Davis Lee Seal's USMC Discharge Paperwork
Recording & registration - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photograph of a form pertaining to Davis Lee Seal's discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps in March 1946. He was born on 4 July 1921 in Maurertown, Virginia. He enlisted in the U.S. Marines in January 1944 and served as a Sergeant when he was discharged. He qualified as a rifle marksman and radio operator. He earned an Honorable Service button at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was discharged from Camp Lejeune, and given a travel allowance to get him to Woodstock, Virginia.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
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Photos of Davis Lee Seal appear in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004023 and 023416.
Photograph of the certificate issued to Davis Lee Seal when he was discharged from the U.S. Marines appears in Morrison Studio Collection number 026218.
Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Photograph of sisters Dawn Hollar (seated) and Brenda Hollar (standing) with bangs and dresses made with the same patterned material.
Brenda Hollar appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 030352, 030697, and 031817.
Dawn Hollar appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 030352, 030697, and 031817.
Photograph of sisters Dawn Hollar (left) and Brenda Hollar (right) with bangs and dresses made with the same patterned material. The image on the right has a mark at the top where the photographer noted which of the two images he planned to print.
Photo of two separate photographs of the Hollar siblings. From left to right are Dawn Hollar, Stephen Hollar, and Brenda Hollar. The image on the right has a mark at the top where the photographer noted which of the two images he planned to print.
Stephen Hollar appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 031816 and 031817.
Traffic accidents - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Dead persons - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photograph taken at night of the body of a man lying in a field.
Same unidentified body appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 029317 and 029318.
Funeral rites & ceremonies - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photograph of an unidentified deceased man lying in his open casket.
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Dean Abe Gordon wearing a Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) football uniform and holding a football. He was a member of 1926 MMA Varsity Football Team.
Identified in 2024 by library staff based on other images of Gordon and the 1927 MMA yearbook "The Adjutant."
Photograph of Dean Abe Gordon. Gordon was a cadet at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) and is wearing his school's football team uniform. He is standing in a field with campus buildings behind him.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "21 Mar 1927".
Identified by library staff in 2025 other photographs of the subject.
Photograph of two Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadets in their football uniforms. The cadet on the left is Dean Abe Gordon. The cadet on the right is William Dale Hawkins. They were members of Massanutten Military Academy's 1926 Varsity Football Team.
Identified utilizing information provided on Morrison Studio Collection image 018537 and utilizing the 1925 publication "The Massanutten Academy : a School preparing for College, the Universities, and Vocations, with Military Training."
Dean Abe Gordon was identified in 2024 by library staff based on other images of Gordon and the 1927 MMA yearbook "The Adjutant."
Portrait photograph of Dean H. Russel. Russel was an instructor at Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock Virginia. The 1924 school yearbook "Helmet" lists him as a Captain and notes he was a graduate of the Staunton Military Academy and The Citadel.
Labelled "January 1925" on box of plates.
Identified by library staff in 2024 utilizing the 1924 Massanutten Academy yearbook "Helmet."
Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Dean Hoover wearing a short-sleeved shirt and tie. The image on the right has a mark at the top where the photographer noted which of the two images he planned to print.
No ID form. Name was written in the margin of the paper copy.
Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Dean Miller in a suit and tie. He worked as a banker at the First Virginia Bank. The image on the right has a mark at the top where the photographer noted which of the two images he planned to print.
Identified in 2014 by staff at the Shenandoah County Historical Society (SCHS).
Smoot, Deborah "Debbie" Lynn Hoffman (1951- )
Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Debbie (Hoffman) Smoot as a young woman with long hair and bangs. She was in the Business School of Triplett Tech High School in 1970. Before that, she attended Central High School where she was a member of the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) club. Debbie was the daughter of Russell Thomas and Audrey Marie (Weatherholtz) Hoffman. She lived in Edinburg when she married Wayne Dale Smoot in 1972.
Identified in 2014 by Karen Sigler who went to school with Debbie (Hoffman) Smoot.
Debbie (Hoffman) Smoot appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 028557 and 030480.
Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Debbie (Hoffman) Smoot as a young woman with long straight hair and bangs. She was in the Business School of Triplett Tech High School in 1970. Before that, she attended Central High School where she was a member of the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) club. Debbie was the daughter of Russell Thomas and Audrey Marie (Weatherholtz) Hoffman. She lived in Edinburg when she married Wayne Dale Smoot in 1972.
Identified in 2024 by Rick Lytton who remembered she had a sister named Yvonne (Hoffman) Lytton.
Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Debbie Kay (Kelly) Rosen as a young woman with long hair. The image on the right has a mark at the top (an "X") where the photographer noted which of the two images he planned to print. Debbie was from New Market and married James Jefferson Rosen in 1973. The couple started out their married lives together in College Park, Maryland, where both were students at the University there.
Good, Deborah "Debbie" Lynn Wright (1955- )
Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Debbie (Wright) Good as a young woman. She was born in the Panama Canal Zone to Richard Eugene and Joyce Marie (Kibler) Wright. She graduated in 1973 from Central High School in Woodstock. Her first marriage was to William B. Gardner. The couple married in 1973 but later divorced. Her second husband was Michael Allen Good of Edinburg. The couple married in 1984. The image on the right has a mark at the top where the photographer noted which of the two images he planned to print.
Debbie (Wright) Good appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 030121, 030177, 030283, 030299.
Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Debbie (Wright) Good as a young woman. She was born in the Panama Canal Zone to Richard Eugene and Joyce Marie (Kibler) Wright. She graduated in 1973 from Central High School in Woodstock. Her first marriage was to William B. Gardner. The couple married in 1973 but later divorced. Her second husband was Michael Allen Good of Edinburg. The couple married in 1984.
Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Debbie Dodson as a young woman with glasses and shoulder-length hair curled outwards. The image on the right has a mark at the top where the photographer noted which of the two images he planned to print.
Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Debbie Dodson with glasses and wearing a long beaded chain around her neck with a locket or watch on the end.
Identified in 2024 by Jo Ann (Tisinger) Fawley who recognized her as being a Mount Jackson resident.
Photograph of Fred Miller and Debbie Wakeman at the Shenandoah County Fair in 2000.
Northern Virginia Daily- Shenandoah County Fair Digital Collection
Physical objects donated for scanning by Greg and Debbie Wakeman.
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