Lee Highway on Massanutten Mountain
Lee Highway
Postcard showing a view of the Lee Highway as it crosses Massanutten Mountain near New Market Virginia. Includes a description of the highway and the place where it crosses the mountain.
Shenandoah Publishing House, Strasburg Virginia
Herb Parker Postcard Collection
Shenandoah County Library
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Lee Highway Over Massanutten Mountains
Lee Highway (Shenandoah County VA)
Shenandoah County (Va)
Massanutten Mountain (Va.)
Automobiles
Roads-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Postcard showing a car crossing the Massanutten Mountains on the Lee Highway (US Route 211). The highway crosses the mountain at the New Market Gap.
Marken & Bielfeld Inc., Frederick MD
Herb Parker Postcard Collection
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
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Looking East from New Market, Va., Lee Highway and New Market Gap in Massanutten Mtn.
New Market Gap (New Market Va.)
Postcard showing the Lee Highway as it passes through the New Market Gap near New Market Virginia.
Linhoss Pharmacy, New Market VA
Herb Parker Postcard Collection
Shenandoah County Library
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Massanutten Mountain Scene, East of New Market, Va.
Massanutten Mountain (New Market VA)
Postcard showing a view of the Massanutten Mountain, east of New Market Virginia, taken from the Lee Highway (US Route 211.
Linhoss Pharmacy, New Market VA
Herb Parker Postcard Collection
Shenandoah County Library
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New Market Gap on Lee Highway
New Market Gap (Shenandoah County VA)
Postcard showing the New Market Gap. Photograph is taken from the Lee Highway.
Auburn Post Card Mfg. Co. Auburn, Indiana
Herb Parker Postcard Collection
Shenandoah County Library
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Wrightson Samuel Tongue
Tongue, Rev. Wrightson Samuel (1916-2013
The name, "Rev. W.S. Tongue", the town, "Edinburg", and the date, "7/7/4?" are written on the glass plate of this image of a young man in a suit and tie.
Wrightson Samuel Tongue was a Methodist Minister, born in Kingston, New York. His parents were N.M. Charles Tongue and Lucy (Felter) Tongue.
While a young minister he met and married Elizabeth Mae Modisher in Salem, Ohio, in June 1940. She was from Sharpsburg Pennsylvania, the daughter of James M. and Anna (Lee) Modisher. At the time of their marriage, Elizabeth worked as a salesgirl.
When he registered for the WWII draft in October 1940, W.S. and his wife lived in Meadville, PA, where his employer was listed as the Methodist Church in Eureka, Erie, Pennsylvania.
The 1941 yearbook for Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, included him as a student. At least one of their older children, son James Melvin, was born in New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia. City Directories from 1953 and 1954 show W.S. Tongue working as a “Pastor” in the Norfolk area. Later City Directories found him in Lynchburg, usually at the address: 1503 Sherbrooke Drive.
He and his wife had many children together. Mentioned in his May 2013 obituary were four sons: W.S. Jr., James Melvin, William Lee, and Donald Vincent, and four daughters: Judy, Annette, Donna and Sharon.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
1940s
Biographical information was compiled from public records.
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