Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photograph of two unidentified men facing each other with a crate of apples between them.

One man is handing the other an apple and there is an apple advertisement on the side of the crate.

Photo of an advertisement for Shenandoah Valley Apples.

According to the ad, they have "bonus flavor" and "hit the spot" with their "uniform size", Indeed, the ad promises that these apples are "healths best way".

Photograph of H.H. Ramey's Apple orchard near Strasburg, Virginia. Signal Knob mountain is visible at the top right.

The photographer has written on the image, "Apple Blossom time", "H.H. Ramey's Orchard - Strasburg, Va".

Closeup photograph of a shiny apple.

Unidentified man is shown reaching for apples on a tree. Other apple trees are in the background.

Photograph of a barrel mounted on a piece of equipment used in the apple packing process.

Photograph of some apples on a piece of machinery used to pack apples into barrels.

Damaged image of a barrel mounted on a stand.

Photograph of an apple grader manufactured by Grabill's Grader Plant in Woodstock Virginia.

The machine separated apples by size.

The plant was located near the intersection of what became Main Street and Reservoir Road and still stands in…

Group of unidentified men posed around a bin of picked apples. There are barrels in the foreground and apple trees behind them.

Unidentified man wearing a cap is holding a barrel along a piece of unidentified machinery.

Photograph showing a barrel on a stand, possibly in the process of being banded.

Photograph of a type of fruit processing machine manufactured by the Grabill Manufacturing Plant.

The plant was located near the intersection of what became Main Street and Reservoir Road in Woodstock and still stands in 2025.

The business was…

Photograph of the apple workers, posed on large barrels, outside the processing plant of J.G. Gravely in Woodstock. The words, "Virginia Valley Fruit Growers. "Lady Bird & Red Top" brands" are also visible at the bottom of the image.

Photograph of a large apple tree in bloom. Other trees in bloom are also visible.

Photograph of a Shenandoah Valley landscape with leafless apple trees visible. Plate shows emulsion damage.

Four unidentified women sitting or standing between rows of blooming apple trees.

Photograph of workers in Asa A. Sheetz' apple orchard west of Woodstock on Narrow Passage Creek. Identified are (l to r): Edgar Kibler, Darus Kibler, Hugh Peters, ?, ?, Asa A Sheetz (behind grader), Noah Sheetz, ?, ?, ?, ?, John Swartz and Jacob…

Photograph of apples still clinging to tree.

Advertisement pamphlet produced by R.D. Newland promoting the demonstration of a "Hydraulic Cider Press and Apple Butter Boiller."

Based on included dates, the document was most likely printed in 1898. R.D. (Richard) Newland operated an Apple…

Color postcard with a picture of Apple Blossoms on trees in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

Postcard with a picture of an Apple Orchard somewhere in the Shenandoah Valley and description of the apple industry in the area.
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