Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photograph of an elderly man wearing a Confederate style uniform. On the coat he is wearing a ribbon for the "Neff-Rice Camp" United Confederate Veterans and a "Southern Cross of Honor" issued to Confederate Veterans by the United Daughters of the…

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Undated photograph showing the New Market Motor Company Ford and Fordson dealership building.

The structure still stands as of 2024 at the intersection of E. Old Cross Road (formerly Cross Road) and John Sevier Road (formerly Water Street).…

Oral history interview featuring Gwendolyn "Gwen" Tolliver Nickens conducted on February 5, 2016 for the Shenandoah County Library's Black History Month Program.

In 1964 Delois became the first African American student to attend what was then…

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Agreement between the "Linhoss & Shirley Pharmacy" and Martha Henkel regarding the rental of space for the pharmacy to operate in New Market Virginia.

The agreement is dated October 1921. It is signed by Martha Henkel, Dr. William C. Shirley, and…

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Photographic postcard showing a group of students at the New Market (Virginia) High School.

The image is dated 1919.

Identified in the picture are:

Back Row, left to right:

Paul Offman, unknown, unknown, Mary Harner (Linhoss), unknown,…

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Photograph of Margaret P. Cosby.

Margaret was the school nurse and mathematics instructor at Shenandoah Valley Academy located in New Market Virginia in 1925.

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Photograph of James H. Smith.

Smith was the "Bible" teacher at Shenandoah Valley Academy in New Market Virginia. This photograph appeared in that school's 1925 yearbook.

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Heavily damaged image of the stone monument honoring the 1864 Battle of New Market, a significant event of the Civil War.

Cannons on temporary stands and flags flanking the monument may indicate this photograph was taken at the dedication…

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Portrait of a group of unidentified students from Shenandoah Valley Academy in New Market.. There is a banner visible with the word "Seniors" on it. Significant plate damage obscures many of the people in the portrait.

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Large group of unidentified Shenandoah Valley Academy students sitting on steps.

The photograph was taken during the 1924-1925 school year.

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Group of Shenandoah Valley Academy male and female students sitting in two rows on a set of stairs. This photograph was taken during the 1923-1924 school year.

The following subjects have been identified:

Row 1 (seated, lower)

Unidentified,…

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Group of Shenandoah Valley Academy students.

They are holding pennant that sys "1923-1924 Juniors."

The subjects are as follows:

Row 1 (seated on ground) from left to right

Unidentified, Sarah Beckwith Richardson, Bessie Virginia Steele,…

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Group of unidentified Shenandoah Valley Academy students in their Junior year (1923-1924).

The following individuals have been identified:

Front row, left to right:

Robert F. Edwards, Nettie Scott-Smith, Roy Robert Scott, Thomas Hern Jr.,…

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Group of female Shenandoah Valley Academy students sitting on steps.

The student on the back row, far left is Wilhelmina A. Widmer. All other students are unidentified.

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Group of male students from the Shenandoah Valley Academy standing in two rows. The photograph was taken during the 1923-1924 school year.

Identified subjects are, from left to right:

Row 1:
Harold Dulaney Smith, James H. Smith (Teacher),…

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Unidentified group of Shenandoah Valley Academy students sitting on a set of stairs.

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Group of unidentified SVA students and a few teachers posed on the steps of a building on campus.

Some of them are holding books with varied covers. The words, "Our Day..." is visible on one cover and "Liberty" on another.

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Damaged photograph of a group of unidentified SVA students posed together outside a building on campus.

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Group of unidentified students from Shenandoah Valley Academy (SVA) posed outdoors.

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Damage photograph of a group of unidentified male SVA students posed in front of a campus building.

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Group of unidentified students from Shenandoah Valley Academy posed outside one of the buildings on campus.

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Unidentified group of students and, possibly, a couple of teachers, from Shenandoah Valley Academy (SVA).

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Group of unidentified students from Shenandoah Valley Academy in New Market posed outside a campus building.

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Group of unidentified male students assembled in two rows in front of a campus building.

An older man is in the front row, middle, holding a book. Perhaps, he was the teacher.

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