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Photograph of a Fifth Grade Class taught by Betty L. Carey at the Toms Brook Elementary School during the 1963-1964 school year.

The students are unidentified.

"Toms Brook Hi Times," winter 1950. This newsletter was published by the Toms Brook High School on January 31 1950. It details school activities, academic accomplishments, sporting events, gossip, social activities, and local advertisements for the…

Scan of a photograph showing the Toms Brook High School Class of 1937, which graduated on June 8th of that year. On the back row, 6th from left is Mary Frances Orndorff who later became a Home Economics teacher. Also identified in the front row is…

Scan of a photograph showing the Toms Brook High School Class of 1937.

Commencement announcement for the Toms Brook Class of 1946. Sent by Betty Lou Reger.

Photograph showing the Toms Brook High School 1946 Girls Varsity Basketball Team and their principal. The team was county basketball champions that year.

Photograph showing the 1946 Toms Brook High School Varsity baseball team.

Photograph of the old Methodist Church in Toms Brook.

The church was built in 1917 in the southern portion of Toms Brook Virginia and was demolished to make way for the current brick church structure which was constructed in 1955.

A sign over…

Picture of the former school located in Toms Brook Virginia.

Photograph of the Toms Brook School.

The building was constructed in 1879 and then expanded through several additions.

It was demolished ca. 1935.

1938 photograph showing students from the Toms Brook School, grades 1-7. The students are standing on the front steps of the school.

Identified on the rear of the photograph are teachers Hope Sine, Virginia, Wakeman, Mary Cunningham, Hazel…

Photograph showing students at the Toms Brook School in 1893. The only identified individual is the teacher, "Miss Liculle Hottle" who is pictured in the rear by the door.

Photographic postcard showing the "Toms Brook United Brethern Church." It is dated 1922 and lists F.B. Chubb as the pastor of the church.

Today the building is the Christian Newcomer United Methodist Church.

Photograph showing the 1946 Toms Brook High School Varsity Softball team.

Photograph showing a view of Toms Brook Virginia.

The photographer was standing in the area of the railroad trestle looking northeast.

The photograph would have been taken sometime in the spring of 1924 while the new railroad trestle was…

Photograph showing an elevated view of the Town of Toms Brook Virginia with a focus on the area along the Southern Railway line.

The Toms Brook Depot is visible in the foreground.

This photograph would have been taken in 1924 when the…

Photograph showing Toms Brook Virginia.

This picture was taken from a railcar mounted crane that was present in town to rebuild the Southern Railway trestle crossing Toms Brook in 1924.

The photograph faces east. St. Peter's Lutheran Church…

Photograph showing the Town of Toms Brook Virginia looking northeast.

The photograph was taken from an elevated position on a railcar mounted crane that was present in the spring of 1924 to rebuild the rail trestle.

Postcard with a picture of Toms Brook Virginia.

The photograph was taken from an area south east of town and looks northwest with the railroad tracks in the background.

Photo of an advertisement for a "prophylactic" toothbrush. The cost was 50 cents.

Article describing a proposed geocaching trail

Postcard with a picture of the "Tourist Wayside Home" in Strasburg Virginia.

The card declares the home was "The Place to Get a Good Night's Rest" and had heat, baths, garages, and breakfast.

"Mrs. O.L. Funk" is listed on the card. This…

Scan of a photograph showing country music singer Trace Atkins and Felicia Plaugher of Toms Brook. Felicia also won one of the fair's demolition derby competitions during the year in which she was fair queen.

Traffic accident involving a car and truck. A damaged sedan and an overturned truck trailer litter the road. Skid marks are also visible.

The photograph was taken on Route 11 from north of Edinburg and looking north towards Woodstock.

Signs on…
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