William L and Gilbert F. Bushong
Files
Dublin Core
Title
William L and Gilbert F. Bushong
Subject
Bushong, William Lee (1914-1992)
Bushong, Gilbert Franklin (1916-2011)
Description
Damaged image of William Lee Bushong and his younger brother, Gilbert Franklin Bushong, as children. Both are wearing sailor-themed outfits.
They were the sons of Emery Franklin (1889-1949) and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sarah (Wisman) (1889-1972) Bushong.
The brothers grew up with two younger brothers on a farm west of Woodstock on Fairview Road.
In 1921, Lee and Gilbert survived a harrowing 250-foot fall over a precipice across the river from the Triplett power plant. It occurred when the horse their father was using to pull a wagon up a mountain was spooked by something. The horse broke away and ran over the cliff with the wagon and boys attached. The two boys were found badly bruised but alive at the foot of the cliff near the river. They had to be rescued by boat. The newspaper article described the event as “one of the most remarkable escapes in the history of the mountains”.
The name, "Bushong" is written on the glass plate.
Emulsion damage obscures the right side of the photograph where the arm of another brother is visible.
They were the sons of Emery Franklin (1889-1949) and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sarah (Wisman) (1889-1972) Bushong.
The brothers grew up with two younger brothers on a farm west of Woodstock on Fairview Road.
In 1921, Lee and Gilbert survived a harrowing 250-foot fall over a precipice across the river from the Triplett power plant. It occurred when the horse their father was using to pull a wagon up a mountain was spooked by something. The horse broke away and ran over the cliff with the wagon and boys attached. The two boys were found badly bruised but alive at the foot of the cliff near the river. They had to be rescued by boat. The newspaper article described the event as “one of the most remarkable escapes in the history of the mountains”.
The name, "Bushong" is written on the glass plate.
Emulsion damage obscures the right side of the photograph where the arm of another brother is visible.
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 "Nov 1921".
Contributor
Identified in 2013 by Joyce (Bushong) Eastman, a niece of the two brothers.
Information about the Bushong accident was originally published on 1 September 1921 in the Shenandoah Herald newspaper and was also reprinted in the Past Events Section of the Free Press, Shenandoah County, Virginia, on March 11, 2011. We have extracted information from the reprinted article.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
William Lee Bushong appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001984, 003931, 008905, 009635, 014138, 016520, 016521, 016522, and 019150.
Gilbert Franklin Bushong appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 011167, 014138, 016520, 016522, 019150 and 019406.
Identifier
019150
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “William L and Gilbert F. Bushong,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 25, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/49226.
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