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Strasburg Baseball Team
Undated photograph produced by an unknown photographer showing a baseball team in Strasburg Virginia. The identified of the players are unknown. Most likely the photograph was taken in the late 1920s or early 1930s after a new Strasburg School,…
Women With Train
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…
Edna "All Ready for Some Class"
Photograph of "Edna" labeled "all ready for some class." It appeared in Pauline Lichliter's Strasburg High School scrapbook and is dated May 17 1920.
Lois Virginia Chandler
Photograph showing Lois Virginia Chandler. The image appears in Pauline Lichliter's Strasburg High School scrapbook ca. 1920. It is labeled as "Our President."
Miss Frances Jenkins
Photograph showing Frances Jenkins (1884-1980), teacher at Strasburg High School. The picture was taken sometime around 1920, It appears in Pauline Lichliter's high school scrapbook.
Unidentified Woman
Photograph showing an unidentified female member of the Lichliter family. The picture was taken in Strasburg Virginia.
Unidentified Graduates
Photograph of two unidentified Strasburg High School Graduates. The women are most likely members of the Lichliter family.
Everyday at S.H.S.
Photograph of two women. Taken from the 1925 Strasburg High School Annual. Page labeled "Everyday at S.H.S."
Hill Top Lodge Number 143, Knight Pythias
This photograph shows members of the Knights Pythias Hill Top Lodge number 143 in Strasburg Virginia. It was taken by an unidentified photographer on April 11 1908.
Almost nothing is known about this organization except for it was one of the…
Almost nothing is known about this organization except for it was one of the…
A Rose Between Two Thorns
Photograph showing two women and a man sitting on a tree with fishing poles beside a body of water. The photograph comes from an album labeled "Our Trip to Strasburg" and is dated 1901.
New Year Card
On Decmeber 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…
New Year cards were initially developed in the 19th century as secular versions of Christmas cards. Their use soon…
Lichliter Caricature
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…
What we do know is that the Lichliters lived on Washington Street in…
Story of Our Flag
Sometime during the First World War this story was written about the United States flag. Though the story is undated, its reference to troops going “over the top” in France indicates it was composed during that conflict. Most likely it was…
Commencement Program
On May 20, 1927 Strasburg High School’s seniors graduated during commencement exercises held at the Strand Theatre. This invitation was one of numerous cards ordered by the class’s 38 graduates. Originally the event seems to have been planned for…
Students at Strasburg School
This photograph shows students at the Strasburg Graded in High School sometime in the 1920s. It is part of the Truban Archive’s Lichliter Collection which contains thousands of items detailing life in the area from the early 1900s until the 1940s.…
Letter to Pauline Lichliter from J.R. Selz
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 Medals.
Named for the Selz Company’s…
Named for the Selz Company’s…
Picnic Grounds, Cedar Creek near Strasburg Va.
Postcard showing a picnic grounds along Cedar Creek near Strasburg.
Municipal Reservoir, Strasburg, VA
Postcard with a picture of the Strasburg Reservoir and a description of its history and use.
View of Reservoir Looking Toward Strasburg, VA
Postcard with a picture of the Strasburg Reservoir.
Fishers Hill Battlefield, VA
Postcard showing a picture of a waterfall on the Fishers Hill Battlefield near the Fisher Residence on Tumbling Run.
Old Virginia Corn Field near Strasburg Va.
Postcard with a picture of a corn field located along the Shenandoah River near Strasburg Virginia.
Fisher Hill on Rte. 11, Shenandoah Valley, Va.
Color postcard with a picture of US Route 11 at Fishers Hill and the interpretative highway sign describing the Civil War Battle that occurred there. The image is looking south from the top of the hill toward Strasburg.
Fisher's Hill Battlefields and Valley Turnpike, Strasburg VA
Postcard showing a picture of the Valley Turnpike at Fishers Hill Virginia.
Fishers Hill Battlefields, Showing Shenandoah River, near Strasburg, Va.
Color postcard with a picture of the Shenandoah River at Fishers Hill near Strasburg Virginia.
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