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On December 28th, 1926 Miss Zelda Lichliter of Strasburg Virginia received this New Year’s card from Seona of Richmond Virginia.

New Year cards were initially developed in the 19th century as secular versions of Christmas cards. Their use soon…

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Photograph labeled "3 Old Maids." It shows three women, Pauline Lichliter is on the right. It is part of a scrapbook showing images from Dunsmore Business College in Staunton Virginia. Pauline attended the college in the 1920s.

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Photograph showing two women with a steam locomotive. The woman standing is Elizabeth Williams Lichliter whose husband William worked for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at the Strasburg Junction Depot. The younger woman on the locomotive may be one…

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Photograph showing from left to right Pauline, Zelda, and Marjorie Lichliter. The three sisters lived in Strasburg Virginia.

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Photograph showing three women at a wedding. From left to right they are Connie Cary, Caroline O'Bryant (bride), and Pauline Lichliter.

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Photograph showing Emma Lichliter Burkett.

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Photograph of an unidentified girl on a bicycle. Most likely she is a member of the Lichliter family.

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Photograph showing an unidentified female member of the Lichliter family. The picture was taken in Strasburg Virginia.

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Sometime between 1900 and 1925, one member of the Lichliter family produced this drawing. Unfortunately, whoever was responsible failed to leave any information behind.

What we do know is that the Lichliters lived on Washington Street in…

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On June 1, 1915 J.R. Selz, of the Chicago-based Selz, Schwab & Co., sent this letter to Pauline Lichliter of Strasburg Virginia, notifying her that she had been awarded the coveted Morris Selz Liberty Bell Medal.

Named for the Selz Company’s…

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Portrait of Shirley Lichliter as a young boy standing on a chair in studio. He was the son of Ashby and Pearl (Burner) Lichliter. When Shirley's mother passed away at a young age in 1922, her sister Mary Burner Dinges took care of him for awhile.

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Photograph of three friends identified as (l to r): Lillian Richardson, Margie (Powell) Lichliter, and Catherine Richardson.

Lillian was the daughter of Lester Richardson.

Catherine was the daughter of Perry and Beatrice (Rinker) Richardson.

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Photograph of the Lichliter family. Pictured (l to r) are: Esta E. (Barr) Lichliter, her daughter, Thelma Elizabeth (Lichliter) Shiflett, husband W.F. Lichliter, and daughter, Reva Mae Lichliter.

W.F. Lichliter operated a store at Detrick in Fort…

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Portrait of Gloria Lichliter as a young girl. She is sitting on a bench with her arm around a small doll next to her.

Gloria was the daughter of Margie Lichliter and in 2009 had the married name Gloria Eastep while living in Edinburg.

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Gloria (Lichliter) Eastep as a young girl wearing a bow in her hair.

She married Richard Estep.

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Portrait of Gloria (Lichliter) Eastep as a little girl. She has her hair pulled up and is wearing a drape.

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Photograph of the four Lichliter sisters, all from Detrick in Fort Valley. Identified as (l to r): Georgie F. Shipe, Reva Mae Lichliter, Anna Lee Ritenour, and Thelma Shiflett. All are buried in Detrick Cemetery in Fort Valley.

Their parents were…

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Photograph of Mollie Catherine Funk Lichliter as a young woman. Born in Bentonville, Virginia, Mollie was the daughter of Hiram and Jennie (Jett) Funk. She married Kirby Lee Lichliter (1873-1958) of Fort Valley and had several children including:…

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Photograph of 3 separate images of the same two people. The woman has been identified as Beverly Lichliter Peer but the man is still unidentified.

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Portrait of the young Lichliter family. George and Gladys are seated on a bench with their baby daughter, Shelby, in George's arms. "George Lichliter" is written on the glass plate.

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Photograph of William F. Lichliter of Fort Valley Virginia as a young man. An unidentified woman stands beside him.

It is possible the woman was his wife, Esta Ethelma (Barr) Lichliter, however, we are not sure.

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Portrait of Ruby Arlene Lichliter as a young woman.

Ruby was the daughter of the late Roy Adison and Helen Virginia (O’Neal) Lichliter. She was a 1941 graduate of Edinburg High School.

A year later, she married Carson Marion Lichliter and…

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Portrait of Ruby Arlene Lichliter as a young woman.

Ruby was the daughter of the late Roy Adison and Helen Virginia (O’Neal) Lichliter. She was a 1941 graduate of Edinburg High School.

A year later, she married Carson Marion Lichliter and…

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Portrait of Margie Estella (Powell) Lichliter as a young woman.

Born in Fort Valley, Margie was the daughter of Kemper Claye and Zola (Munch) Powell. She married Lester Raymond Lichliter (1915-1988) in 1944.

She retired from Avtex Fibers with…

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Photograph of Isabell Frances Lichliter (later Shillingburg) of Fort Valley Virginia.
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