Junior Gymnasium Team
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Title
Junior Gymnasium Team
Subject
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Benchoff, Robert Johnston (1909-1968)
Richwine, G.H.
Students - Virginia - Woodstock
Coaches - Virginia - Woodstock
Description
Photograph of Massanutten Academy's "Junior Gymnasium Team" as shown in the 1917 yearbook "Aggelos."
Robert Benchoff is the student in the front row, far left. Professor G.H. Richwine is the "director" (coach) and is pictured on the front row, far right with the bow tie.
The other students are unidentified.
Robert Benchoff is the student in the front row, far left. Professor G.H. Richwine is the "director" (coach) and is pictured on the front row, far right with the bow tie.
The other students are unidentified.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
ca. 1917
Labelled "Feb 1919" on box of plates.
Contributor
The team and G.H. Richwine were identified in 2024 by library staff using the 1917 Massanutten Academy Yearbook "Aggelos."
Robert Benchoff was identified in 2026 by Kate Schindler and Rosalie (Benchoff) Learned, the subject's daughter.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
G.H. Richwine appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 013670 and 013701.
Robert J. Benchoff appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001696, 003961, 005072, 006321, 007054, 008093, 008536, 010945, 012978, 013701, 015782, 016974, 016975, 018537, 020057, 020068, 020080, 020082, 020114, 020130, 020132, 020135, 020156, 020159, 020160, 020161, 020164, 020276, 020287, 020316, 027541, 028383, 029271, 029272, 029283, 029296, 029536, 029859, 029865, 029959, and 031533.
Identifier
013701
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Junior Gymnasium Team,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 25, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/43552.
Comments
Kate Schindler
I know the identity of one of these boys. Robert Johnston Benchoff is standing in the first row, all the way to the left.
This identification was confirmed by his daughter, Rosalie Benchoff Learned.