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Elizabeth "Eliza" Clinedinst Crim

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Title

Elizabeth "Eliza" Clinedinst Crim

Subject

Crim, Elizabeth C. (1838-1931)

Description

Reproduction photograph of Elizabeth "Eliza" Clinedinst Crim. The original image was probably taken in about 1870.

Eliza was also known as “Mother Crim” due to her actions following the Civil War Battle of New Market caring for cadets from the Virginia Military Institute.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Undated

Contributor

Identified by Nancy Stewart, who had a collection of pictures of the subject. She noted that Eliza Crim became a milliner later in life and put up the first outdoor Christmas tree in New Market.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Eliza (Clinedinst) Crim appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002800, 004907, 006622, 017464, 022729, 026754, 026755, and 040174.

Identifier

006622

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citationzork

Morrison Studio, “Elizabeth "Eliza" Clinedinst Crim,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/40150.

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