MMA Intra-Mural Basketball Team
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Title
MMA Intra-Mural Basketball Team
Subject
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball - Virginia - Woodstock
Basketball players - Virginia - Woodstock
Hancel, Elwood Lazarus
Beecher, Lawrence Jack
DeChant, Burton (1908-1989)
Description
Photograph of an Intra-Mural Basketball Team at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) during the 1927 school year.
Pictured are, from left to right:
Front Row: Lawrence Beecher, Elwood Hancel, Unidentified
Back Row: Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Burton DeChant
According to the 1927 "Adjutant" yearbook, this team was the Intra-Mural Champion under the direction of team captain Elwood Hancel. This was identified as the "Harvard" team.
Pictured are, from left to right:
Front Row: Lawrence Beecher, Elwood Hancel, Unidentified
Back Row: Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Burton DeChant
According to the 1927 "Adjutant" yearbook, this team was the Intra-Mural Champion under the direction of team captain Elwood Hancel. This was identified as the "Harvard" team.
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 1927".
Contributor
Cadets Beecher, Hancel, and DeChant were identified in 2025 by library staff utilizing the 1927 MMA yearbook the "Adjutant."
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Burton F. DeChant appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 006361, 017504, 018537, 020044, 020130, 020145, 020146, and 023366.
Elwood Hancel appears in Morrison Collection images 005843, 009147, 013972, 018537, 020128, 020135, 020145, 020146, 020158, and 023366.
Identifier
023366
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “MMA Intra-Mural Basketball Team,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 3, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/52970.
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