Undated photograph showing a woman and three women dressed as men. Labeled "Nelle's lovers"
MacKenzie Grimes Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg VA, USA
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Nellie (Borden) Wisman and Anna Elizabeth (Wisman) Rosenberger
Nellie (Borden) Wisman of Toms Brook is standing by one of her two daughters, probably Anna Elizabeth (Wisman) Rosenberger, who is perched on a studio column.. Anna later married William Rosenberger of Winchester.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Identified in May 2002 by Carolyn M. Chapman, Nellie Borden Wisman's great niece who has the same image at her home.
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Anna E. (Wisman) Rosenberger appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 000575, 000576, and 000578.
Rickard, Nellie Maxwell Houston (1923-2011)
Portrait photograph of Nellie M. (Houston) Rickard wearing her hair short and a string of faux pearls around her neck. Nellie was born in Toms Brook, the daughter of Hallie Hagood and Nellie Grace (Rutz) Houston. Her husband was Marwood Rickard. She worked for and managed the family trucking business and was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Harrisville. Nellie had four children: Lyman Rickard, David Rickard, Maurine Rickard, and Janette (Rickard) Shelby.
Biographical information came from her obituary on Find-A-Grave.
Culbertson, Mary Nellie Koon (1910-1996)
Photograph of Nellie (Koon) Culbertson wearing a belted raincoat. Nellie was from Newberry, South Carolina, and the daughter of a Lutheran Minister, Samuel O. and his wife, Maggie F. Koon. Her husband was Col. Eual Culbertson, a retired U.S. Army Colonel and former school teacher and administrator in Newberry County, S.C. They married in 1930. Her brother, Rev. Lewis Koon, was a minister in New Market and she visited him and his family many times. For a time, she taught at the New Market High School.
Identified in 2002 by Nancy (Branner) Stewart who remembered her as a "beautiful" woman who visited her parents "many times" in their home. She also noted that Nellie was an aunt to the Reverend Koon who lived in Woodstock in the 1960's and married a Lambert.
Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Nellie (Lantz) Long. She was married to Homer A. Long, Jr. and lived in Edinburg.
Identified in 2014 by staff at the Shenandoah County Historical Society (SCHS).
Photo of two separate portrait photographs of two different people. On the left is Nellie Lantz Long from Edinburg. Her husband was Homer A. Long, Jr. On the right is an unidentified person.
Nellie (Lantz) Long was identified in 2015 by Shirley Golladay.
Nellie (Lantz) Long appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 028575 and 028740.
Grabill, Nellie Funk Supinger (1908-1984)
Photograph of Nellie Funk (Supinger) Grabill with short (bobbed) hair and wearing faux pearls. Her parents were John and Mary Supinger. She married John Henry "Jack" Grabill in Martinsburg, West Virginia, in 1932.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled, "Jan 1929".
Recognized in 2002 by her friend, Mrs. Randolph Foltz.
Nellie Funk (Supinger) Grabill appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002177 and 029399.
Portrait photograph of Nellie "Peggy" Azalia Myers. This photograph appeared in the 1925 Strasburg High School yearbook "Shenandoah." Nellie graduated from the high school that year.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Feb 1928".
Identified in 2024 by Shenandoah County Library Staff based on information from the 1925 Strasburg High School Yearbook held by the Truban Archives.
Nellie Myers appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 004944 and 017084.
Portrait photograph of Nellie Riffey with glasses. She was one of two daughters born to John and Carrie (Ryman) Riffey. The name, "Nellie Riffey" appears to be written on the glass plate negative of this image.
Identified in 2003 by Willard Riffee, a second cousin of the subject who had similar photographs at home.
Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Miller, Bernice Goldine Miller (1926-2014)
Photo of two separate portrait photographs. The image on the left is of Nelson F. Miller and the one on the right is of his wife, Bernice G. (Miller) Miller. The couple lived in the southern part of Shenandoah County. Nelson was a farmer and worked at Safeway for 34 years before retiring as an Assistant Manager. Bernice was a homemaker. She raised three sons and was active in the Bethel Lutheran Church and Ruritan Club, both in Hamburg.
Identified in 2014 by Bonnie Painter who knew both of them for many years.
Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Nelson Borden as a young man in a white suit and black bow tie.
No ID form. Name was written in the margin of the paper copy.
Nelson Oil Station and Burgess Nelson House, Mount Jackson
Automotive service stations - Virginia - Mount Jackson
Automobiles - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photograph of the Nelson Oil Station and the Burgess Nelson house (also called the Shannon House), both located on the Valley Pike (U.S. Route 11) at the north end of Mount Jackson. An unidentified man is filling a vintage automobile with gas at one of the pumps. Across the street, a part of the wall of the Our Soldiers Cemetery is visible.
Identified in 2013 by Staff at the Shenandoah County Historical Society (SCHS).
Motion picture theaters-Virginia-Mt. Jackson
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing the April 8, 1947 fire at the Nelson Theater in Mt. Jackson Virginia.
Hoyle Garber Collection, Mt. Jackson Museum
Interior view of the Nelson Theater located in Mount Jackson, Virginia. The theater was built in 1937 by local businessman, Burgess Nelson, and was once the largest in the county. It closed in the 1960s. Rows of seating are in the foreground and the curtained stage is in the back of the image. As of 2025, the building is being restored and is due to re-open in mid 2026.
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing the interior of the Nelson Theater in Mt. Jackson Virginia.
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing the Nelson Theater in Mt. Jackson Virginia.
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing firefighters at the scene of the March 8, 1947 fire at the Nelson Theatre in Mt. Jackson Virginia. The fire engine in the front is from Toms Brook Fire Department.
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing firefighters at the scene the March 8, 1947 fire at the Nelson Theater in Mt. Jackson Virginia. The fire engine in the front is from Toms Brook Fire Department.