Shenandoah County Library Archives

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For several years during the 1960s and 1970s, Stonewall Jackson High School fielded a competition gymnastics team. At the time, it and cheerleading were the only two sports offered to girls at the time.
While information is sketchy, it appears that…

Sometime during the First World War this story was written about the United States flag. Though the story is undated, its reference to troops going “over the top” in France indicates it was composed during that conflict. Most likely it was produced…

Undated photograph produced by an unknown photographer showing a baseball team in Strasburg Virginia. The identities of the players are unknown. Most likely the photograph was taken in the late 1920s or early 1930s after a new Strasburg School,…

Program for the Strasburg High School's Senior Class Play "Some Class" held on May 17, 1920.

Program for the May 11, 1928 "Health Day" at the Strasburg High School. Included are advertisements for Parker's Garage in Stevens City Virginia, the Virginia Restaurant, Kneisley's Drug Store, Peoples Drug Store, and Peoples National Bank in…

Form letter from the Strasburg Land and Improvement Company sent to stockholders in July 1891. It discusses the sale of shares, dividends, and the need for payment from shareholders.

The company was a real estate business that subdivided and sold…

Brochure promoting Strasburg Virginia published ca. 1962.

The brochure includes descriptions of businesses, church, local organizations, local festivals, and historic attractions.

Photograph showing a group of unidentified volunteers, including one dressed as a clown, registering individuals for the Shenandoah County Library's Summer Reading Program in 2003.

Undated photograph of two women and two men.

The reverse of the image is labeled "R.W. Sweeney, Mrs. Sweeney, Mr. and Mrs. Hottle, sister and brother-in-law of RW Sweeney"

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Photograph showing an unidentified group of men and women swimming in the Shenandoah River at Red Banks, just north of Mt. Jackson.

Snapshot photograph showing seven (7) girls swimming at Camp Strawderman.

Presumably they are attendees of the private girls camp which is located southwest of Columbia Furnace Virginia. They are swimming in Stony Creek which flows through the…

1974 photograph of Sylvia Zipperian, a resident of Shenandoah County Virginia.

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…

Tax assessment in the amount of $30 issued for a distillery operated by Paul "Rosenburg" of Shenandoah County.

The assessment was performed by Joseph Watson, Commissioner of the Revenue for Shenandoah County and sent to Benjamin F. Murray, Deputy…

Undated photograph of students and teachers standing in front of the Teaberry School during the winter.

Teaberry School was located on what is now Dodson Road (VA Route 711) near Conicville Virginia.

The photograph is labeled "Tea Beery…

A brochure printed to describe the history of the Mt. Jackson Colored Cemetery around the time of the cemetery's re-dedication in 2004.

Photograph of The Shirley, which was located in the south end of New Market, Virginia. It was hosted and owned by Mrs. I.W. Miller. The Shirley was advertised as having "modern rooms for tourists" and a "cabin camp with shower bath." Those staying at…

Photograph showing three women with tennis gear. From left to right they are Ann Stoneburner, Lucia Zigler, and Elizabeth "Beth" Downey. The photograph was taken in August of 1944 of the Downey home's tennis court, located on what is now Stoney Creek…

Handbill from the theatrical production "The Womanless Wedding" produced by the Woodstock Rotary Club as a fundraiser on March 21 and March 22 1929. The play was presented at the "New Theatre" in Woodstock and was directed by Myrna May Cole of Sympon…

Photographs showing the "Thomas Hudson House" located near Hudsons Crossroads west of Mt. Jackson.

The house was constructed ca. 1790 atop a spring and is an excellent example of Germanic stone construction in Shenandoah County.

The…

Photograph showing three girls. Josephine Hutchinson is pictured in the middle. The other two are unidentified.

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Photograph of three women with a young girl. The photograph was taken ca. 1914. On the back of the photo, someone identified them as Mary James, Mrs. Brushwood (?), Margaret Virginia, and Mae Agnes Evans.

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Photograph of a Fifth Grade Class taught by Betty L. Carey at the Toms Brook Elementary School during the 1963-1964 school year.

The students are unidentified.

"Toms Brook Hi Times," winter 1950. This newsletter was published by the Toms Brook High School on January 31 1950. It details school activities, academic accomplishments, sporting events, gossip, social activities, and local advertisements for the…

Commencement announcement for the Toms Brook Class of 1946. Sent by Betty Lou Reger.
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