Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Engineering drawing for "Bell and Hopper" used by the "Mt. Alli (?) Furnace" ordered for the Liberty Iron Furnace in Shenandoah County Virginia. Dated July 14 1882.

Patent and patent drawing issued to Samuel Kerns of Strasburg Virginia for a surveyor's compass. The patent is dated July 31 1846.

Engineering drawing showing a hopper car. The drawings are part of a collection related to the Liberty Iron Furnace Company which operated a narrow railroad in the western portion of Shenandoah County.

Drawing and information for a patent issued to Samuel Kerns of Strasburg Virginia for a clover threshing machine. The patent is dated May 8, 1838.

Color photograph showing "Miss Holler" and her second grade class at Toms Brook School.

The photograph was taken during the 1959-1960 school year and the identity of the students is unknown.

Postcard send by "Jas. Wendel" to E.D. Newman of Woodstock Va. The postcard is dated February 26, 1885 and is postmarked Harrisville VA.

The card details instructions for activities Newman should be carrying out for Wendel.

Complimentary rail pass issued to George Rye, Treasurer of Virginia, by the "Richmond & Danville and Piedmont Railroad Co's." in 1871. Rye was a resident of Edinburg Virginia

Photograph showing Perry Franklin Riffey and his wife Irva Catherine Rinker Riffey.

The two were married on November 23, 1913 by J.W. Hauserman, a Lutheran minister, at Thomas Rinkers House in Jerome Virginia. At the time Perry was a postal clerk…

Undated photograph showing "Miss Edith (May) Miller."

Edith Milller was born March 28, 1878 in Edinburg Virginia and died on April 28, 1955 in the same town. Her parents were George M. and Fannie Vincent Miller. Siblings were W.V. Miller,…

Photographic postcard showing Rena Frances Coffelt. The image was produced by Woodstock photographer Hugh Morrison and is undated.

Rena Coffelt was born September 19, 1916 in Woodstock Virginia. On April 12, 1938 she married Ernest Albert Copp, a…

Photographic postcard showing "Charlotte Josephine Bowman." The card is labeled "age 5, Xmas Greetings to Aunt Sarah" which dates it to December 1921.

Charlotte was born August 14 1916 in Shenandoah County Virginia. Her parents were Milton H.…

This is a family register belonging to the Fadely family. The register was a page from the family Bible. The page lists names and dates of births.

The page lists Sybilla Fadely, who was born April 20, 1828; Uriah Jonathan Fadely, who was born…

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A cabinet card photograph of Jacob Ryman. The photograph was produced by Leedham of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania.

Jacob Ryman was born September 10, 1877 in the St. Luke Community of Shenandoah County. On December 23, 1903 he married Rose Riffey…

Emma:
BIRTH 11 May 1914
Sperryville, Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA
DEATH 13 Dec 1995 (aged 81)
Newark, Licking County, Ohio, USA
BURIAL
Kirkersville Cemetery
Kirkersville, Licking County, Ohio, USA
Married: William Eugene Gutridge in…

Photograph showing Guy Tamkin, Nellie Riffey Tamkin, Carl W. Tamkin, and Essie Riffey Tamkin soon after the double marriage ceremony for the two brothers and two sisters.

The couples were married on October 25, 1922 in the District of Columbia in…

Walter Herman Saum was born on March 2, 1879 to Green B. Saum and Mary Elizabeth (Hollar) Saum. He had two sisters, Ethel Mary (Saum) Hockman and Mrs. Allen Orndorff.

Walter died on October 7, 1912. He was buried as Walter Harman Saum at the Saint…

James Worth Pence was born on April 23, 1893 to Milton M. Pence and Nanetta E. (Neff) Pence in Quicksburg, Virginia.

James was the youngest of ten children: Fredericka Davies, Philip Pence, Verner Pence, Louisa Funkhouser, Lawrence Pence, Rose…

Photograph from an album entitled "Our Trip" to Strasburg VA, dated September 1901. The album is dedicated to "Ethel Bowman" whose parents hosted the travelers during their visit and who labeled each photograph.

The photograph shows an…

Four (4) photographs showing the Shenandoah River just east of Woodstock Virginia.

Three (3) of the images show the river's "Seven Bends" from the area of what is now the Woodstock Tower. The fourth was taken from what is now Frenchs Woods Road…

Two photographs. One showing a cemetery in an unknown location and a second showing an unidentified woman inside that cemetery. Both photographs are labeled on the reverse "October 2" 1914."

Republican Guide to Voters, 1959. Includes photographs of candidates for local offices and House of Delegates endorsed by the county Republican Party. Election is dated November 3, 1959. It includes hand written returns for each office.

Advertisement for Thomas Manufacturing Company Disc Drills and Grain Drills sold by Snarr and Miley Store in Toms Brook Virginia.

The advertisement is undated, but includes testimonials from individuals dated 1911.

Single sheet document produced by Camp Strawderman. It appears to be a type of weekly update broadside. It includes weather forecast, schedules, and other information. It is dated July 6, 1941.

Letter from William Tisinger to John Gatewood. Gatewood was editor of the "Sentinel of the Valley," a newspaper published in Woodstock Virginia ca. 1845. The letter appears to reference an article, written by "Tyro," that appeared in the Sentinel at…

Art object produced by Louis Zeigler of "Ridgley School" for "Edith." The item is undated.

Ridgley School was located in Shenandoah County approximately 1.5 miles east of US Route 11 at the Saumsville Christian Church on what is now Ridgley Road…
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