Private camps - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photograph overlooking mountains and buildings belonging to Camp Strawderman near Edinburg, Virginia.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Identified in 2025 based on caption present on image.
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Unidentified young woman seated on a bench and holding a baby, probably hers, on her lap.
Labelled "Nov 30 1923" on box of plates.
Same unidentified woman and young child appear in Morrison Studio Collection 007664 and 007665.
Photograph of the A & P Grocery store in Woodstock, Virginia. It operated at this site starting in the 1930s. The store was located at 121 S. Main in Woodstock. As of 2026, the building still stands and is occupied by Happenings Event Planning.
Identification of location etc. provided by library staff in 2026.
Unidentified young woman seated on a bench and looking down at the baby in her lap.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified man with a mustache. It appears the photographer has whited out the person who was beside him in an earlier image. This may be located at Camp Strawderman, but it is uncertain.
Photograph of Court Street in Woodstock, looking west towards the intersection with Commerce Street. The Southern Railroad passenger depot is visible behind the box car to the right of the image.
Same location appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002236 and 002283.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young woman wearing a long necklace and short hair.
Agricultural Equipment - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Mowing machines - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photograph of an early farming machine advertised to have 8 different capabilities.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman.
Construction workers - Virginia - Woodstock
Photograph of a group of unidentified workmen in downtown Woodstock, Virginia. Behind them can be seen a trench and water pipe, indicating they were the workmen installing the town's first water system which was completed in 1901. The photograph was taken at near the intersection of Court and Main Streets with the Historic Shenandoah County Courthouse to the rear of the photographer.
Scene of the photograph and approximate date provided by Zach Hottel.
Same image appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002234 and 028369.
Unidentified young child wearing a knit hat and sweater, is seated on a bench.
Unidentified young child is seated on a wicker chair and wearing a hat.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young woman wearing round glasses and ruffles on her collar.
Labelled "Nov 30, 1923" on box of plates.
Unidentified man and woman with two unidentified young children, one standing between them and one on the woman's lap. Probably, this was a young family.
Unidentified woman standing with one hand on her hip and the other holding a purse. She is wearing a large hat and earrings.
Unidentified man and woman, both seated, with four young children of varying ages posed between and in front of them. This was probably a family photograph.
Photograph of an unidentified young boy wearing a sailor-themed outfit and seated on a chair. He is holding what appears to be a riding crop.
Same unidentified boy appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 007654 and 007842.
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Les Fouts, a Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadet, wearing his school's basketball team uniform and holding a basketball with the words, "MMA 1923" written on it. Leslie “Les” Fouts was a cadet at Massanutten Academy from 1922-1924. He later returned to the Academy and is remembered for having served on the faculty there as a coach for the academy's swim and football teams from 1928-1942. Les Fouts was born in Chicago and grew up in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan. In 1910, he was the oldest of five children born to Charles O. (1870-1941) and Louise C. (Mellondorf) (1874-1932) Fouts. His father was a barber. He went to L.C. Mohr High School in South Haven, Michigan, for two years. Next, Les attended Massanutten Academy from 1922 to 1924. During the summer of 1923, Les married a girl from his hometown high school in Michigan, Mary Meader. At the time, Les’ occupation was “student”. Mary was a year behind him in school and they married in neighboring Berrien County. This marriage did not last. Les married Bertha Ely (1909-1993) in Lake County, Indiana, in June 1928. She was born in Michigan to Peter Franklyn (1877-1927) and Phebe Elvira (Woodruff) (1885-1952) Ely. Les and Bertha were married more than 50 years before Les died. Both the 1930 and 1940 censuses found the family living in Woodstock where Les worked at Massanutten Academy as an athletic coach and instructor. He and Bertha had two children, Lois and Leslie J. Fouts, Jr. Both of their children were born in Michigan. The family later moved to Georgia where, by 1950, Les worked as a teacher and coach for the private school, Woodward Academy, in Atlanta. His wife had a part-time job managing a book store. When Les died many years later, he was a retired football and swimming coach for Woodward Academy. Both he and his wife are buried in Fulton County, Georgia.
Betty (Benchoff) Page identified him on another image.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Three unidentified children of varying ages and posed together in the studio. Probably, these were siblings.
Photo of a photograph of an unidentified girl in a plaid dress holding a rabbit outdoors in front of a picket fence. The words, "Tom and the rabbit" are written along the bottom margin of the original image.
Apple orchards - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photograph of workers in Asa A. Sheetz' apple orchard west of Woodstock on Narrow Passage Creek. Identified are (l to r): Edgar Kibler, Darus Kibler, Hugh Peters, ?, ?, Asa A Sheetz (behind grader), Noah Sheetz, ?, ?, ?, ?, John Swartz and Jacob Sheetz (both men sitting on barrels), ?, John Sheetz, Russell Peters.
Identified in 2002 by Judy Sheetz Gochenour, granddaughter of Asa Sheetz. She has a printed version of this image.
Asa Sheetz appears in Morrisonn Studio Collection images 002411, 002412, 002233, 003694, and 028366.
Two unidentified little boys standing together in the studio.
Group of unidentified students at the Strasburg School.
Groups of students at the Strasburg School contained within the Morrison Studio Collection that appear to be taken at the same time are 002232, 002273, 003298, 003297, 003299, and 004946.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with short hair and wearing a boat-necked dress.
Photograph of the commercial building located at the intersection of Main and Court Streets in Woodstock Virginia. At the time of the photograph, ca. 1920, it was home to T. Glenn Locke's Store. The building still stands as of 2025.
Same building appears in the book, "Early Woodstock Facts and Photographs" by by Joseph B. Clower, Jr., published by the Woodstock Museum in 1996, page 63.
Additional information provided by Zachary Hottel in 2024.
T. Glenn Locke's store and building appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002231 and 027366.