Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Portrait photograph of Clayton I. Spessard wearing a suit and tie with a high, starched collar. Clayton Spessard was a teacher of Latin and History at Massanutten Academy in 1902. This photograph appeared in a 1902 publication advertising that school. Clayton was born in Maryland, the son of Benjamin F. (1844-1910) and Catherine E. (Hartle) (1845-1902) Spessard. He had at least three sisters and a brother. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1898, and taught Ancient Languages (Latin) and History at the Massanutten Academy in Woodstock when J. Silor Garrison was Headmaster, circa 1902. After, he taught for a couple of years at York High School in Pennsylvania. In 1906, Clayton moved to Idaho Springs, Colorado, (west of Denver) where he served as the Principal of the high school there. Later, he became a bank cashier at the Cedar Creek and Gilpin Trust Company of Idaho Springs, Colorado, until he retired. While in York, Clayton had met Bertha C. Palmer, a graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. They were both were teaching at the York High School together. Her parents lived in Denver and they were married there in 1907. Clayton and his wife raised two sons, Frank P. and Clayton I. Spessard, Jr., both born in Colorado. Clayton spent the rest of his life in Colorado but died while visiting family in Maryland.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Identified by library staff based on his photograph appearing in the book, "History of the Reformed Church in Virginia" by Rev. J. Silas Garrison, 1948. (page 248, C, #2)
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Clayton I. Spessard appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 000073, 000116, 000235, 000236, 011381, and 015860.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman, seated, and wearing a large hat.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified man with a mustache, seated beside an unidentified woman. Probably, this was a husband and wife.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified man with a mustache seated beside an unidentified woman with a couple of curls showing on her forehead.. Probably, this was a husband and a wife.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman wearing her hair pulled back and a brooch at her neck.
Miriam Anna Schafer standing in the studio and wearing a stylish outfit of the time. She was an Assistant Instructor in Music at Massanutten Academy in Woodstock not long after the school was established. This photograph was used in a 1902 image made showing individual pictures of the faculty members of Massanutten Academy.
Identified in 2010 by H.L. Lockhart, who recognized the photograph as being the same one on page 248, C, photo 5, of the book, "History of the Reformed Church in Virginia" by Rev. J. Silar Garrison in 1948.
Soldiers - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young man wearing a U.S. Army uniform.
Five unidentified people, four female and one male, standing together. Family resemblance is present. This photograph may have been a family group photograph.
Photo of a portrait photograph of an unidentified young man with glasses and wearing formal wear.
Sailors - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young man wearing a U.S. Navy uniform from the WWI timeframe.
Same unidentified Navy man appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004121, 011390, and 014102.
Unidentified woman with short hair and wearing a string of beads is seated on a bench and looking downwards and to the side, almost in profile.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadet wearing his school's uniform.
Same cadet appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 011392 and 011393.
Damaged photograph of five unidentified children, three boys and two girls, all posed together. Probably, these were siblings.
Unidentified barefoot baby seated on a pillowed chair and wearing a large locket or watch around its neck.
Unidentified woman wearing a wide brimmed hat and standing beside an unidentified man who is seated. Probably, this was a husband and wife. The name, "G.L. Miller", is written on the glass plate negative.
Two unidentified children, a toddler and a young boy, posed together with a wicker chair. Probably, these were siblings. Something is written on the glass negative, however, we are unsure what it is.
Two brothers, Cletus Miller Myers, Jr. (left) and Derwood Long Myers (right), standing together. They were sons of Cletus Miller Myers, Sr. and Nina (Long) Myers, a farming couple from the Ashby District.
Identified in 2009 by Doug Dellinger, who was a son-in-law of Cletus Myers, Jr. He had a copy of the photograph at home.
Unidentified toddler standing on a bench and barefoot. The name, "Racely", appears to be written on the glass negative, however, Morrison may have written "Racey", a more common Shenandoah County name.
Unidentified man standing by a chair and wearing a suit and tie. The name, "Rinker", is written on the glass negative.
Unidentified baby posed on a draped chair and barefoot. A name is written on the glass negative. It looks like "Aswue".
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young woman with a wide collar on her dress. The name, "Jenkins", is written on the glass negative.
Unidentified barefoot young child is seated on a chair in the studio.
Unidentified woman with short hair seated on a bench. The name, "Windle", is written on the glass plate negative.
Two unidentified young women, both wearing winter coats, posed together.
The seated woman appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 011405 and 011406.