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Medford Hopewell Himelright

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Title

Medford Hopewell Himelright

Subject

Himelright, Medford Hopewell (1919-1982)

Description

Portrait photograph of Medford Hopewell Himelright as a young man wearing a bow tie.

Medford grew up in Strasburg, the son of Charles Clinton and Ivy Lillian (Ritter) Himelright. His father worked at a lime plant and Medford had an older brother and sister.

When he registered for the WWII draft, Medford lived in Takoma Park, Montgomery County, Maryland, with his family. At that time, Medford worked for H.C. Smith on Van Ness Street in Washington D.C.

Medford served in the Army Air Force from 1942-1945, as a Sergeant. While in the military, he married Betty Jo (Anderson) Himelright in 1943 in Mississippi, and together, the couple raised four children.

Later in life, Medford and his family lived in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area.

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 "Dec 1938".

Contributor

Identified in 2010 by Graham Conner.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Identifier

019439

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citation

Morrison Studio, “Medford Hopewell Himelright,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 18, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/49519.

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