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View of Main Street (Route 11), Mt. Jackson, Virginia, looking north.

On the left, are the residences of the Helsleys and S.P. Lonas. Further down the block is Lonas Store.

The first house (Helsley) was taken down and is now the driveway for…

Front view of a small restaurant in Mt. Jackson that was located at 5937 King Street.

A sign over the doorway reads, "Famous Lunch" and "Coca Cola". The menu in the window advertises soup for 10 cents and a Royal Crown Cola for 5 cents among other…

Photograph of C.M. Shannon's filling station and store located on Main Street in Mt. Jackson.

It was a long narrow brick building with windows along the side and gas pumps and a covered porch in the front.

Signs on the front advertise Atlantic…

Photograph of the Triplett & Vehrencamp hardware and farm supply store with a filling station beside it. Both businesses were located on Main Street in Mt. Jackson.

The building is no longer standing and was located where the town hall currently…

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 Mt. Jackson.

Across the street, a part of the wall of the Our Soldiers Cemetery…

Seven unidentified members of the Triplett High School basketball team posed outdoors with their coach.

The players' uniforms have "THS" on the front. Triplett High School was located on Main Street in Mt. Jackson.

Photograph showing people viewing a crashed bus from "Monumental Motor Tours Inc." in Mt. Jackson Virginia. The crash struck the home of Burgess Nelson which was located on the northern end of town where the current headquaters of Holtzman Corp is…

Photograph showing people coming from a crashed Monumental Motor Tours bus. The crash was located at the Burgess Nelson house on the southern end of Mt. Jackson, the present site of Holtzman Oil Corporation.

The date of the incident is March 2,…

Photograph showing individuals leaving a crashed bus from "Monumental Motor Tours Inc." in Mt. Jackson Virginia. The crash struck the home of Burgess Nelson which was located on the northern end of town where the current headquaters of Holtzman Corp…

Photograph showing a Monumental Motor Tours bus crashed into a shrub. The crash was located at the Burgess Nelson house on the southern end of Mt. Jackson, the present site of Holtzman Oil Corporation.

The date of the incident is March 2, 1942 as…

Photograph showing a police officer and others looking at a crashed bus from "Monumental Motor Tours Inc." in Mt. Jackson Virginia. The crash struck the home of Burgess Nelson which was located on the northern end of town where the current…

Photograph showing a crashed bus from "Monumental Motor Tours Inc." in Mt. Jackson Virginia. The crash struck the home of Burgess Nelson which was located on the northern end of town where the current headquaters of Holtzman Corp is located.

The…

Scan of the Triplett Trumpeter from May 24, 1943. The Trumpeter was a newspaper produced by the students and staff of Triplett High School in Mt. Jackson Virginia. Four (4) pages total.

Photographs (2) showing vehicles and people at the Shenandoah Cooperative Farm Bureau building in Mt. Jackson Virginia. This business supplied seeds, equipment, and other supplies to farmers. The building still stands and is today vacant.

Card reporting on the condition of the Mt. Jackson National Bank dated April 6 1885.

Directors include J.I. Triplett, Israel Allen, Robert M. Lantz, George W. Minnick, S.R. Hoover, Monroe Funkhouser, Joseph H. Ruby, Henry S. Wunder, and John P.…

Invoice from Lester W. Hansberger of Mt. Jackson Virginia issued to the Shenandoah County School Board for Shake Kindling. The items were sent to the Mt. Jackson "Colored School."

It was approved by B.E. Nelson, school trustee and paid on April…

Photograph showing the junior class of Triplett High School in 1943,

Four (4) photographs showing the aftermath of a February 14, 1925 fire that destroyed the Triplett High and Vocational School in Mt. Jackson Virginia.

Program of movies shown at the New Market and Mt. Jackson Theatres, week of April 1 1935.

Photograph of Julia Virginia Fansler from the 1949 "The Beacon," Triplett High School Yearbook. Julia was the librarian at the school and a graduate of Madison College, now James Madiston University.

Oral history interview featuring Gwendolyn "Gwen" Tolliver Nickens conducted on February 5, 2016 for the Shenandoah County Library's Black History Month Program.

In 1964 Delois became the first African American student to attend what was then…

Pamphlet produced for a "Masonic Banquet" held at the Riverside Tea Room on June 25, 1924.

This banquet appears to include representation from the Mt. Jackson Lodge, the Hunter Lodge in Edinburg Virginia, and the Cassia Lodge in Woodstock…

Photograph labeled "Aunt E. and classmates."

"Aunt E." refers to Edythe F. Getz. Which individual she is in the image and the names of her classmates are unknown.

The photograph was taken along Main Street in Mt. Jackson Virginia. Mt. calvary…

Certificate for two shares in the "Mt. Jackson Circulating Library" issued to Joseph Homer Tisinger of Mt. Jackson Virginia.

The certificate appears to be issued by "The Collins Library Company, Thomas J. Collins, Manager." It is dated February 6…

Aerial photograph showing the southern end of the town of Mt. Jackson Virginia and surrounding communities.

It was produced on March 25, 1992 as part of an aerial mapping project funded by Shenandoah County and covering the geographic area of the…
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