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Scan of the 1976 4-H/FFA Dairy Show at the Shenandoah County Fair.

Photograph of Rebecca Morris Crisman showing a calf at the 1974 Shenandoah County Fair.

Photograph of Rebecca "Becky" Morris preparing a cow for show at the Shenandoah County Fair in 1974.

Photograph of an exhibit prepared by a local dairy club for the 1974 Shenandoah County Fair. It was awarded the 2nd place prize.

Photograph of Dale Fogle showing a calf at the 1974 Shenandoah County Fair.

Picture of Dennis Morris of Toms Brook with a calf at the Shenandoah County Fairgrounds in 1974.

Scan showing the cover of a program for the Shenandoah County 4-H Clubs' "A Salute to Variety" program presented at the Shenandoah County Fair on August 31 1971.

Cover of the 1971 Shenandoah County Fair Program Book.

In October of 1913 Frank J. Terrill brought his Curtis Biplane to the Shenandoah County Fairgrounds as part of the fair’s festivities.
This is the first recorded time an airplane passed through Shenandoah County and would have been most local’s…

Photograph showing a horse and trotter cart at the Shenandoah County Fairgrounds.

Photograph of an ongoing Harness/Trotter race at the Shenandoah County Fairgrounds.

Photographs of the grandstands at the Shenandoah County Fairgrounds.

Photograph of the Shenandoah County Fair Board during the fair's 50th anniversary celebration in 1967.

Pictured are:

Back Row, from left to right: ??, Bernie Wenger, ??, Elwood Luttrell, _____ Seal, Elwood Santimeyers, Bryan Allen…

Photograph of the Midway at the Shenandoah County Fair.

Photograph of a Wild West/Indian Show at the Shenandoah County Fairgrounds.

Photograph of an undated bike race at the Shenandoah County Fair.

In 1915 the German Army released the effective Chlorine gas attack of World War One against British positions in Ypres. Before the end of the war these types of Chemical agents would kill or injure millions of men on both sides.
To combat these…

Cover page and last page of the Minutes of the Virginia Synod of the Lutheran Church, held at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Roanoke Virginia.

Handbills printed for the 1919 Republican Primary in Shenandoah County Virginia. They advertise the individuals seeking the party's nomination for local offices and announce the day the primary will occur.

Advertisement that appeared in the Sentinel of the Valley, published in Woodstock Virginia, for a public sale of several slaves and other personal property who had belonged to Anthony Spengler deceased. Spengler's slaves had lived on his farm near…

Photograph showing members of the Boyer family of Fort Valley Virginia. Pictured on the back row from left to right are:
-Sam Boyer who ran the Pelton Post Office
-Edith Boyer Burke
-Charlotte "Lottie" Munch Boyer. She married Sam Boyer after he…

Photograph of a Boyer family in Fort Valley. From left to right are Benjamin Franklin Boyer Jr., Ray Franklin Boyer, and Myrtle Frances Cullers Boyer.

Photograph of Ray Franklin Boyer and his sister Eva Boyer.

Photograph showing Eva Mae Boyer (Ritenour) and Ray Franklin Boyer of Fort Valley. The family account notes Ray was bare footed because he had contracted poison ivy and couldn't wear his shoes.

On December 28th, 1926 Miss Zelda Lichliter of Strasburg Virginia received this New Year’s card from Seona of Richmond Virginia.

New Year cards were initially developed in the 19th century as secular versions of Christmas cards. Their use soon…
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