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Group at Pool
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an unidentified consisting of a man, women, and two children at an unidentified pool.
Horse
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an unidentified horse.
Poultry House Construction
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing a series of poultry houses under construction. They are located on the west side of US Route 11 just north of New Market Virginia. The structures were built by H.B. Long of New Market sometime in the…
Poultry House Construction
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing a series of poultry houses under construction. They are located on the west side of US Route 11 just north of New Market Virginia. The structures were built by H.B. Long of New Market sometime in the…
Poultry House Construction
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing a series of poultry houses under construction. They are located on the west side of US Route 11 just north of New Market Virginia. The structures were built by H.B. Long of New Market sometime in the…
Unidentified Group
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an unidentified group in a cavern.
Girl with Chinchilla Coat
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing a girl modeling a chinchilla coat.
Girl with Chinchilla Coat
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing a girl modeling a chinchilla coat.
Mt. Jackson Virginia
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an aerial view of Mt. Jackson Virginia.
Fort Valley Virginia
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an aerial view of Fort Valley Virginia.
Woodstock Virginia
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an aerial view of Woodstock Virginia.
Mt. Jackson Virginia
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an aerial view of Mt. Jackson Virginia. The image shows the area immediately adjacent to the interchange with the recently completed motel.
Edinburg Hawk Patrol
In 1941 five members of Edinburg Virginia’s Boy Scout Troop 54, called the “Hawk Patrol,” took this picture on the steel river bridge east of town during a scouting adventure. Pictured from left to right Douglas Hawkins, Frank Wilkins, William Davis,…
Toms Brook Hi Times, Winter 1950
"Toms Brook Hi Times," winter 1950. This newsletter was published by the Toms Brook High School on January 31 1950. It details school activities, academic accomplishments, sporting events, gossip, social activities, and local advertisements for the…
The Womanless Wedding
Handbill from the theatrical production "The Womanless Wedding" produced by the Woodstock Rotary Club as a fundraiser on March 21 and March 22 1929. The play was presented at the "New Theatre" in Woodstock and was directed by Myrna May Cole of Sympon…
Hill Top Lodge Number 143, Knights 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 that it was one of the…
Almost nothing is known about this organization except that it was one of the…
The Historic Mount Jackson Colored Cemetery Brochure
A brochure printed to describe the history of the Mt. Jackson Colored Cemetery around the time of the cemetery's re-dedication in 2004.
Serious Riot
Newspaper article detailing a riot that occurred at Columbia and Liberty Furnaces west of Edinburg in Shenandoah County. It appeared in Shenandoah Herald on January 28, 1880.
The incident was sparked by the furnace owners' decision to hire…
The incident was sparked by the furnace owners' decision to hire…
Unidentified Boy and Men Playing Marbles
Photograph showing a group of three African American Men playing marbles with an unidentified boy.
Gwendolyn Tolliver Nickens Oral History Interview
Oral history interview featuring Gwendolyn "Gwen" Tolliver Nickens conducted on February 5, 2016 for the Shenandoah County Library's Black History Month Program. In 1963 Gwen became the first African American student to attend the formally segregated…
Unidentified Woman Playing Violin
Precisely at noon, on October 2nd, 1914, this unidentified woman was playing violin outside a Queen Anne style house. This is our call to arms to find this woman or her house. What can you do?
"Scout Tom Cats" Football Team
In 1930 Web "W.O." Riley and Rev. H.S. Coffey organized the "Scout Tom Cats" football team. This photograph shows the players beside the Woodstock Methodist Church, who sponsored the team, in 1930. Massanutten Academy's coach Leroy Glunt outfitted…
K.E.Y. Girls
Photograph showing "9 K.E.Y. girls" in July of 1914. Most likely they were members of the Toms Brook K.E.Y. Club.
Unidentified Miners
Photograph showing a group of miners in front an entrance to the "Jean Mine." The identifies of the miners, where the photograph was taken, and the name of the photographer responsible for its creation is unknown.
Stella Bly and Isabelle Mowery
Photograph showing Stella Bly (left) and Isabelle Mowery (right) behind a car with their dog. The photograph was taken around 1930.