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Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Charlie Rush posed with his wife.

The image on the left has a mark at the top where the photographer noted which of the two images he planned to print.

Portrait photograph of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Copp later in their lives.

Both are wearing round glasses. Mrs. Copp has a corsage pinned to her jacket. George A. Copp is wearing a bow tie.

Photograph of "Mr. and Mrs. James Moreland" standing beside the carcass of a deer, hung upside down.

James Franklin Moreland (1914-1974) lived in Edinburg, and was the son of George and Sally (Clem) Moreland.

James had four wives. Which of…

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Crisman posed together. We do not know their first names.

Portrait photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Foltz who lived on Middle Road.

Portrait photograph of a man wearing glasses and a suit and tie. His last name has been identified as Reedy but we do not know his first name.

Portrait photograph of Mr. Stokes and his wife.

Mr. Stokes ran an appliance store in Strasburg.

The name, "Stokes", is written on the glass plate.

Portrait photograph of Vincent Leon Leonhardt wearing a well-made suit and tie.

He is best remembered for his years in Woodstock as the tailor for the students of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA).

Born in Alsace, his native language was…

Portrait photograph of Mr. Vincent Leon Leonhardt wearing a well-made suit and tie. He is best remembered for his years in Woodstock as the tailor for the students of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA).

Born in Alsace, his native language was…

Photograph of Mrs. Balengee, the wife of a Methodist minister. She lived in the Hite House in Woodstock. Her next door neighbor was Mary Ann Williamson.

The Balengees moved to Shenandoah County after they retired.

The person on the left has…

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

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

Mrs. Doug Crump standing by a chair and wearing a short-sleeved top and skirt.

Heavily damaged photo of an older photograph of several women in long dresses of a style popular in the late 19th and very early 20th century.

The caption on the bottom of the photograph reads: "Mrs. Edward Gaffney and her six daughters".

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…
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