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"A Salute to Variety" Program Cover
Scan showing the cover of a program for the Shenandoah County 4-H Clubs' "A Salute to Variety" program presented at the Shenandoah County Fair on August 31 1971.
"Big Wye" Scott
Photograph of the cow "Big Wye" shown by Scott Wisman family at the Shenandoah County Fair in 1975.
"Confederate Monument", Mt. Jackson Va.
Postcard with a picture of the Confederate Monument located at Our Soldiers Cemetery in Mt. Jackson Virginia.
"Greetings From Conicville VA"
Postcard with a greeting from Conicville Virginia.
"Harmony Hall" (Fort Bowman) Strasburg, Virginia
Postcard with a picture of "Harmony Hall," now called Fort Bowman, located near Strasburg Virginia.
"More Pilots in Training at Valley Airways"
Newspaper clipping showing local men involved in the Civilian Pilots Training Program at the Winchester Airport. The program allowed civilians to be trained to fly aircraft in advance of any induction into military service. It was sponsored by the…
"On Guard at Woodstock"
Newspaper clipping showing one of the observation towers built in Shenandoah County during the early part of World War Two. These sites were designed to watch for incoming enemy plans and to monitor US aircraft overhead. They were staffed by…
"Such a Business at Maurertown, VA"
Color postcard with a picture of two individuals kissing in front of a "Road to Marryland" sign and a reference to Maurertown Virginia.
"Victory Potato is Grown at Pythian Home"
This newspaper article appeared in the Daily News-Record on July 17, 1942. During that time period, residents of Shenandoah County were fully mobilized to help fight the Second World War. On the Home Front individuals worked in war plants, harvested…
"Volunteers Needed For Lookout Posts"
This article appeared in the December 12, 1941 edition of the Shenandoah Herald. In it local defense official Cecil Newcorn announced he had received a message ordering the county's lookout posts to be manned around the clock. Eventually sixteen of…
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