Sir Syd's Funny Ticklers

Sir Syd's Funny Ticklers

Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)

Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock

Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock

Military education - Virginia - Woodstock

Music ensembles - Woodstock - Virginia

Benchoff, Robert (1909-1968)

Bawden, Earle Kenneth (1904-1991)

Newcorn, Cecil Miller (1906-1970)

Sydney, Charles

Roughen, Richard Clark (1908-1981)

Photograph of Massanutten Academy's "Jazz Orchestra" as it appears in the school's 1924 yearbook "The Helmet."

The band's drum identifies them as "Sir Syd's Funny Ticklers."

Identified cadets, from left to right are:

Unidentified, Robert Benchoff, Charles Sydney, Earle Kenneth Bawden, Richard Clark Roughen, Cecil Newcorn.

Morrison Studio

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Shenandoah County Library

ca 1924

Identified by library staff in 2024 utilizing the 1924 Massanutten Academy yearbook "The Helmet."

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Earle K. Bawden appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 008584, 013193, 015500, 020074, 020075, 020092, 020098, 020114, 020118, 020316 and 020132.

Robert J. Benchoff appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001696, 003961, 005072, 006321, 008093, 008536, 010945, 012978, 015782, 018537, 020057, 020068, 020080, 020082, 020114, 020130, 020132, 020135, 020156, 020159, 020160, 020161, 020164, 020276, 020287, and 020316.

Cecil Newcorn appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001414, 002346, 003410, 007854, 008152, 009346, 020092, 020106, 020118, 020122, 020132, 020159, and 020316.

Charles Sydney appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 009352, 015501, 020057, 020132, 020158, 020159, and 020316.

Richard C. Roughen appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 010212, 017106, 018537, 020044, 020083, 020130, 020132, 020145, 020316, 021508, and 023365.

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Glass Negative

8x10 inches