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Photograph of the Shenandoah River, railroad bridge. and Massanutten Mountain's Signal Knob near Strasburg Virginia.

The photograph was taken from the Route 55 Highway bridge just east of Strasburg.

The railroad bridge runs close to the…

Photo of two fragments from two separate documents, both showing the signatures of interested parties. One appears to be a marriage record signed by George Savage and Jacob Lonas. The other bears the signature of Frances Meem.

Photograph of the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree awarded in 1969 by the Medical College of the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, to Signe Sue Etzler.

The degree was in Physical Therapy.

Marriage certificate attesting that Gerald Sihler of Rochester, New York, and Lois Marie Rodgers, of Washington D.C., were married in Washington D.C., on October 26, 1946.

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Silas Alvin Funkhouser with glasses and wearing a suit and tie.

He was born in Conicville, the son of Samuel G. and Eunice Idella (Swartz) Funkhouser.

He graduated from Madison College and taught…

Portrait photograph of Silas Kibler as a young man wearing a suit and tie.

Silas D. Kibler was the son of James Allen (1864-1949) and Mary Catherine (Hisey) (1863-1939) Kibler.

He was from Woodstock and married Susie (Smoot) (1906-1991)…

Staged photograph of a ten-piece silver dining serving set with various trays and pitchers for formal serving.

Photograph of a marriage certificate attesting that Arvel R. (the record erroneously has "Orville R.") Silvious and Florine O. Heishman were married in Woodstock, Virginia, on May 13, 1944.

The clergyman was Rev. J.P. Dennick, Minister of the…

Portrait photograph of Simon Zavel Wender as a young man wearing a suit.

Simon was the son of the founder of Wender’s Department Store in Woodstock, William M. Wender (1881-1932) and his wife, Minnie (Howard) Wender (1882-1961), both originally…

Portrait photograph of Simon Zavel Wender wearing glasses and a suit.

Simon was the son of the founder of Wender’s Department Store in Woodstock, William M. Wender (1881-1932) and his wife, Minnie (Howard) Wender (1882-1961), both originally from…

Studio image of three Frye brothers (l to r): Simon "Heck", Berlin "Buzz", and Douglas.

They were the sons of Walter Simon and Mollie Catherine (Showman) Frye. They had another brother, Gerald, and three sisters: Geraldine, Catherine, and Berkley…

This photograph of a group of U.S. Army soldiers actually reveals Morrison's effort to crop out the image of a single unidentified soldier seated in front which he probably made into an individual portrait.

Photograph of Massanutten Academy's "Jazz Orchestra" as it appears in the school's 1924 yearbook "The Helmet."

The band's drum identifies them as "Sir Syd's Funny Ticklers."

Identified cadets, from left to right are:

Unidentified, Robert J.…

Two unidentified young girls posed together in the studio.

They resemble each other and are probably sisters.

Two unidentified young girls in matching outfits and each holding a doll. Both girls have bows in their shoulder-length curled hair.

Photograph of Anna Virginia (Good) Jones (left) and her sister Fleda Irene (Good) Hess (right).

The name, "J.B. Good", appears to be written on the glass plate of this image. The girls were the daughters of John Benjamin Good.

Photograph of Charlotte Virginia (left) and Evelyn Hottel (right), sisters, taken when they were children.

Charlotte's husband was Earl Rinker.

Evelyn married Paul Kronk.

Photograph of sisters Dorothy Lucille (Coffman) Clem (seated) and Alice (Coffman) Borden Elm (standing) as children.

Their parents were William Alfred and Beulah Mae (Bowers) Coffman.

Dorothy's first husband was named Garland Oswald Seal.…

The three sisters were daughters of Brooks Adolph Irwin, Sr. and Elizabeth Maude (Kirby) Irwin from Edinburg.

Identified (l to r): Goldie (Irwin) Polk, Betty (Irwin) Wolverton, and Audrey (Irwin) Polk.

They had three additional sisters,…

The sisters were daughters of Guy Spiker and Bertha Arbella (Link) Wolverton from Woodstock.

Identified (l to r) are: Jeanine, Betty and Charlotte.

Jeanine married Ted Paul Fleming (1927-2006) and had at least two children.

Betty never…

Two sisters, Ruth Hoover (Wakeman) Whetzel (right, standing) and Ruby Maxine Wakeman (left, seated), are posed together.

Their parents were David Lemuel and Zelia (Hoover). Wakeman.

They grew up on a farm 1.5 miles west of Edinburg until Ruth…

Photograph of the three Wisman sisters standing together in their later years.

Identified (l to r) are: Sarah "Sallie" A. (Wisman) Funkhouser, Ann "Annie C. (Wisman) Dellinger, and Mary "Mollie" Emma (Wisman) Neeb.

They were the daughters of…

Sally Zea as a toddler, shown with her older sister, Sophia, who later married John D. Ritenour.

The sisters were from Strasburg.

Patricia (Fravel) Newland (seated) and her older sister, Shirley (Fravel) Wright (standing), when they were young girls.

Their parents were Fred and Viola (Lucas) Fravel.

Photograph of Vada and Vivian Morris although we are not sure which is which.

Their parents were Welford Whitley (1897-1945) and Myrtle Victoria (Whetzel) (1902-1989) Morris, from the Mount Olive area of Shenandoah County.

Vada married James…
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