Shenandoah County Library Archives

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A crowd of unidentified people are standing about on a field. A small airplane is beside them.

This photograph was taken during “Gulf Aviation Day” held in Mount Jackson Virginia on August 4, 1935. The event featured “Reynolds and Mason Flying…

Unidentified man in a hat is playing the ukulele and singing into a microphone held by another unidentified man.

This photograph was taken during “Gulf Aviation Day” held in Mount Jackson Virginia on August 4, 1935. The event featured “Reynolds…

Photograph of Burgess E. Nelson leaning against a car.

This photograph was taken during “Gulf Aviation Day” held in Mount Jackson Virginia on August 4, 1935. The event featured “Reynolds and Mason Flying Circus” and was an advertising event…

Unidentified man is squatting and holding the lead of a dog.

The dog probably belonged to Burgess E. Nelson.

This photograph was taken during “Gulf Aviation Day” held in Mount Jackson Virginia on August 4, 1935. The event featured “Reynolds…

Photograph of two men in hats talking. The man on the right has been identified as Burgess E. Nelson of Mt. Jackson. The other man is unidentified.

Burgess E. Nelson was a well-known entrepreneur and businessman from Mt. Jackson. He owned Gulf Oil…

Photograph of Burgess E. Nelson (right) talking to another unidentified man with many onlookers (mostly boys) around them.

This photograph was taken during “Gulf Aviation Day” held in Mount Jackson Virginia on August 4, 1935. The event featured…

Photograph of the dam spanning the Shenandoah River northwest of Woodstock Virginia.

The dam is locally known as Burnshire Dam.

Originally, this site was home to Rush's Mill. In 1873 it was purchased by J.I. Triplett. In 1892 he converted the…

Photo of the photograph taken on June 19, 1910, at the moment the Triplett Dam was dynamited to relieve flooding.

The Triplett Dam spanned the North Fork of the Shenandoah River east of Woodstock.

This dam was originally the site of Rush's Mill…

Photograph of an unidentified small country store with a gas pump selling Texaco Fire Chief gasoline.

A large Coca Cola advertising sign is attached to the roof and says, "Fauver's Groc".

Portrait photograph of an unidentified young boy.

Photo of two separate photographs.

On the left is an unidentified young couple being married.

On the right is an older photograph of an unidentified couple in a horse drawn carriage.

Photograph of an unidentified Minister in the midst of marrying an unidentified young couple who stand before him.

Photograph of the Woodstock Fire Department with two fire engines parked in front of it.

On the left is a 1965 Ford Fire Engine, and on the right is a 1970 Ford Tanker.

Photograph of the Woodstock Rescue Squad building located at 132 West Reservoir Road in Woodstock, Virginia.

An American flag is flying at the top of a flag pole out front.

Large group of unidentified men, women, and children posed on the steps of the "Susan B. Miller Nursing Home" on N. Muhlenberg Street in Woodstock Virginia.

Initially, the home was a private residence. Later, it became Susan Miller Memorial…

Photograph of Louis Glenn Locke wearing glasses and seated in a chair.

Photograph of Earl M. Kibler and his wife, Lula May (Myers) Kibler seated together. Their daughter, Karen Lee Kibler, is standing behind them.

The 1950 census found the family living in the Stonewall District of Shenandoah County, Earl was a…

Crowd of unidentified people attending the 1961 ceremony to dedicate the new Woodstock Fire Station addition on West Court Street.

Large group of unidentified boys posed in six rows of bleachers in a school gymnasium. The banner in front reads, "Future Farmers of America - Central Chapter".

Photograph of Warren B. French Jr. (standing) and John "Jack" O. Marsh (seated in the car) showing off the first car phone installed by Shentel.

Photograph of Harold P. Sheetz delivering mail to a home.

Harold was born in Washington D.C., the son of Lemuel and Albertis and Fannie (Mayhew) Sheetz.

His wife was Jessie M. Sheetz and their son was Raymond S. Sheetz.

When he died, Harold…

Photo of two separate images of old houses. The top image is a drawing and the bottom image is a photograph.

They do not appear to be the same house.

Photo of two images of Elmer Franklin Reedy as a young man seated on a chair and wearing a placard around his neck with his name and an eight digit number written on it. He is wearing a U.S. Army uniform.

His parents were Clarence Herbert and…

Photograph of an unidentified scene or model of a scene including what appears to be a hole drilled through rock.

View across a pasture to a farmhouse and many outbuildings around it.
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