Claude and Fleta (Litten) Helsley With Son, Larry
subject: Helsley, Claude Arthur (1919-1995)
subject: Helsley, Fleta Viola Litten (1917-1996)
subject: Helsley, Larry
description: Photograph of Claude Helsley holding his son, Larry, and seated beside his wife, Fleta (Litten) Helsley.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Labelled "April 1945" on box of plates.
contributor: Identified in 2009 by Joyce Hamrick, a friend of the subjects.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Fleta (Litten) Helsley appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 007225 and 022629.
relation: Claude Arthur Helsley appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 007225 and 040291.

U.S. Navy Sailor
subject: Sailors - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Portrait photograph of an unidentified young man wearing his U.S. Navy uniform.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

"Olin Showman"
description: Unidentified young girl is wearing a watch and standing beside a toy bird cage. The name, "Olin Showman" is written on the glass plate negative of this image.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Labelled "Apr 1945" on box of plates.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Damaged Image of a Couple
subject: Marines (Military personnel) - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Unidentified woman is standing next to an unidentified U.S. Marine in uniform. Probably, this was a wife and her husband. Plate is damaged.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Same unidentified U.S. Marine appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001802 and 021918.

Harry Douglas Pence Sr.
subject: Soldiers - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
subject: Pence, Harry Douglas Sr. (1921-1996)
description: Portrait photograph of Harry Douglas Pence, Sr., in a U.S. Army uniform. Harry was a resident of the Fishers Hill Community near Strasburg in Shenandoah County. He is buried at the Fishers Hill Cemetery.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified by his nephew Gary L. Pence who noted Harry Pence had two sons, Douglas and Thomas.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Harry Pence Sr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001801 and 003290.

Ellen (Hockman) Dellinger and Barbara (Hollar) Gallant
subject: Dellinger, Ellen Hockman (1934-2014)
subject: Gallant, Barbara Hollar (1936-2015)
description: Photograph of cousins, Ellen (Hockman) Dellinger (left) and Barbara (Hollar) Gallant (right). The girls were the niece and daughter of Virginia "Gin" (Seal) Hollar and Aden Russell Hollar.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Labelled "April 1945" on box of plates.
contributor: Identified in 2002 by Phyllis S. Wright, a cousin of the two subjects.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Ellen R. (Hockman) Dellinger appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002786, 002788, 004892, 004954, 007223, 028222, 029010, 029087, 030008, 030380, and 030383.
relation: Barbara (Hollar) Gallant appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002786, 002787, 002788, 004858, 007228 and 028222.

Couple
subject: Soldiers - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Portrait photograph of an unidentified man wearing a U.S. Army uniform and pictured with an unidentified woman wearing a hat with a veil and a flowered corsage. Possibly, this was a wedding photograph.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Ellen Fleming (French) Fuller
subject: Fuller, Ellen Fleming (French) (1930-2020)
description: Photograph of Ellen Fleming French as a young girl. She was the fifth of eight children born to Warren Ballinger (1888-1973) and Lena Belle (Sheetz) (1895-1976) French. Ellen grew up in Woodstock. She graduated from Duke University in 1950 with a degree in Botany, Ellen worked several years in the laboratories of Carnegie Institute in Washington, D.C. Ellen married Cliff Fuller Jr. in 1957 and moved to Orlando, Florida, where she became involved in local and national politics and was a precinct voting supervisor. She was active in the Orlando Garden Club and the Fern Club, but her real passion was the Orlando Dog Training Club where she worked as a trainer and AKC judge. When she died, she left behind four children – Susan, Thomas, Richard, and Margaret.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Labelled "April 1945" on box of plates.
date: After confirming her birth date of 1930, this photograph was taken earlier than the box date indicates, probably circa 1935.
contributor: Identified in 2003 by Lena F. Fuller, sister of the subject.
contributor: Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Ellen Fleming French Fuller appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002745 and 007222.

Frank Walters and Retha Crisman
subject: Walters, Frank (1908-1969)
subject: Walters, Retha Mae Crisman (1918-2022)
subject: Sailors - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Frank Walters in his U.S. Navy uniform, pictured with his wife, Retha Crisman Walters.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified in 2002 by Margie P. Lichliter, a friend of both subjects.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Frank Walters appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001799, 001876, and 028088.
relation: Retha (Crisman) Walters appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001799 and 028088.

"Mrs Nellie Wisman"
description: Unidentified young girl is seated on a bench. The name, "Mrs Nellie Wisman" is written on the glass plate negative of this image.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Labelled "April 1945" on box of plates.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Tobias Ritenour, Jr.
subject: Ritenour, Tobias Jr.
subject: Soldiers- American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Portrait photograph of Tobias Ritenour, Jr., in his U.S. Army uniform. Plate shows damage.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified on an undated ID form by Frances Walker, the subject's friend.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

"Whittington"
description: Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman wearing a hair ornament. The name, "Whittington", is written on the glass plate negative of this image.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Labelled "Aug 1945" on box of plates.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Children in a Horse Drawn Cart
subject: Carts & wagons - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Photograph of a photograph of seven unidentified children of different ages posed in and around a cart that is hitched to a horse. Visible behind them is a county lane bordered by wood fencing. Plate shows damage.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

"Alfred Middleton"
subject: Soldiers - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Unidentified young soldier standing beside a woman, probably his mother. The name, "Alfred Middleton" is written on the glass plate negative of this image.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Labelled "Aug 1945" on box of plates.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Same man in uniform appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 007218 and 007219.

William Sites
subject: Sites, William Franklin (1922-2006)
subject: Soldiers - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Portrait photograph of William "Bill" Sites in his U.S. Army uniform. Bill was the son of Mary (Moton) Sites. During his World War II Army service, he was at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed by the Japanese. He received five medals, including three Bronze Stars. After the war, Bill returned to Shenandoah County where he owned and operated the Virginia Restaurant in Mount Jackson and worked at the American Viscose plant (later called Avtex Fibers) in Front Royal for 20 years. He was a member of the Massanutten Post No. 2447 VFW in Edinburg and was a bartender at the Mount Jackson Moose Lodge for a number of years. His wife was Dorothy Frances (Beaver) Sites.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified in 2005 by Mary Belle Kibler, who recognized him.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

"Alfred Middleton"
subject: Soldiers - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Unidentified young man wearing his U.S. Army uniform. The name, "Alfred Middleton", is written on the glass plate negative of this image.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Labelled "Aug 1945" on box of plates.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Same man in uniform appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 007218 and 007219.

Two Women
description: Two unidentified women, both wearing hats, are posed together.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

John Robert Wilkins Jr.
subject: Wilkins, John Robert Jr. (1944- )
description: Photograph of John Robert Wilkins Jr. as a child. The name "John Robert Wilkins" is written on the glass negative.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled, "Aug 1945".
contributor: No ID form. Name written on the margin of the paper copy.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: John Robert Wilkins Jr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 007217, 007253, 007262, 009733, and 009791.

Boy in MMA Uniform
subject: Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
subject: Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
description: Unidentified cadet of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) wearing his school uniform.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

"Wenck"
description: Unidentified young boy is seated on a bench. The name, "Wenck". is written on the glass plate negative for this image.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Labelled "Aug 1945" on box of plates.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Family Photograph
description: Unidentified man and woman, seated, with a young boy posed between them. Probably, this was a family photograph.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Labelled "Aug 1945" on box of plates.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

"Mrs. Hart"
description: Unidentified young boy wearing a Navy sailor outfit. The name, "Mrs Hart", and the place, "Strasburg", are written on the glass plate negative of this image.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Labelled "Aug 1945" on box of plates.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Richard, Mildred, and Grace (Wisman) Painter
subject: Painter, Richard Henry (1893-1978)
subject: Painter, Mildred Agatha (1914-2001)
subject: Painter, Grace Catherine Wisman (1895-1987)
description: Photograph of the Painter family identified as (L to R): Richard Henry Painter, seated, his oldest child, Mildred Agatha, and his wife, Grace Catherine (Wisman). Born in Narrow Passage, Richard was the third son of Joseph and Dora (Kelley) Painter. In 1913, he married Grace Catherine Wisman, born in St. Luke, to Joseph Franklin and Lue Ella (Maphis) Wisman. The couple had five children although two of them, Catherine and Wilbur Richard Painter, did not live. The others were: Mildred Agatha, Elaine Elizabeth, and Wanda Lea Painter.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: ca 1916-1918
contributor: Identified in 2007 by Dennis Hockman, a distant relation to subjects.
contributor: Additional biographical information was extracted from page 236 of the book, "A Hockman Family History", written by Dennis L. Hockman and Richard P. Hockman in 1994.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

"Cook"
description: Unidentified young child is wearing a bonnet and smiling. The name, "Cook" appears to be written on the glass plate negative of this image.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Labelled "Aug 1945" on box of plates.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Ernest Franklin Coffman Sr.
subject: Coffman, Ernest Franklin Sr. (1890-1948)
description: Portrait photograph of Ernest Coffman, Sr. He was the husband of Lou Hammer and father of Geneva (Coffman) Conger, Hazel (Coffman) Fadely, Virginia Coffman, Ernestine (Coffman) Mitchell, Madge (Coffman) Clark, Christine (Coffman) Barrick, Ernest Coffman, Jr., and Thomas Coffman. Ernest worked as a U.S. postal clerk, riding the mail train as well as serving in a highway post office. He also grew fruit and raised chickens.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: ca 1940
contributor: Identified in 2003 by Nancye L. Bowman, who was a friend of the subject.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Ernest Franklin Coffman Sr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection image numbers 000056 and 001792.