Players
Students - Virginia - Strasburg
Basketball players - Virginia - Strasburg
Basketball - Virginia - Strasburg
Public schools - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Purvis, Georgia Corrine (1906-1956)
Stine, Edna Catharine (1905-1991)
Blackrock, Lois McInturff (1909-1987)
Snapp, Anna Elizabeth (1908-1951)
Tiller, Janie Lee Borden Staples (1909-2002)
Lupton, Selma S. Funk (1908-1999)
Photograph of the Girls' Basketball Team of Strasburg High School in 1925.
The players have been identified as: Standing (l to r) Georgia C. Purvis, Edna Catharine Stine, Lois V. McInturff; and seated (l to r) Anna Snapp, Janie Lee Borden, and Selma Funk.
The photograph was taken in 1925 in what was known as the "Girls Gym" of the old Strasburg High School.
Georgia Corrinne Purvis was born in Shipman, Nelson County, to Joseph W. and Effie Ray (Fisher) Purvis. She graduated from Strasburg High School and became a nurse. In May 1945, just after Germany surrendered to the Allies in WWII, Georgia enlisted and served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps until she was honorably discharged after the Japanese surrendered later that year. She died unexpectedly just shy of her 50th birthday.
Edna Catherine Stine graduated from Strasburg High School and went on to get her nurse’s degree. In 1940, she lived in Swannanoa, Buncombe County, North Carolina, where she worked as registered nurse at a government hospital. She never married and eventually returned to Shenandoah County where she lived in Woodstock throughout her later years. She is buried in Star Tannery, Frederick County, Virginia.
Lois Virginia McInturff was the daughter of William Erasmus and Erma (Crabill) McInturff. In 1920, she lived with her farming family in the Johnston District. By 1930, her father had died and she lived in Washington D.C. with her widowed mother and siblings. There, she worked as a telephone operator. She met her husband, Clay Logan Blackstock (born in North Carolina), married him in 1932, and by 1940, the coupled lived on Utah Avenue in Washington D.C. Clay worked as a switchman for the telephone company. Her mother, sister, and brother lived with them. In her later years, Lois lived in Marion County, Florida, where she died.
Anna Elizabeth Snapp was the daughter of Harvey L. and Victoria (Lemley) Snapp. Anna became a town bookkeeper/clerk in Strasburg. She never married. Tragically, she was killed in an automobile accident that occurred two miles south of Strasburg on Route 11 (Fishers Hill). She was in her early forties.
Janie Lee (Borden) Staples Tiller was born to Robert Eugene and Dora Belle (Bageant) Borden. Her father was from Strasburg and her mother was born in West Virginia. She lost her mother as a young child and her father re-married. In 1920, she lived with her family near the intersection of Queen and Holliday Streets in Strasburg. She moved to Richmond as a young woman where she spent the rest of her life. In 1937, she married Waller Redd Staples, Jr. (1906-1948) who was a clerk for the C & O Railway Company. By 1940, they a 1-year old son, Waller Redd Staples, III, and lived in the Brookland area of Richmond. Many years after her husband died, Janie re-married in 1966 to Herbert Gordon Tiller (1903-1983) in Norfolk.
Selma S. Funk Lupton was born in Shenandoah County to Hugh Stover Funk, a station agent in Strasburg, and Roberta Catherine (Lillard) Funk. After high school, Selma married Cecil Boyd Lupton (1907-1960) in 1925, who worked as a music dealer. He was the son of William J. and Minnie (Hamman) Lupton. In 1930, the couple lived with her parents and had a baby daughter, Janet L. More children followed. At some point, the family moved to Arlington where they remained the rest of their lives.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
1925
Identified by Anna Belle Winkfield from Strasburg.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Date provided by library staff based on the 1925 Strasburg High School yearbook held in the Truban Archives.
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Hugh Morrison Studio Collection images 002227, 004799, 004838, 004843, 004944, 004959, 004960, 004961, 004962, and 004964 are group photographs from the 1925 Strasburg (VA) Yearbook “Shenandoah.”
Anna Elizabeth Snapp appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 004834 and 004960.
Edna Catharine Stine appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 004799, 004944, 004960, 004961, and 004962.
Georgia Corrine Purvis appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002227 and 004960.
Janie Lee Borden Staples Tiller appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002227 , 004959, and 004960
Lois McInturff Blackrock appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002227, 004959, 004960, and 004961.
Selma S. Funk Lupton appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002227, 004960, and 004959.
Hugh Morrison Studio Collection images 001181 and 001197 are photographs of the Strasburg School produced for the 1925 Strasburg (VA) Yearbook “Shenandoah.”
004960
MMA Basketball Player
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Unidentified MMA student wearing his school's basketball team uniform and holding a basketball.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
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004505
1913 MMA Basketball Players
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Photograph of five Massanutten Military Academy basketball players posing on a set of steps. "M.A. 1913." is written on the bottom left of the photograph, as well as the number "13" over the basketball held by the player on the right.
The players are unidentified.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
c. 1913
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004350
1912 MMA Basketball Team
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock - Shenandoah County, Va)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Photograph of the 1912 Basketball team at the Massanutten Military Academy (MMA).
The players are unidentified.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
1912
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This is the same image as Morrison Photo #02420.
004259
1911 MMA Basketball Team
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military Education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Damaged photograph of six unidentified MMA cadets standing together in their basketball team uniforms. The student in front is holding a basketball with "1911" painted on it.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
1911
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004253
MMA Basketball Player
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Unidentified MMA cadet wearing his school's basketball uniform and striking a pose with a basketball.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "March 1914" on box of plates.
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009590
MMA Basketball Player
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
MIlitary academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Unidentified MMA cadet wearing his school's basketball uniform.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "July 1924" on box of plates.
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009166
Leslie "Les" J. Fouts
Fouts, Leslie "Les" Jacob (1901-1979)
Photograph of Leslie “Les” Fouts, a cadet at Massanutten Academy from 1922-1924. In this image, he is wearing the MMA basketball team uniform.
He later returned to the Academy and is remembered for having served on the faculty there as a coach for the academy's swim and football teams from 1928-1942.
Les Fouts was born in Chicago and grew up in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan. In 1910, he was the oldest of five children born to Charles O. (1870-1941) and Louise C. (Mellondorf) (1874-1932) Fouts. His father was a barber.
He went to L.C. Mohr High School in South Haven, Michigan, for two years. Next, Les attended Massanutten Academy from 1922 to 1924. During the summer of 1923, Les married a girl from his hometown high school in Michigan, Mary Meader. At the time, Les’ occupation was “student”. Mary was a year behind him in school and they married in neighboring Berrien County. This marriage did not last.
Les married Bertha Ely (1909-1993) in Lake County, Indiana, in June 1928. She was born in Michigan to Peter Franklyn (1877-1927) and Phebe Elvira (Woodruff) (1885-1952) Ely. Les and Bertha were married more than 50 years before Les died.
Both the 1930 and 1940 censuses found the family living in Woodstock where Les worked at Massanutten Academy as an athletic coach and instructor. He and Bertha had two children, Lois and Leslie J. Fouts, Jr. Both of their children were born in Michigan.
The family later moved to Georgia where, by 1950, Les worked as a teacher and coach for the private school, Woodward Academy, in Atlanta. His wife had a part-time job managing a book store.
When Les died many years later, he was a retired football and swimming coach for Woodward Academy. Both he and his wife are buried in Fulton County, Georgia.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "July 1924" on box of plates.
Identified by Betty Page, who was an acquaintance of the subject.
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Les Fouts is pictured in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 003668, 004267, 007313, 007640, 007653, 009165, 015504, 015780, 020075, 020084, 020114, 020166, and 021114.
009165
MMA Basketball Player
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Unidentified MMA cadet wearing his school's basketball uniform.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "July 1924" on box of plates.
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009164
MMA Basketball Player
Massanutten MIlitary Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Unidentified MMA cadet standing in his school's basketball uniform.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "July 1924" on box of plates.
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009163
MMA Basketball Player
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Military academy - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Unidentified MMA cadet wearing his school's basketball uniform with thick knee pads.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "July 1924" on box of plates.
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009162
MMA Basketball Player
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Unidentified MMA cadet standing in his school's basketball uniform that includes thick knee pads.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "July 1924" on box of plates.
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009161
MMA Basketball Player
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Portrait of an unidentified Massanutten Military Academy cadet in his school basketball uniform.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labeled "July 1924" on box of plates.
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009149
MMA Basketball Player
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Portrait of an unidentified Massanutten Military Academy cadet in his school basketball uniform. He is in an action pose as if he is about to throw the basketball in his hands.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labeled "July 1924" on box of plates.
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009148
MMA Basketball Player
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Portrait of an unidentified Massanutten Military Academy cadet in his school basketball uniform. He is in an action pose as if he is about to throw the basketball in his hands.
The photograph is slightly underexposed.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labeled "July 1924" on box of plates.
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009147
MMA Basketball Player
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Portrait of an unidentified Massanutten Military Academy cadet in his school basketball uniform. The letter "M" is slightly visible on his shirt.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labeled "July 1924" on box of plates.
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009146
Unidentified Basketball Player
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va)
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia Woodstock
A portrait of an unidentified Massanutten Military Academy basketball player. He is in an action pose and looks as though he is about to toss the basketball.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
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003638
Basketball Player
Basketball - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Basketball players - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Sports - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Athletes - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Unidentified young man wearing a basketball uniform and holding a basketball.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
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008913
1912 MMA Basketball Team
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Photo of a photograph of the 1912 Massanutten Military Academy basketball team. Players are unidentified but all are wearing team uniforms with an "M" on the shirt.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
1912
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This is the same image as Morrison Photo #04259.
002420
MMA Basketball Player
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va)
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Military Academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Photograph of an unidentified Massanutten Military Academy cadet wearing sports clothing and holding a basketball.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
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002419
MMA Basketball Player
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va)
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Unidentified MMA cadet holding a basketball and wearing his school's basketball uniform.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "Dec 1927" on box of plates.
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007718
MMA Basketball Player
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Unidentified MMA cadet holding a basketball and wearing his team's uniform.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "Dec 1927" on box of plates.
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007717
1923 MMA Basketball Player, Les Fouts
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va)
Military academy - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Fouts, Leslie "Les" Jacob (1901-1979)
Les Fouts, an MMA cadet, wearing his school's basketball team uniform and holding a basketball with the words, "MMA 1923" written on it.
Leslie “Les” Fouts was a cadet at Massanutten Academy from 1922-1924. He later returned to the Academy and is remembered for having served on the faculty there as a coach for the academy's swim and football teams from 1928-1942.
Les Fouts was born in Chicago and grew up in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan. In 1910, he was the oldest of five children born to Charles O. (1870-1941) and Louise C. (Mellondorf) (1874-1932) Fouts. His father was a barber.
He went to L.C. Mohr High School in South Haven, Michigan, for two years. Next, Les attended Massanutten Academy from 1922 to 1924. During the summer of 1923, Les married a girl from his hometown high school in Michigan, Mary Meader. At the time, Les’ occupation was “student”. Mary was a year behind him in school and they married in neighboring Berrien County. This marriage did not last.
Les married Bertha Ely (1909-1993) in Lake County, Indiana, in June 1928. She was born in Michigan to Peter Franklyn (1877-1927) and Phebe Elvira (Woodruff) (1885-1952) Ely. Les and Bertha were married more than 50 years before Les died.
Both the 1930 and 1940 censuses found the family living in Woodstock where Les worked at Massanutten Academy as an athletic coach and instructor. He and Bertha had two children, Lois and Leslie J. Fouts, Jr. Both of their children were born in Michigan.
The family later moved to Georgia where, by 1950, Les worked as a teacher and coach for the private school, Woodward Academy, in Atlanta. His wife had a part-time job managing a book store.
When Les died many years later, he was a retired football and swimming coach for Woodward Academy. Both he and his wife are buried in Fulton County, Georgia.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "Nov 1923" on box of plates.
Betty Page identified him on another image.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
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Leslie “Les” J. Fouts appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 003668, 004267, 007313, 007640, 007653, 009165, 015504, 015780, 020075, 020084, 020114, 020166, and 021114.
007653
MMA Basketball Player
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Unidentified MMA cadet posed in his school's basketball uniform and holding a basketball.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "Nov 1920" on box of plates.
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007500
MMA Basketball Player
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Unidentified MMA cadet posed in his school's basketball uniform and holding a basketball.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "Nov 1920" on box of plates.
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007499