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Undated photograph showing Walter Boyd driving his auto track that he used as a tractor. Behind the truck is hay rakewith an unidentified individual on board.

This photograph is labeled:

Granddaddy Walter and his Tractor
Picture Boyd taken…

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…

Photograph of Wanda Oswalt Frazier.

Published in the Shenandoah Herald newspaper on October 2 1969 as part of their "Country Kitchens" series.

Wanda was born June 18 1930 in Lawton Oklahoma to Cassie D. Stamper and Malcom Oswalt. She married…

Photograph showing women participating in a "water show" at Camp Strawderman west of Edinburg Virginia.

Photographs from a wedding. One is a group photograph showing individuals in the wedding party. Identified in this image is:

-Second from left: Marietta Holler Fuller
-Third from Left: Wanda Kingree Keckley
-Bride: Tribly Lantz Daggett
-Second…

A formal wedding portrait. The back of the photograph identify the bride as Lois Evans. The groom's name is first labeled as Lem Evans (of Edinburg, Virginia), but is then crossed out and is replaced with Bill Marks.

Statement issued to R.D. Newland by Wightman and Hisey for 1 bushel of seeds. Dated June 31, 1895.

Document announcing public sale for the personal property of William C. Pettit, deceased. Pettit was a teacher who had taught for a period in Hardy County and then in Shenandoah County where he died sometime in the early 1850s.

Oral history interview featuring Willy and Marquetta Mitchell conducted on February 4, 2016 for the Shenandoah County Library's Black History Month Program. Willy and Marquetta were the first two African American students to attend Strasburg High…

Photograph of unidentified woman feeding a doe.

Photograph showing a woman photographer. Taken from the Shenandoah Valley Academy's 1946 Yearbook on a page labeled Annual Staff.

Photograph of an unidentified woman standing on the front porch and holding a broom.

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Photograph showing an unidentified woman with animals.

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Photograph showing three women at a wedding. From left to right they are Connie Cary, Caroline O'Bryant (bride), and Pauline Lichliter.

Photograph showing two women with a steam locomotive. The woman standing is Elizabeth Williams Lichliter whose husband William worked for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at the Strasburg Junction Depot. The younger woman on the locomotive may be one…

Photograph showing an unidentified women's baseball team ca. 1925.

Small flag produced as part of festivities commemoration the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the town of Woodstock Virginia.

Flags were produced by the American Legion Post 199 in Woodstock in conjunction with the 250th Anniversary…

Photograph showing the Woodstock 4-H Club's booth at the 1969 Shenandoah County Fair.

Broadside advertising the Woodstock Academy's "
Semi-Annual Exhibition," dated February 15-16 1827.

The exhibition appears to have included a variety of theatrical productions such as monologues and numerous lectures.

The Woodstock Academy…

Brochure published by the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce highlighting the town's amenities.

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…

Photograph, taken from a 1951 Woodstock High School Yearbook, showing members of school's "Dancing Club" dancing. The caption indicates it was sponsored by Mary Blair Bowman.

Varsity letter from the Woodstock High School.

Photograph showing the Woodstock High School Class of 1930. Pictured from left to right are:

First Row: Ione Beydler, Wilbur Lauck Newman, Edna Miller, Virginia Stickley, Jay Pence, Joycie Williams, Lisa Fleming, Robery Ramey, Romaine Foster.…

This photograph most likely shows a locomotive of the B&O Railroad that had been involved in a wreck in Woodstock Virginia.

Local reports indicate that the wreck occurred on August 27, 1892. A northbound train, pulled by engine Number 199, a…
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