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Portrait photograph of Eleonor Hottel Balthis, best remembered for her years as a Strasburg High School teacher.

Born in Strasburg, she was the oldest child of Robert Fleming (1876-1944) and Hattie May (Hottel) (1882-1922)…

Group of unidentified students posing on the steps of the Lantz Mill School. The adult woman on the far right was probably their teacher.

The photograph was taken ca. 1924, based on a similar image that is dated.

Group of students and their teacher outside the Lantz Mill School circa 1912.

One student has been identified (front row, 6th from the left) as Ruby Clinedinst.

The other students are unidentified as is the teacher.

Miriam Anna Schafer standing in the studio and wearing a stylish outfit of the time.

She was an Assistant Instructor in Music at Massanutten Academy in Woodstock not long after the school was established.

This photograph was used in a 1902…

Portrait photograph of Clayton I. Spessard wearing a suit and tie with a high, starched collar.

Clayton Spessard was a teacher of Latin and History at Massanutten Academy in 1902. This photograph appeared in a 1902 publication advertising that…

Portrait photograph of J. Calvin Bolger with a mustache and wearing a suit and tie with a high, starched collar.

Bolger was a teacher of instrumental music at Massanutten Academy in 1902. This photograph appeared in a 1902 publication advertising…

Faded image of a group of unidentified elementary-aged school children and a few unidentified teachers standing outside of their school building.

Portrait photograph of Charles Virgil Shoemaker who lived in Woodstock.

Born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, his parents were Herbert and Matilda Shoemaker.

C.V. Shoemaker is best remembered for his service as a Superintendent of Shenandoah…

Portrait photograph of Mollie D. Coyner.

Coyner was an instructor at Massanutten Academy in 1924.

Damaged portrait photograph of Mary Bair Bowman, a well-known music teacher at Woodstock High School.

Mary was the only child of Franklin Schmucker (1871-1963) and Sarah Fletcher (Supinger) (1870-1953) Bowman. She never married and was very…

Portrait photograph of William Tamkin, long-time resident and well-known school teacher of Fort Valley.

His parents were John and Catherine Virginia (Spitzer) Tamkin. He had a sister, Josephine, and a brother, James.

In April 1885, Mr. Tamkin…

Photograph of William J. Snyder.

Synder was an instructor at Massanutten Academy in 1924. The 1924 yearbook "Helmet" notes he is from Media Pennsylvania and attended Hobart College.

Portrait photograph of Professor Milton Hollingsworth wearing a suit and tie.

He was the son of Charles Edwin and Fannie (Coffelt) Hollingsworth and had a long career in high school level education; first as a teacher, later as a…

Unidentified group of students and, at least one teacher, from Shenandoah Valley Academy (SVA).

Large group of unidentified students and teachers assembled outside in front of a campus building.

Group of unidentified students from Shenandoah Valley Academy (SVA) with a teacher on the far left.

Photograph of Mary Bair Bowman as a young woman.

She was the daughter of Franklin S. and Sallie (Supinger) Bowman. She taught music in Woodstock for many years and sang and played the organ in the Lutheran Church in Woodstock.

She was also…

Unidentified SVA female students standing outside and all wearing white aprons and hats.

An unidentified teacher stands on the left wearing a white lab coat.

Damaged photograph of a group of unidentified SVA students, all male, posed in two rows. The boys are all holding what appears to be a small book.

A teacher is standing on the left of the group.

Group of unidentified students from the Shenandoah Valley Academy in New Market seated or standing around their unidentified teacher, who is seated in the middle.

Portrait photograph of Howard Johnston Benchoff, influential headmaster of Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock.

He was the son of Loudon Francis and Martha Belle (Johnston) Benchoff. His first wife was Kathryn Leona Mahon who died in 1918.…

Photograph of Lelia (Burner) Boswell as a young woman with glasses and short hair.

She was from the Calvary area near Woodstock and was the daughter of Harry Cameron and Annie Elizabeth (Heishman) Burner.

Her first husband was Thomas R.…

Group photograph of the students and teachers of the Lantz Mills School in 1924.

The girl in the 2nd row from the bottom, 2nd student from the left was Elizabeth Stoneburner.

The man in the center of the photograph was a teacher, Edward L.…

Photograph of the Freshman class of Woodstock High School. Ruth Rice, Edna Burner, and Arlene Vann are in the photograph although we do not know where.

Gladys V. (Richman) Copp was the 1st girl in the 2nd row from the top.

The teacher on the…

Group of 3rd and 4th grade children posed in front of the Woodstock Public School on Court Street. Roller Golliday, Lacy Boyer, and Richard Bowman are among the children in the photograph but we do not know their exact location. The teacher is Mrs.…
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