Shenandoah County Library Archives

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1921 photograph showing African American musicians and performers in costume and blackface for a production of “Virginia Minstrels” that benefited Mt. Zion Methodist Church in Woodstock Virginia.

Identified in the photograph are:

Front row,…

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Portrait of an unidentified African American woman with a long-sleeved dress and wearing a necklace.

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Scan of a photograph strip with five images showing two different African American women. Both the women and the creator of the photographs are unknown.

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Photograph of the aftermath of a destructive fire in Woodstock that destroyed many buildings in the downtown area. The gas lamp in the foreground is the on the edge of the courthouse property looking across the street. Sometimes the area burned is…

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Portrait photograph of Agnes Molly (Lineweaver) Orndorff as a young woman.

Agnes married Newton Orndorff and together they had a son, Steve, and a daughter, Yvonne. Agnes' husband worked at the Northern Virginia Daily office in Strasburg from…

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Photograph showing Agnes Crabill and Effie Stickley. It is labeled "taken at home in summer of 1904 or 1905."

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On April 13, 1945 Corporal Aiden Zirkle died on Okinawa. He was a member of Company E, Second Battalion, Seventh Regiment, First Marine Division. Reports indicate he succumbed to wounds obtained while leading his unit against an entrenched machine…

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Postcard showing an aerial view of Madison College (now James Madison University) in Harrisonburg Virginia

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Postcard showing an aerial view of Sperryville VA

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In October of 1913 Frank J. Terrill brought his Curtis Biplane to the Shenandoah County Fairgrounds as part of the fair’s festivities.
This is the first recorded time an airplane passed through Shenandoah County and would have been most local’s…

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Portrait photograph of Lieutenant Alan Richardson wearing his U.S. Army Infantry Reserves uniform.

Lt. Richardson served as the Commandant of Cadets at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) in Woodstock, Virginia.

This photograph appeared in the…

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Photograph of Albert O. Bowers (left) and Gale Bowers (right).

The two were children of Ernest Giblert Bowers and Effie Heltzel Bowers.

The name, "Ernest Bowers", is written on the glass negative of this image.

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Portrait photograph of Albert Sydney Kaplan as a cadet attending Massanutten Military Academy (MMA).

He was the son of Reuben Lazarus and Jennie G. (Roseman) Kaplan. His father ran a dry goods store for many years in Strasburg. It was located on…

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Photo of a photograph of Albert Kaplan (1921-2000) as a young man. He was the son of Reuben Lazarus and Jennie G. (Roseman) Kaplan. His father ran a dry goods store for many years in Strasburg. Albert had two brothers, Julius and Berton. The family…

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Photo of a photograph of Albert Kaplan as a young man.

He was the son of Reuben Lazarus and Jennie G. (Roseman) Kaplan. His father ran a dry goods store for many years in Strasburg. It was located on the corner of Fort and King Streets but burned…

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Photograph of Albert Steele from the book "Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity."

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Portrait of Hazel Bertha Helsley and her husband Albert Wilkins.

Hazel was the youngest chlid of George W. and Sarah Elizabeth (Lutz) Helsley. She was given to Jacob and Virginia Miller as a two year old and raised by them.

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Unidentified baby looking alert and posed on a studio chair that has been covered with cloth as a backdrop.

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Portrait of Alese S. (Hoffman) Coffman as a young woman.

Alese was the daughter of Harry Cecil (1902-1964) and Golda E. (Ritenour) (1904-1927) Hoffman.

In the 1930 census, she lived with her parents and two brothers on Kibler Town Road in the…

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Portrait of Alese S. (Hoffman) Coffman as a young woman.

Alese was the daughter of Harry Cecil (1902-1964) and Golda E. (Ritenour) (1904-1927) Hoffman.

In the 1930 census, she lived with her parents and two brothers on Kibler Town Road in the…

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Portrait of Alese S. (Hoffman) Coffman as a young woman.

Alese was the daughter of Harry Cecil (1902-1964) and Golda E. (Ritenour) (1904-1927) Hoffman.

In the 1930 census, she lived with her parents and two brothers on Kibler Town Road in the…

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Photograph of Alexander C. Kerr.

Kerr was an instructor at Massanutten Academy and this photograph appeared in the school's 1917 yearbook Aggelos.
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