Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photograph of Massanutten Academy's Poe Literary Society's debate team as printed in a 1917-1918 academy catalog.

A. Carroll Richmond, president of the team, is pictured third from left. The other cadets are unidentified.

Two other members of…

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Photograph of Ruth Finks as it appeared in the "Shenandoah Herald and Shenandoah Valley" newspaper, November 27 1974.

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Color photograph of "Highway Post Office One" passing the Shenandoah County Courthouse in 1988.

The Highway Post Office was inaugurated in 1941 with a Washington DC to Harrisonburg VA route. In 1988, the Smithsonian and US Postal Service…

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Program for "Peter Muhlenberg Day" marking the dedication of the Peter Muhlenberg Plaza in Woodstock Virginia held on October 1, 1975.

The plaza was constructed as part of the community's celebration of the American Revolution Bicentennial.…

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Single sheet playbill for "The Christmas Nativity" featuring the Woodstock Players with the Verse Speaking Choir and Glee Club. The program is dated 1940.

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Broadside advertising the Woodstock Academy's "
Semi-Annual Exhibition," dated February 15-16 1827.

The exhibition appears to have included a variety of theatrical productions such as monologues and numerous lectures.

The Woodstock Academy…

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Letter sent from "Betty Saufard" of Orange Virginia to Margaret Revere Hoffman Hoffman of Woodstock concerning their upcoming semester at Madison College (now James Madison University in Harrisonburg Virginia) and the "A. A. sports carnival" to be…

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A November 4, 1936 edition of the "Sez Who," a newspaper published by the students of the Woodstock High School in Virginia.

The newspaper contains information about upcoming events, school activities, and local advertisers.

The name Margaret…

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Photograph showing the officers of the Woodstock Woman's Club dated June 21, 1956. The photograph was published in the Shenandoah Herald Newspaper.

Pictured from left to right are:

Lacy Boyer
Emily Logan
"Mrs. Frank Humston"
Helen…

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Photograph of the French Brothers Dairy located on Water Street in Woodstock Virginia.

The image is labeled by the producer "France Brother Milk D.H."

It is dated 1980.

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Miniature photograph of Hattie Fravel. The image is dated on the reverse "January 3, 1898."

Hattie was a resident of Woodstock Virginia.

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Unidentified cadet from MMA wearing his school uniform.

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Photograph showing the Hotel Holtzman located in Woodstock Virginia.

The hotel's staff, several of which are African American, and numerous other individuals are also pictured.

This structure stood at the current site of the Shenandoah County…

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Photograph showing the Shenandoah County Courthouse in Woodstock Virginia.

The image is undated, but would have been produced in the first part of the 20th century.

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Concert program dated December 7, 1947.

The concert headliner was Russell Abbott "Bass-Baritone." It was held at Massanutten Academy (now Massanutten Military Academy) in Woodstock Virginia.

Abbott sang eleven songs in four acts. Willard…

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Photograph of Rev. A. A. J. Bushong.

A Lutheran Minister, Bushong served several churches in Shenandoah County during the late 19th century. This includes Mt. Zion Lutheran Church at Fairview which he led from 1884-1895.

Born October 2, 1832,…

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Snapshot of Woodstock Virginia's downtown business district dated May 1928.

The image was taken near at the intersection of Main and Court Streets and looks south. Visible businesses are:

-Holtzman Hotel
-Geary Hotel
-New York…

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Photograph of James G. Kotsianas, super-imposed onto a photograph of his wife, in-laws, and two oldest children in Greece.

Identified (l to r) in the picture are: the young wife of Father George Ligdis, Father George Ligdis (James G. Kotsianas’…

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Photograph of Russel Shaw Carew wearing a Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadet uniform.

Russel was from Vineland New Jersey and a cadet at MMA in 1923 and 1924. He graduated in 1924 and the "Helmet" yearbook from that year noted his nickname…

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Photograph of Rafael Garcia wearing a Massanutten Military Academy cadet uniform.

Garcia was a cadet at the academy from 1921-1924 when he graduated. The school's 1924 yearbook "Helmet" notes he is from Havana Cuba and had the nickname "Gorilla."

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Photograph of Dean H. Russel.

Russel was an instructor at Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock Virginia. The 1924 school yearbook "Helmet" lists him as a Captain and notes he was a graduate of the Staunton Military Academy and The Citadel.

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Photograph of Carroll Hagerman Driver wearing his Massanutten Academy uniform.

Carroll was from Timberville Virginia and had the nickname "Puss" during his time at the academy. He graduated in 1924.

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Photograph of Mark Gathmann.

This photograph appeared in the 1917 Massanutten Academy Yearbook "Aggelos."

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Photograph of Claude Andrew Kinney.

The photograph appeared in the 1917 Massanutten Academy yearbook "Aggelos." Claude graduate from the academy that year.

The yearbook indicates his nickname was "Kerchiney" and he was from New Haven…

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Photograph of Chandler Parsons.

The image appears in the 1917 Massanutten Academy Yearbook "Aggelos." Parsons graduated from the academy that year. His nickname is listed as "Scottie."

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