Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photograph showing a portion of US Route 55 under construction.

This portion is located east of Strasburg Virginia near the foot of the Massanutten Mountain.

A sign straight ahead indicates with an arrow that traffic should use the old road…

View taken from Old Route 42 (now called Fairground Road) in Woodstock, Virginia.

The image is looking east towards Grabill's Manufacturing Plant visible in the background.

In 2013, the site was used by Shaffer's.

Photograph showing a passenger train and view of the Massanutten Mountain near Woodstock Virginia.

The road visible is today called Fairground Road and US Route 11 is visible in the mid-ground of the image.

The large brick house still stands…

View of Route 11 from south of Woodstock and looking south towards Edinburg.

A sign on the left advertises the Chrysler Plymouth business 2 miles ahead in Edinburg. A mailbox and turnout are visible on the right side of the road.

Debris from…

View of King Street looking east in Strasburg, Virginia. The photograph was taken on King Street about halfway down the block east of Fort Street towards Holliday Street.

Unidentified men are working on the road with hand tools in the foreground.…

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…

View of Main Street in Mount Jackson Virginia, where it intersects with Orkney Blvd.

The photograph was taken from behind two gas pumps and beside a cemetery.

Photograph of an unidentified paved road as it crosses railroad tracks.

Beyond both, only fields, bare trees, fences, and a couple of telephone poles are visible.

Photograph showing the view looking south from the intersection of US Route 11 (now Main Street) and Fairground Road in Woodstock Virginia.

Photograph showing a view of Shenandoah County near the Jerome community.

Great North Mountain and Falls Ridge are visible in this image.

An unpaved road partially obscured by trees and a wood fence is visible across the lower portion of the…

View of Route 11 from north of Edinburg and looking north towards Woodstock.

Signs on the right side of the road advertise The Hotel Woodstock (3 miles) and the Woodstock Garage (4 miles).

Telephone poles line both sides of the road.

View looking north on U.S. Route 11 near the intersection with Saumsville Road north of Woodstock.

The large brick home on the left side of the road (center of image) belonged to Jonathan Stribling Crabill.

A large white barn is on the…

View looking north on U.S. Route 11 near the intersection with Saumsville Road north of Woodstock.

Signs for the Alexander Hotel in Hagerstown, Shenandoah Apple Candy, and the Clearbrook Woolen Shop are also visible on the left side of the…

Photograph showing Route 42 on the western edge of Woodstock.

The photograph looks west away from Woodstock. It was taken close to the intersection of what, in 2025, is Woodstock Commons Drive and Reservoir Road.

The house on the right still…

Photograph showing Route 42 on the western edge of Woodstock Virginia.

The photograph looks east toward Woodstock. It was taken at the intersection of what is now Reservoir Road and Hisey Avenue.

Two automobiles are also visible.

View of Massanutten Mountain from a country road somewhere west of it.

View of Massanutten Mountain from a country road somewhere west of it.

View looking east from a country road somewhere west of Massanutten Mountain.

Scenic view along a country road in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Fields and a hill are visible in the background.

The photograph was taken in the area of 3398 Ridge Road north east of New Market Virginia.

View of three vintage bi-planes flying over unidentified stone buildings and beyond an athletic field.

A road and early automobile are on the right side of the image.

View down the alley between the Woodstock Hotel and the Pure Food Store. A vintage automobile is visible at the end of the alley.

As of 2025, the alley is between the former Walton and Smoot Pharmacy building (now empty) and the Woodstock Cafe.

View looking south down U.S. Route 11 at the intersection with Saumsville Road north of Woodstock.

Bowers Taxidermy business, operated by Jimmy Bowers for more than 60 years, is visible on the right where "Deer Heads Mounted" is advertised on the…

View of Route 42 looking west from Woodstock.

Two farmhouses are visible on either side of the road. More houses are further down the road.

Today, there is a Starbucks located on the right..

Early dump truck is unloading a load of dirt at the side of a road. Unidentified workmen are on hand. An early road roller is also visible on the left.

Possibly, this photograph was taken during the work to pave Route 11.

Photograph of an unidentified man in an early road roller machine, Another unidentified man is standing beside the roller.

This photograph was taken on US Route 11 just North of the Narrow Passage Bridge south of Woodstock.
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