Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Letter sent from the Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service to the Shenandoah Iron & Coal Company in Liberty Furnace Virginia.

The letter notes the Postal Department had approved delivery of mail using the company's rail line between Edinburg…

Photograph showing the church confirmation class at Mt. Zion Lutheran Church on March 31, 1957.

The individuals pictured are identified, though the order in which they appear is uncertain. They are, as listed on an attached identification…

Photograph of J. Clinton "Clint" Reynolds and Florence Mae Gochenour Reynolds.

The photograph identifies them as the oldest married couple at Mt. Zion Lutheran Church near Fariview when the photograph was taken in September of 1980.

Photograph showing the railroad bridge crossing Stony Creek in Edinburg after it was destroyed by a fire.

The photograph is undated, but the fire occurred on August 2, 1915.

Photograph showing an unidentified woman walking along Main Street in Edinburg Virginia.

The photograph is facing north. An advertisement sign for "The Homestead Coffee Shoppe" is visible in the foreground.

The photograph is undated, but…

Photograph showing an unidentified individual with bicycle in front of the Pearl White Theater.

The theater was located on Main Street in Edinburg.

The photograph is undated.

Statement issued by the Shenandoah Co-Operative Farm Bureau to the Edinburg Hatchery for items purchased during the month of November 1939.

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…

Advertisement card for "Fravel & Feller's" makers and sellers of furniture and undertakers in Woodstock Virginia.

The card is undated and features the image of a woman on the reverse.

Receipt issued to Gilbert Jerome Dellinger for the purchase of a one year subscription to the Edinburg Sentinel newspaper. It was issued by Edgar L. HIsey editor and owner of the newspaper.

The subscription cost $1.00 and ran from December…

Photograph of three lodges at the "Lupton Recreation Area." From left to right the buildings are identified as Fairfax Lodge, Rahauser Lodge, and Lupton Lodge.

Commonly called Camp Lupton, this site was a summer camp operated by Massanutten…

Photograph showing the "cafeteria workers" at the Woodstock Elementary School.

Published in the 1969 Woodstock Elementary School Yearbook.

Pictured from left to right are:

-Front Row: Elizabeth Kibler, Essie Rickard
-Second Row: Georgia…

Broadside for the "Public Sale of Personal Property" from the estate of "Mrs P.C. Holler" (Letitia Bell Hollar) to be held on June 16 1951 at her home in Edinburg Virginia.

The auction was conducted by auctioneer Charles Goltz under the direction…

Photograph captioned "President Stacey Sager receiving the 1991 Blue Ribbon award from zone Gov Geo Curlley"

This photograph is taken from a scrapbook maintained by the St. Luke-Fairview Ruritan Club which operated in Shenandoah County from…

Scale ticket and sale bill issued to Paul Runion by the Woodstock Livestock Market Inc.

The items are for the sale of a 220 pound calf on June 6, 1945. The gross amount for the sale was $36.30.

Card with attached ribbon issued to Zelda Lichliter by the Massanutten Garden Club for their Flower Festival.

The card is undated.

Zelda Lichliter was a resident of Strasburg Virginia. The Massanutten Garden Club operates in the same town.

Snapshot of Woodstock Virginia's downtown business district dated May 1928.

The image was taken near at the intersection of Main and Court Streets and looks south. Visible businesses are:

-Holtzman Hotel
-Geary Hotel
-New York…

Letter sent from "Weston & Anderson, Civil Engineering" located in Wilmington Delaware to W.R. Merrian, President of the Liberty Iron Furnace Company.

The letter references the decision to no longer pursue a possible extension of the Liberty Iron…

Photographs showing two individuals, one woman from the Fritts family and a man from the Dellinger family. The man is in uniform and appears to be a 1st Lieutenant in the US Army.

The man and the woman are most likely 1st cousins, sharing the…

Photographs (x2) of students from Strasburg High School in costume for the 1929 May Day parade and festival.

One photograph is labeled "May Day - 1929 - Seniors" and the second is labeled "What 'We' Wore."

The individuals in the photograph…

Photograph showing the "Portal Staff" at Edinburg High School. The image appeared in the school's 1959 yearbook, "Hi-Lights."

Portal staff were responsible for designing and producing the school's yearbook.

Pictured are Phyllis Benedict,…

Photograph of Rev. A. A. J. Bushong.

A Lutheran Minister, Bushong served several churches in Shenandoah County during the late 19th century. This includes Mt. Zion Lutheran Church at Fairview which he led from 1884-1895.

Born October 2, 1832,…

Photograph of seven unidentified girls.

The original photograph is labeled "Beside still waters 12 noon, Sept 26 1918. Confluence of Stony Creek and Shenandoah River." This would have been located in Edinburg Virginia.

Based on other…

Photograph of an unidentified man holding a snake at a children's program held at the Shenandoah County Library.

The photograph is undated, but based on contextual information would have been taken in the early 2000s.

Photograph showing the interior of the "Edinburg Reformed Church."

This church was built in 1856 and located on N. High Street in Edinburg Virginia.

A new church replaced the original building in 1911. The congregation became St. Paul's…
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