Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Portrait photograph of Mr. Eleonor Cooley of Edinburg with short hair and glasses. She is wearing a bow tied at the neck of her dress.

Photograph of a short note to Sterling Insurance Company dated August 3, 1949.

Transcribed, the letter reads:

"To Whom it may Concern,
I stayed and nursed Emery Bushong, from the 30th of Jan. to the 19th of Feb, each night, at $2.00 =…

Photo of two separate photographs of a woman with short hair and glasses who is posed with her hands on her lap. She is wearing a name tag that says, "Mrs. Garber".

The image on the right has a mark at the top where the photographer noted which of…

Mrs. Rose Conn, left, shown with Dorothy Conn, seated.

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Mrs. Seal with short hair and wearing her nurse's uniform.
Her name tag says, "Mrs. Seal" and below that, "Student Practical Nurse".

The image on the right has a mark at the top where the…

Portrait photograph of Sylvia Bertsinger in a polka-dotted dress.

Her husband ran the Strasburg Silk Mill in the 1930's.

In the 1950 census, she was separated from her husband and lived with her son, Frederick, in Strasburg. She worked as an…

Portrait photograph of Mrs. W.D. Smith, who was known as "The school's mother" according to the 1927 Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) yearbook.

She was from Newark, New Jersey, and graduated from Elmira College.

Portrait photograph of a woman wtih her hair pulled back and smiling. She has been identified as a "Carper", however, we do not know which one.

Portrait photograph of ___ (Sine) Miller with short hair and wearing a turtle neck collar on her sweater.

Photograph of the rear of the Mt. Clifton School and a second structure located at the rear of the building.

Photograph of the Mt. Clifton School.

Photograph of Mt. Herman School in Shenandoah County. It was built in 1922 and was a two-story building with two rooms on each floor.

The school stood on the north side of Route 807 near Basye. It closed in May 1959 and the property was sold to a…

Photograph of the school building in Mt. Herman, Virginia.

It was built in 1922 and was a two-story building with two rooms on each floor.

The school stood on the north side of Route 807 near Basye. It closed in May 1959 and the property was…

Cropped photograph showing seven students from Mount Vernon School near Woodstock.

This is a close up of a larger image showing the entire school and its teacher.

Pictured here are, from left to right:

Front Row:
Unidentified,…

Photograph of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church on the corner of N. Church and E. Locust Streets in Woodstock.

A historically black church, it was built in 1921 to replace an earlier one on the same location. A man is standing in the doorway in the…

Photograph of the original AME church on the corner of Church and Locust Streets in Woodstock, Virginia.

The building at the far left of photo is the church's school. This building was torn down and replaced with a bigger church in 1921.

Two separate portrait photographs (possibly a "mug shot") of an unidentified man. The man is wearing a suit and tie and has the number "18096" and the words "Wash. D.C." pinned to his lapel.

This Morrison photograph is a reproduction of the…

Photograph of the communion set or service belonging to the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Woodstock. The pieces rest on a cloth embroidered in German.

The words on the cloth read: "Friederich Hengerer, Eva Margagrea Hengerin, WTSTOCK, Gottallein Die…

Photograph of the Muhlenberg Communion set or service displayed on a shelf.

The set belonged to Peter Muhlenberg, a Revolutionary War era Lutheran/Anglican minister in Woodstock Virginia.

The communion set was owned by Emanuel Lutheran Church…

Photograph of "Muhlenberg Hall" in Woodstock Virginia.

This was the original home of the Walton family. It was operated as a lodging house in the 1930s and 1940s by Mable Lee Walton.

During the 1940s and early 1950s it was a hospital operated…

Photograph of the fireplace, chairs, and a painting located in the Muhlenberg Room of the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Woodstock.

The room is a part of the church's social hall and utilized for Sunday School class and small events. It was named for…

Photograph of the fireplace, chairs, and a painting located in the Muhlenberg Room of the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Woodstock.

The room is a part of the church's social hall and utilized for Sunday School class and small events. It was named for…

Photo of an oval-framed photograph of an unidentified older man, seated with a baby on his lap, while two unidentified young men stand behind him.

Probably, this was a family photograph of multiple generations.

Three unidentified women of varying generations and young toddler are pictured together.

Probably, this was four generations of a family.

Family group shows an unidentified older man with a beard and wearing a "Southern Cross" pin on his jacket. He is seated beside an unidentified woman holding a toddler. Two other unidentified women of different generations are standing behind…
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