Irvin Inc. - Employees
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Title
Irvin Inc. - Employees
Subject
Employees - Virginia - Edinburg
Shiley, Royston L. (1931-2011)
Helsley, Thomas "Tommy"
Barb, Dave
Fadeley, Margaret
Lambert, Norma
Marston, Louis
Didawick, William "Bill" Frederick (1942- )
Cook, Eugene "Gene"
George, Leo
Peer, Oliver Newton Jr. (1922-2013)
Irvin, John Robert "Bobby"
Lantz, Linden
Hollar, Bernard
Lambert, Howard
Smoot, Alger (1897-1970)
Wakeman, Paul Ralph (1932-2022)
Mumaw, Stanley (1936-2011)
George, Clifford
Irvin, John Grove
Bowman, Harold
Polk, Eugene
Foltz, Ralph F. Sr. (1921-2005)
Kline, Floyd
Marks, William "Bill"
Jennings, Richard
Miller, Ralph
Heishman, Alfred Jr.
Marston, Charles "Chuck"
Bagnell, Roland
Description
Group photograph of the employees of Irvin Inc., a wholesale distributor business that operated just north of Edinburg on Route 11.
Identified are (l to r):
Front row: Royston Shiley, Tommy Helsley, Dave Barb, Margaret Fadeley, Norma Lambert, Louis Marston, Bill Didawick, Gene Cook, Leo George, Oliver Peer
Second Row: John Robert "Bobby" Irvin, Linden Lantz, Bernard Hollar, Howard Lambert, Alger Smoot, Paul Wakeman, Stanley Mumaw, Clifton Geoge, John Grove Irvin
Back row: Harold Bowman, Eugene Polk, Ralph Foltz, Floyd Kline, Bill Marks, Richard Jennings, Ralph Miller, Alfred Heishman, Jr., Charles "Chuck" Marston, and Roland Bagnell.
Irvin Incorporated was established by George E. Irvin, and his business partner, J.I. Triplett, in 1884, as a farm equipment retailer. It transitioned to a wholesale distributor of, eventually, stationery and office supplies, drugs and druggist sundries, confectionary, and tobacco products.
The business shut down in December 2009.
Identified are (l to r):
Front row: Royston Shiley, Tommy Helsley, Dave Barb, Margaret Fadeley, Norma Lambert, Louis Marston, Bill Didawick, Gene Cook, Leo George, Oliver Peer
Second Row: John Robert "Bobby" Irvin, Linden Lantz, Bernard Hollar, Howard Lambert, Alger Smoot, Paul Wakeman, Stanley Mumaw, Clifton Geoge, John Grove Irvin
Back row: Harold Bowman, Eugene Polk, Ralph Foltz, Floyd Kline, Bill Marks, Richard Jennings, Ralph Miller, Alfred Heishman, Jr., Charles "Chuck" Marston, and Roland Bagnell.
Irvin Incorporated was established by George E. Irvin, and his business partner, J.I. Triplett, in 1884, as a farm equipment retailer. It transitioned to a wholesale distributor of, eventually, stationery and office supplies, drugs and druggist sundries, confectionary, and tobacco products.
The business shut down in December 2009.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
ca 1966 per the identifier
Contributor
Identified on an undated ID from by Miriam M. Irvin, wife of John Grove Irvin (pictured).
Brief history of the business was extracted from the "Comings & Goings" column (by Joan Anderson) of the Mountain Courier published on January 1, 2024.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Irvin Co. is featured in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 029276, 029277 (employees), 029278, 029279, 029280, 029281, 029282, 029284, 029286, and 029293 (showroom).
Eugene Cook appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 029277, 029351 and 029352.
Royston Shiley appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 003431 and 029277.
William F. Didawick appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 029277 and 030369.
Oliver Peer appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 003643 and 029277.
Alger Smoot appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 018490 and 029277.
Paul Wakeman appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 021659, 029277, and 040247.
Ralph Foltz Sr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001463, 012748, and 029277.
Identifier
029277
Original Format
Film Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Irvin Inc. - Employees,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/72593.
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