Photograph showing Lois Virginia Chandler. The image appears in Pauline Lichliter's Strasburg High School scrapbook ca. 1920. It is labeled as "Our President."
Photograph showing Frances Jenkins (1884-1980), teacher at Strasburg High School. The picture was taken sometime around 1920, It appears in Pauline Lichliter's high school scrapbook.
This photograph shows members of the Knights Pythias Hill Top Lodge number 143 in Strasburg Virginia. It was taken by an unidentified photographer on April 11 1908.
Almost nothing is known about this organization except that it was one of the…
Photograph showing two women and a man sitting on a tree with fishing poles beside a body of water. The photograph comes from an album labeled "Our Trip to Strasburg" and is dated 1901.
Sometime between 1900 and 1925, one member of the Lichliter family produced this drawing. Unfortunately, whoever was responsible failed to leave any information behind.
What we do know is that the Lichliters lived on Washington Street in…
Sometime during the First World War this story was written about the United States flag. Though the story is undated, its reference to troops going “over the top” in France indicates it was composed during that conflict. Most likely it was produced…
On May 20, 1927 Strasburg High School’s seniors graduated during commencement exercises held at the Strand Theatre. This invitation was one of numerous cards ordered by the class’ 38 graduates. Originally the event seems to have been planned for June…
On June 1, 1915 J.R. Selz, of the Chicago-based Selz, Schwab & Co., sent this letter to Pauline Lichliter of Strasburg Virginia, notifying her that she had been awarded the coveted Morris Selz Liberty Bell Medal.
Color postcard with a picture of US Route 11 at Fishers Hill and the interpretative highway sign describing the Civil War Battle that occurred there. The image is looking south from the top of the hill toward Strasburg.
Color postcard showing a view of the area around Fishers Hill in northern Shenandoah County. The view is facing west. The Shenandoah River can be seen in the foreground and Fishers Hill is in the mid-ground.