Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photo of two portrait photographs of Chellis Marie (Baker) Shirkey as a young woman with her hair curled outwards.

Her parents were Roland Franklin and Kathryn Frances (McCoy) Baker.

Her first marriage was to a man name Millard. Next, she…

Scan of a photograph showing Chelsea Wilson with the country music group the Oak Ridge Boys at the Shenandoah County Fair.

Photograph of Chemstone when it burned down. Fred Stickley is pictured in the bottom left.

Photograph of Cherokee Lodge located in Warren County on route 611. It is located near the confluence of Cedar Creek and the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. It is a historical landmark dating from the 1920s and, as of 2026, is still standing. It…

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Cheryl (Pence) Rudy as a young bride in her wedding gown, veil, and bouquet.

Cheryl was from Mount Jackson, the daughter of Wayde Hampton Pence, Jr. and Elva Mae (Nichols) Pence.

She graduated from…

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Cheryl K. (Pence) Rudy as a young woman with long dark hair and bangs.

Her parents were Wayde Hampton Pence, Jr. and Elva Mae "Essie" (Nichols) Pence.

She was from the Mount Jackson area and…

Family photograph of Ches Lambert, seated, with his wife, Evelyn (Eckard) Lambert beside him and their oldest son, Jerry Franklin, on her lap.

Another son, Wayne A. “Butch” Lambert, and a daughter, Bonnie Jo Lambert, were born after this…

Photographs showing a chest of drawers and mirror at an unknown location.

Photograph of Chester F. and his wife, Mabel (Shiley) Ritenour, seated in front, with their son, Martin C. Ritenour standing behind them beside an unidentified woman.

In the 1950 census, the family lived on Lee Street in Woodstock where Chester…

Photo of two separate photographs of Martin Ritenour wearing a U.S. Army uniform and seated beside his father, Chester Ritenour. His mother, Mabel (Shiley) Ritenour, is standing behind both of them.

Martin's uniform has a shoulder patch with the…

Chester Ritenour and his wife, Mabel G. (Shiley) Ritenour, are seated together in front while two young adults, their son, Martin, and an unidentified young woman, are standing behind them.

Chester Ritenour was the son of Joseph F. and Minnie…

Chester Ritenour and his wife, Mabel G. (Shiley) Ritenour, are seated together in front while two young adults, their son, Martin, and an unidentified young woman, are standing behind them.

Chester Ritenour was the son of Joseph F. and Minnie…

Chester Ritenour and his wife, Mabel G. (Shiley) Ritenour, are seated together in front while two young adults, their son, Martin, and an unidentified young woman, are standing behind them.

Chester Ritenour was the son of Joseph F. and Minnie…

Photograph of Chester Wright Riffee and his younger sister, Katherine Virginia (Riffee) Emiswiller, as young children.

They were the two oldest children of George Henry (1867-1952) and Wilda M. (Boehm) (1877-1939) Riffee.

Chester married…

Two images of a chicken (hen), one with part of a man in the background.

Photograph of a chicken with a band on his right leg.

Photograph of a row of chicken houses with a pile of firewood in front of them.

Many chickens are visible in fenced enclosures in front of the chicken houses.

Before there was television, mass photography, and social media there were postcards.

Starting in the early 20th century they became popular forms of communication. Over the next few decades the became primarily associated with tourism as…

Photograph of chickens outdoors and scratching around in front of a chicken house.

This house was located in Page County Virginia. Duncan's Knob is visible in the background.

Photograph of chickens outdoors and scratching around in front of a chicken house.

This house was located in Page County Virginia. Duncan's Knob is visible in the background.

Photograph of chickens outdoors and scratching around in the dirt.

Fields and trees are behind them.

Photograph of chickens taken from inside of a chicken house.

The chickens were moving when the image was made and many are blurred.

This chicken house was located in Page County Virginia.

Photograph of chickens taken from inside of a chicken house.

Two windows are cracked open on the left.

This chicken house was located in Page County Virginia.

Unidentified child standing in the studio.

Photograph of an unidentified child seated on a chair and wearing a white gown and bonnet.
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