Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photograph showing the "Portal Staff" at Edinburg High School. The image appeared in the school's 1959 yearbook, "Hi-Lights."

Portal staff were responsible for designing and producing the school's yearbook.

Pictured are Phyllis Benedict,…

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Photograph of seven unidentified girls.

The original photograph is labeled "Beside still waters 12 noon, Sept 26 1918. Confluence of Stony Creek and Shenandoah River." This would have been located in Edinburg Virginia.

Based on other…

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Photograph of an unidentified man holding a snake at a children's program held at the Shenandoah County Library.

The photograph is undated, but based on contextual information would have been taken in the early 2000s.

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Undated broadside advertising the annual lawn party of the "Young People's Guild of the Edinburg Reformed Church."

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Notice sent from Warren B. French Jr., President and General Manager of the Shenandoah Telephone Company to subscribers notifying them of a change to dialing procedures for station to station calls.

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Photograph labeled "Hugh, John Martson, Joe Grove."

Based on the image and names provided, the two individuals identified are John E. Marston and Joe H. Grove of Edinburg Virginia.

"Hugh" may be Hugh Hisey, but that is uncertain.

The image…

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Photograph showing cobbler shop and house operated by the Hisey Family in Edinburg Virginia.

The cobbler shop (first floor, commercial building on left) was founded in 1889 by Benjamin Frederick Hisey and later managed by his son Sedwick. A…

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Photograph of the covered Southern Railway Bridge crossing Stoney Creek in Edinburg Virginia.

The image is labeled "Sou RR Bridge Edinburg VA" and is undated.

This bridge was destroyed by a fire in 1915.

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Statement issued to R.D. Newland by Wightman and Hisey for 1 bushel of seeds. Dated June 31, 1895.

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Postcard labeled "Massanutten Mt. and Shen River Near Edinburg VA."

The image shows the Shenandoah River and in the background the Edinburg Gap in the Massanutten Mountain.

The scene is located to the northeast of the town of Edinburg along…

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Color postcard showing the Whissen Mill which was located just east of Edinburg Virginia along Stoney Creek.

It was one of two mills in the Town of Edinburg that survived the Civil War. Originally constructed in 1817 by Joseph Wissen, it burned…

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Postcard with a picture of the Whissen Mill located between Edinburg and Woodstock Virginia on Stoney Creek. Billed as the only mill not burnt in the valley during the Civil War.

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Postcard with a picture of the Whissen Mill located between Edinburg and Woodstock Virginia located on Stoney Creek.

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Postcard with a picture of the Union Forge Church located near Lantz Mills and Edinburg Virginia.

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Postcard with a picture of the Locust Grove Inn located north of Edinburg Virginia on US Route 11.

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Color postcard with a picture of the Inn at Narrow Passage located between Woodstock and Edinburg Virginia. The Inn is described as a log bed and breakfast built in the 1740s overlooking the Shenandoah River.

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Color postcard showing the railroad bridge crossing Stoney Creek in Edinburg Virginia. The card is dated 1926

The bridge was constructed after a 1915 fire destroyed its predecessor.

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Envelope featuring an etching of the Camp Roosevelt sign and stamp/emblem celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps founding.

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Color postcard with a picture of the "Edinburg Gap," a geographic feature in the Massanutten Mountains located east of Edinburg Virginia.

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Postcard with a picture showing the Shenandoah River and the Massanutten Mountain taken near Edinburg Virginia.

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Postcard with a picture of a swinging bridge across Stony Creek near Edinburg Virginia.

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Photographic postcard showing the mouth of Stony Creek west of Edinburg Virginia.

The card is dated 1911.

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Postcard with a picture of Stony Creek taken from near Edinburg Virginia.

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Color postcard with a picture of an unknown road in Edinburg Virginia.

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Postcard with a colorized image of Stoney Creek.

The photograph faces west and was taken from the railroad bridge spanning the stream and constructed sometime after 1915.
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