Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photograph of Julia Virginia Fansler from the 1949 "The Beacon," Triplett High School Yearbook. Julia was the librarian at the school and a graduate of Madison College, now James Madiston University.

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Postcard showing a drawing of the moonlight cottage camp located near Mt. Jackson Virginia.

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Postcard showing an image of downtown Mt. Jackson Virginia.

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Postcard with a picture of Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church located on Main Street in Mt. Jackson Virginia.

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Postcard showing a partial view of the "Moonlight Cottage Camp."

This motel/tourist camp was located near Mt. Jackson Virginia. It opened sometime around 1928. The original owners were Emma and Verlin Proctor. The business consisted of eight…

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Postcard showing a partial view of the Moonlight Cottage Camp.

The camp, which included cottages for visitors and a dining room, was located north of the Town of Mt. Jackson near the current Bowman-Andros manufacturing plant.

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This aerial photograph of the Town of Mt. Jackson Virginia shows a community much different than the one we know today.

The most prominent difference is the layout of the town. While the downtown district may look the same, the areas beyond that…

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Postcard showing the interior of Dellinger Funeral Home's chapel in Mt. Jackson Virginia.

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Postcard showing the site of Dellinger Funderal Home in Mt. Jackson Virginia and its fleet of vehicles.

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Postcard with a picture of the Confederate Monument located at Our Soldiers Cemetery in Mt. Jackson Virginia. Card notes 350 men were buried there, 112 unknown Confederates.

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Letter from Laura G. White to Hamilton Ottawa Ferguson who she describes as her "uncle." Hamilton (H.O) Ferguson was a veteran of the Spanish American War who lived in Mt. Jackson Virginia. He died on September 25 1941 at the age of 75 and is buried…

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Invoice from Lester W. Hansberger of Mt. Jackson Virginia issued to the Shenandoah County School Board for Shake Kindling. The items were sent to the Mt. Jackson "Colored School."

It was approved by B.E. Nelson, school trustee and paid on April…

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Postcard with a picture of the Confederate Monument located at Our Soldiers Cemetery in Mt. Jackson Virginia.

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Postcard with a picture of Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church located on Main Street in Mt. Jackson Virginia.

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Photographic postcard showing the "Methodist Episcopal Church South" in Mt. Jackson Virginia and neighboring buildings.

The street shown is today called Orkney Drive. The photograph is facing west from Main Street (Valley Pike)

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Postcard with a color photograph of the Mt. Jackson M.E. Church, South. Now the Mt. Jackson United Methodist Church.

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Postcard showing an image of the Triplett Building in Mt. Jackson Virginia.

This building was home to the Mt. Jackson National Bank (later First Virginia Bank) on Main Street. It no longer stands.

This postcard was printed in 1910.

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Postcard bearing an image labeled "High Street, Mt. Jackson, VA."

The postcard is dated 1907. The street pictured is now named Gospel Street. Railroad tracks and the rail embankment dominate the middle ground of the photograph.


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Postcard with a picture of the "Graded and High School Building" in Mt. Jackson Virginia.

A wagon used to transport students and a group of pupils is visible in the foreground.

This school was located in the northern portion of Mt. Jackson…

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Postcard showing High Street in Mt. Jackson Virginia.

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Postcard showing a view of Mt. Jackson Virginia taken from "Cemetery Hill" located on the south end of town.

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Postcard showing the Massanutten Mountain and Valley Turnpike near Mt. Jackson Virginia.

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Photographic postcard showing the driveway leading to "Mt. Airy" a farm along the Shenandoah River in the Meems Bottom area just south of Mt. Jackson Virginia.

The image also shows the Massanutten Mountain in the background and was taken near…

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Postcard showing a picture of Main Street in Mt. Jackson Virginia. The photograph is oriented north and was taken in the area of what is now King and Main Streets.

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Postcard with an interior photograph of the Family Cafeteria Restaurant in Mt. Jackson Virginia.
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