Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Unidentified girl wearing a dress and black patent leather shoes. She is standing beside a bench and holding up a doll.

Photograph of William Nelson Shumate Jr.

The name, "Elsie Shumate", appears to be written on the glass plate of this image. Elsie Shumate was the mother of William Nelson Shumate Jr.

Unidentified woman with an unidentified little girl leaned against her side with her arms around the woman's neck.

This was probably a mother and her young daughter.

Photograph of John "Johnny" Hoffman standing with his arms behind his back and wearing his U.S. Navy uniform.

He grew up in Fort Valley and was a veteran of both the Second World War and the Korean War.

Unidentified woman holding an unidentified baby in her arms.

Probably, this was a mother with her child.

Portrait photograph of Billy Hottle as a young man.

Billy was the Postmaster in Toms Brook.

Two unidentified children, a boy and a girl, of different ages, are posed together. The girl is holding a small dog.

Probably, these were siblings.

Photograph of an unidentified man and woman posed together in the studio.

Probably, this was a husband and wife.

Unidentified young boy seated on a pillow on a chair in the studio.

Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with her hair pulled up and her face turned to the side, in profile.

Portrait photograph of John "Johnny" Hoffman standing with his arms behind his back and wearing his U.S. Navy uniform.

He grew up in Fort Valley and was a veteran of both the Second World War and the Korean War.

Two unidentified children, a girl on a chair and an older boy standing beside her.

Both are dressed in white.

Probably, these were siblings.

Photo of a portrait photograph of an unidentified man wearing a U.S. Navy Sailor's uniform. The insignia on his sleeve indicates his job was as a 1st class gun pointer.

Unidentified man wearing a wintry outfit and standing with one hand on his hip beside a chair.

The plate shows considerable damage and obscures the man's face.

Photograph of an unidentified man and woman seated on a bench with three young children on their laps or standing between them.

Probably, this was a family photograph.

Portrait photograph of an unidentified man wearing a suit and tie.

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of the same unidentified woman.

Photograph of four unidentified women of various ages.

Possibly, this image shows four generations of a family posed together.

Unidentified young man standing in his U.S. Army uniform from the WWI era.

Portrait photograph of Geneva (Painter) Cummins wearing a corsage with ribbons on her jacket.

Geneva graduated from Edinburg High School in 1943. She married Herbert Cummins. They had a son, Donald Cummins.

Photograph of two unidentified young women posed together on a studio bench.

Possibly, these were sisters.

Portrait photograph of an unidentified man and woman, both wearing glasses.

The woman is wearing a corsage on her lapel.

Probably, this was a husband and wife.

Photograph of an unidentified woman with her hair pulled back and seated on a bench.

Portrait photograph of Nellie M. (Houston) Rickard wearing her hair short and a string of faux pearls around her neck.

Nellie was born in Toms Brook, the daughter of Hallie Hagood and Nellie Grace (Rutz) Houston.

Her husband was Marwood…

Photograph of Lucy (Richard) Richman as a young woman.

Lucy was the daughter of James S. and Sallie Dora (Cook) Richard. She grew up on a farm in Maurertown.

She married Walter Richman who was originally from West Virginia. Both of them had…
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