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William Fred Bowman

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Title

William Fred Bowman

Subject

Bowman, William Fred (1897-1978)

Description

William Fred Bowman, known as "Fred", shown as a young man wearing a suit and tie, and standing with his hands behind his back.

He was the fourth child born to Martin Luther and Ida Roseanna (Myers) Bowman, a farming couple from the Hamburg area of Shenandoah County.

When he registered for the WWII draft in 1942, his emergency contact was Rebecca Mae Bowman and his occupation was noted as being a self-employed lumberjack and farmer.

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 "Jan 1916".

Contributor

Identified (undated) by Dick Miller, a nephew of the subject, who had the same photograph at home.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

William Fred Bowman appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 020020 and 025792.

Identifier

025792

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citationzork

Morrison Studio, “William Fred Bowman,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/55460.

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