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Velma (Whitmer) Shipp

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Title

Velma (Whitmer) Shipp

Subject

Shipp, Velma Vinnie Whitmer (1926-2005)

Description

Velma V. (Whitmer) Shipp shown seated in a chair with one elbow on its arm and wearing a polk-dotted dress with a bow on the front.

Velma was born in Jerome, the daughter of Jess Howard (1906-1956) and Hannah Margaret (Barbe) (1905-1990) Whitmer.

She married Garrett Lee Shipp (1920-1982) in 1950. At that time, Velma worked as a waitress and her new husband was a mechanic. They both lived in Woodstock.

Later on, Velma worked at the IGA in Woodstock. The couple had at least two daughters, Brenda and Wanda Shipp.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1945".

Contributor

Identified in 2009 by Phyllis Wright, who was a friend of the subject.
Also identified in 2009 by J. Hockman, who remembered Velma worked at the IGA in Woodstock.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Identifier

018155

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citation

Morrison Studio, “Velma (Whitmer) Shipp,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 20, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/48206.

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