Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photograph of Leannah Bowers Getz.

The image is labeled "July 31, 1868." Artificial rose coloring has been added to her cheeks.

Leannah was the daughter of Shemuel Bowers and Mary Margaret Bowers. On November 11, 1856 she married Jonathan…

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.

"Whole Ticket: Saint Luke String Band Concert." Unknown date.

Invitation to a "A Social Dance" to be held at the Holtzman Hall in Edinburg Virginia on June 9, 1899

Photograph showing the New Market Band in 1909. Pictured are, from left to right:

Front row: Lurty Shaver, Pete Henkel, G.C. Dean, Leonard Grabile, ___ Wise

Middle Row:

Ed Rice, Jake Bowman, Elon Linhoss, Earl Lindamood, George Higgs, Ray…

Program for movies shown at the Edinburg Theatre during the week of October 18, 1937. They included New Faces of 1937, One Man Justice, You Can't Have Everything, Born to Dance, and The Outcasts of Poker Flat.

Photograph showing four unidentified children, most likely a family group. The photograph is undated but is marked "Tooley-Myron."

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.

Photograph showing two volunteers stocking shelves at the Edinburg Community Library, ca. 1980. At the time the library was located in the former Irvin Building on what is now Piccadilly Street.

Two undated photographs showing an unidentified individual serving as "Santa Claus" for the Shenandoah County Library's annual Christmas holiday program for children. The photographs were taken in the library's original location in the basement of…

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…

Undated photograph showing a groups of girls. Labeled as being at the "school on the hill" in New Market Virginia.

Letter from S.D. Crude, resident engineer for the Virginia Department of Highways, to J.W. Garner of the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors. The letter informs Garner and the board that the state department of transportation had received approval…

Pamphlet describing the principles of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Found among the papers of Frank Dinges of Edinburg Virginia.

Photograph showing a flooded bridge across the North Fork of the Shenandoah River at Red Banks in Shenandoah County. Three unidentified people are standing in the foreground.

Scan of an elementary certificate issued to Conrad Allen Helsley for successfully completing the course of study at Toms Brook Elementary School. It was issued on May 31, 1963.

Scan of the Triplett Trumpeter from May 24, 1943. The Trumpeter was a newspaper produced by the students and staff of Triplett High School in Mt. Jackson Virginia. Four (4) pages total.

Document appointing Joseph W. Evans Postmaster of Edinburg Virginia. He was appointed on July 29, 1868. This document was signed by St. John Bull Skinner, acting postmaster general on August 11 1868.

Joseph Evans would serve as postmaster in…

Edinburg Fire Company "Soiree Minstrels" show held on April 3rd and 4th 1931. Show directed by Stanley Murray and Mrs. George W. Ring Jr. Photograph taken by Hugh Morrison of Woodstock Virginia. The show was held in the Edinburg Theater.

Letter written from R.K. Hoch to the manager of the "Woodstock Ball Club" inquiring about playing for the team that year. At the time Woodstock fielded a team as part of the Shenandoah Valley Baseball League which included teams from throughout the…

Photograph showing the baseball team for Massanutten Academy, now Massanutten Military Academy, sometime around 1910.

Two individuals in the photograph are identified. At the far right of the center row is Charles Roller. In the front row, center…

Photograph of four boys standing in front of Massanutten Academy, now Massanutten Military Academy. Charles Roller is pictured second from the right. Riddleberger Hall is pictured in the background.

Photograph showing an unidentified scene, possibly of a town.

Photograph showing an unidentified farmhouse in Woodstock Virginia. Most likely the image shows the area across from what is now Massanutten Military Academy.

Photograph showing a group of unidentified boys in front of Lantz Hall at Massanutten Academy, now Massanutten Military Academy.
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