Claude and Fleta (Litten) Helsley With Son, Larry
Photograph of Claude Helsley holding his son, Larry, and seated beside his wife, Fleta (Litten) Helsley.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Identified in 2009 by Joyce Hamrick, a friend of the subjects.
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Fleta (Litten) Helsley appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 007225 and 022629.
Claude Arthur Helsley appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 007225 and 040291.
Sailors - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young man wearing his U.S. Navy uniform.
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.
Marines (Military personnel) - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Unidentified woman is standing next to an unidentified U.S. Marine in uniform. Probably, this was a wife and her husband. Plate is damaged.
Same unidentified U.S. Marine appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001802 and 021918.
Soldiers - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
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.
Identified by his nephew Gary L. Pence who noted Harry Pence had two sons, Douglas and Thomas.
Harry Pence Sr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001801 and 003290.
Ellen (Hockman) Dellinger and Barbara (Hollar) Gallant
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.
Identified in 2002 by Phyllis S. Wright, a cousin of the two subjects.
Barbara (Hollar) Gallant appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002786, 002787, 002788, 004858, 007228 and 028222.
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.
Fuller, Ellen Fleming (French) (1930-2020)
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.
After confirming her birth date of 1930, this photograph was taken earlier than the box date indicates, probably circa 1935.
Identified in 2003 by Lena F. Fuller, sister of the subject.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Ellen Fleming French Fuller appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002745 and 007222.
Frank Walters in his U.S. Navy uniform, pictured with his wife, Retha Crisman Walters.
Identified in 2002 by Margie P. Lichliter, a friend of both subjects.
Frank Walters appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001799, 001876, and 028088.
Retha (Crisman) Walters appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001799 and 028088.
Unidentified young girl is seated on a bench. The name, "Mrs Nellie Wisman" is written on the glass plate negative of this image.
Soldiers- American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Portrait photograph of Tobias Ritenour, Jr., in his U.S. Army uniform. Plate shows damage.
Identified on an undated ID form by Frances Walker, the subject's friend.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman wearing a hair ornament. The name, "Whittington", is written on the glass plate negative of this image.
Carts & wagons - Virginia - Shenandoah County
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.
Unidentified young soldier standing beside a woman, probably his mother. The name, "Alfred Middleton" is written on the glass plate negative of this image.
Same man in uniform appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 007218 and 007219.
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.
Identified in 2005 by Mary Belle Kibler, who recognized him.
Unidentified young man wearing his U.S. Army uniform. The name, "Alfred Middleton", is written on the glass plate negative of this image.
Two unidentified women, both wearing hats, are posed together.
Photograph of John Robert Wilkins Jr. as a child. The name "John Robert Wilkins" is written on the glass negative.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled, "Aug 1945".
No ID form. Name written on the margin of the paper copy.
John Robert Wilkins Jr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 007217, 007253, 007262, 009733, and 009791.
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Unidentified cadet of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) wearing his school uniform.
Unidentified young boy is seated on a bench. The name, "Wenck". is written on the glass plate negative for this image.
Unidentified man and woman, seated, with a young boy posed between them. Probably, this was a family photograph.
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.
Richard, Mildred, and Grace (Wisman) Painter
Painter, Grace Catherine Wisman (1895-1987)
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.
Identified in 2007 by Dennis Hockman, a distant relation to subjects.
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.
Unidentified young child is wearing a bonnet and smiling. The name, "Cook" appears to be written on the glass plate negative of this image.
Coffman, Ernest Franklin Sr. (1890-1948)
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.
Identified in 2003 by Nancye L. Bowman, who was a friend of the subject.
Ernest Franklin Coffman Sr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection image numbers 000056 and 001792.