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Photograph of an advertisement for Abbott pharmaceutical products with the slogan, "Your Physician Knows Abbott Products are Reliable".

Photograph of an advertisement for Bisma-Rex, a product promising to give relief from indigestion, acid stomach, heartburn, and belching.

Photograph of an advertisement for Bisma-Rex, a product promising to give relief from indigestion, acid stomach, heartburn, and belching.

Photograph of a window display for Klenzo Facial Tissues, a product billed as being "a sanitary cream remover" and "the sanitary way".

Photograph of an advertisement for Puretest Vitamin products with the slogan, "We Sell Health for Victory".

The advertisement also notes, "Uncle Sam is bending every effort to protect our lives and homes" and includes other Victory-related themes.…

Photograph of an advertisement by Rexall Drug Store that displays a variety of United Drug Products and urges patrons to "Bring your prescriptions here".

The ad also notes "We use only drugs of quality approved by government standards".

Photograph of an advertisement by Rexall Drug Store that displays a variety of Puretest Vitamin Products and tells patrons "Your health is the first line of defense. Fortify your system with Puretest Vitamins".

Photograph of a window display for a variety of personal hygiene products including mineral oil, Bisma-Rex, Tooth powder, Rex-Seltzer, foot powder, and chocolate laxatives called "Orderlies".

The display notes, "You're on the right track when you…

Photograph of a window display for Scott's Emulsion, a product billed as being "the year around Tonic for young and old".

Photograph of a poster that advertises Shenandoah Valley Apples and their "Bonus Flavor Brand" that "hits the spot". The ad promise that the apples will "top world's markets".

Photograph of an advertisement for Squibb Mineral Oil, a product advertised to be "a safe internal lubricant of highest quality and purity".

Photograph of an advertisement for shoe cleaner, razor blades, tampax, and bathing caps.

All are touted to save time and worry during a vacation.

This advertisement was possibly in the window of a drug store.

Photo of an advertising display featuring UNICO Tires and two types of motor oil: Mioco and Bureau Penn.

Both kinds of motor oil are stacked in quart cans in the picture.

Photograph of an aerial view of an unidentified place.

Aerial view of the town of Woodstock, Virginia.

Unidentified African American man standing in a baseball uniform with a "W" on the front and holding a bat.

This indicates he may have played for a segregated team in Woodstock Virginia.

Unidentified African American man. Negative has damage on bottom left and right.

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

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…

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…

Unidentified agricultural building with a row of high windows along the top left and a door leading into it. Perhaps this portion of the building was used to house chickens.

Another door leads into the right side of the building.

At the far…

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…

Photograph of an advertisement for an alarm clock made by Westclox called the "Big Ben".

Photograph of the Bowers family posed together outside with a dog.

Identified are:
Back row (l to r): Vallie E. (Bowers) Tevault, her mother and father, Ida Pearl (Good) Bowers and Albert Cornelius Bowers.

Front row (l to r): Treascea Helen…

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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