Unidentified child seated on a bench with a toy bird cage and a toy duck.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Oct 1943".
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Same unidentified child appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004555, 013061 and 017863.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with short dark hair and wearing a short-sleeved dress with a small pin at the collar.
Hottle, Mary Virginia Miller (1920-2001)
Portrait photograph of M. Virginia (Miller) Hottle as a young woman. She was the daughter of Joseph Russell and Mary Virginia (Hoshour) Miller. Some records list her name as "Virginia Mary". She went by "Virginia". Her husband was Billy Lewin Hottle, who served as a Postmaster of Toms Brook, Virginia.
Identified in 2009 by both Arlene Hamman and Lucille Baker.
M. Virginia (Miller) Hottle appears on Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002200, 008278, 017861, 017995, and 040365.
Portrait photograph of Howard Randolph Crabill as a young man wearing a suit and tie. His wife was Elizabeth (Dellinger) Crabill.
Identified as Joseph Crabill, wife of Elizabeth Crabill in 2012 by Danny Hottel.
Identification corrected in 2024 to Howard Randolph Crabill. Howard is the correct husband of Elizabeth.
Logan, Emily "Emmy" Josephine Wilkins (1908-1976)
Photograph of Emmy Josephine (Wilkins) Logan in a print dress and seated with her unidentified daughter on her lap. Emmy's parents were Samuel Arthur and Mamie Mae (Santmiers) Wilkins. She married William H. Logan (1907-1986) in 1933. We do not know her daughter's name.
Identified in 2012 by Phyllis Wright and Danny Hottel who thought Emmy's daughter's name was possibly, "Linda".
Emily "Emmy" (Wilkins) Logan appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 017859 and 025294.
Crabill, Elizabeth Dellinger (1911-2002)
Portrait photograph of Elizabeth (Dellinger) Crabill with her hair curled and style and wearing a short-sleeved dress. Her husband was Joseph Crabill.
Stoneburner, Stanley Shrum "Stoney" (1910-1992)
Portrait photograph of Stanley Shrum "Stoney" Stoneburner as a young man wearing a suit and tie. His parents were Joseph Fravel and Ada Belle (Shrum) Stoneburner. He never married.
Identified in 2009 by Phyllis Wright was a family friend. She has the same photograph of him at home.
Baker, Lucille Estelle Conner (1923-2017)
Portrait photograph of Lucille Estelle (Conner) Baker as a young woman with short hair and glasses. She was born at the Hottel-Keller home place near Mt. Olive, Va., the daughter of Carl Irving Conner, Sr. and Elsie V. (Barbe) Conner. Lucille graduated from Toms Brook High School in 1941. She married Carl Gilbert Baker in 1945. Together, the couple raised two children: Stacey Lane Baker and Kendra Gaye (Baker) Byrd. Later in their lives, both Lucille and her husband moved to Augusta County, south of Staunton. Lucille was actively involved in her church and family. She gave back generously to her community.
The glass plate negative on this image was stored in a box labeled "Oct 1943".
Additional biographical information was extracted from her obituary posted on the Find-A-Grave website.
Lucille E. (Conner) Baker appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 017856 and 017879.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young man wearing a double breasted suit and tie.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with short hair and wearing a double strand of faux pearls with a crew neck sweater.
Unidentified little boy seated on a bench with one leg under the other. There is a stuffed bear beside him.
Unidentified woman in a hat is seated and holding an unidentified baby in her arms.
Unidentified young boy is standing on a chair.
Portrait photograph of Elizabeth (Good) Gochenour wearing an unusual hat with her dress.
African Americans - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Portrait photograph of an unidentified African American woman with glasses and wearing a pin on the front of her dress.
Coffman, Alese Selma (Hoffman) (1923-1971)
Portrait photograph 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 Stonewall District of Shenandoah County. Her father was a farm laborer. Ten years later, Alese was a 16-year old high school student and lived as a “ward” of Joseph C. and Dora M. Laughlin in the Johnston District. She was the first wife of Linden Bower Coffman (1923-2008). Linden was a 1941 graduate of Woodstock High School. During WWII, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, where he received the Purple Heart. During his life, he worked as a meat cutter for Tom Eagle's Slaughterhouse, clerked in the F&G Supermarket in Woodstock, and was a partner in the Woodstock Pool Hall. He retired from the Woodstock Post Office after 25 years of service. The couple had three children during their years together: Sandra S., Ronald Franklin, and Holly. Alese was also active in the Woodstock community. Northern Virginia Daily articles in the 1956-1963 timeframe mention her involvement in groups like the Woodstock Senior Home Demonstration Club and the Ladies Auxiliary of Shenandoah County. She died, relatively young, of breast cancer.
Biographical information was compiled from public records.
Alese (Hoffman) Coffman appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001137, 002715, 008208, 013613 and 017848.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with her hair pulled back and wearing a print dress.
Same unidentified woman appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 017846 and 017847.
Photo of an oval-framed portrait photograph of an unidentified man with a mustache.
Portrait photograph of Willard Miller wearing a suit and tie. He is remembered as having operated a shoe repair shop located next door to Hugh Morrison's photography studio.
Photo of an oval-framed portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with her hair pulled back and wearing a high collar on her dress.
Unidentified young child seated on a pillow on a chair. A discretely covered adult's arm is supporting the child from the left side of the photograph.
Taylor, Catherine G. (Heishman) (1912-1985)
Portrait photograph of Catherine G. (Heishman) Taylor, as a young woman with short hair and wearing a short-sleeved dress. From Woodstock, Catherine was the daughter of George Riley and Sarah Christina (Meyers) Heishman. She married Claude Franklin Taylor in 1941.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young woman, smiling, with curly hair.
Unidentified barefoot baby is propped against a draped chair.