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Mary Bair Bowman

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Title

Mary Bair Bowman

Subject

Bowman, Mary Bair (1908-1961)

Description

Photograph of Mary Bair Bowman as a schoolgirl seated on a chair.

Mary was the only child of Franklin Schmucker (1871-1963) and Sarah Fletcher (Supinger) (1870-1953) Bowman. Her father was a merchant in Woostock.

Mary became a well-known music teacher at Woodstock High School and served as an organist in her church, Emmanuel Lutheran. She never married.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

1920's

Contributor

Identified by Phyllis Wright, who was in the same high school civics class as the subject.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Mary Bair Bowman appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 000527, 000528, 003531, 003632, 004492, 004952, 008106, 011952, 014031, 020159, 022067, 023514, 023525, 025002, 025630, 027256, 027519, and 027549.

Identifier

025630

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citationzork

Morrison Studio, “Mary Bair Bowman,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/55298.

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