Dedication of Gordon D. Bowman Stadium

Dedication of Gordon D. Bowman Stadium

Bowman, Gordon Derwood Sr. (1906-1975)

Benchoff, Robert Johnston (1909-1968)

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

Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock

Photograph of the 1954 Dedication Ceremony of the Gordon D. Bowman stadium on the campus of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) in Woodstock.

On the front row of the grandstand in the foreground is Gordon D. Bowman, Sr. (left), MMA Headmaster Robert J. Benchoff (center), and an unidentified man.

All others on the grandstand are unidentified.

Morrison Studio

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Shenandoah County Library

1954 based on the year of the event.

Gordon D. Bowman and Robert J. Benchoff were identified in 2025 by library staff based on other image of them.

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The three individuals in front and the two unidentified women seated at the back of the platform appear in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 029271, 029274, 029283, and 029296.

Gordon Bowman, Sr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 020220, 028390, 028842, 028910, 029271, 029274, 029283, and 029296.

Robert J. Benchoff appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001696, 003961, 005072, 006321, 007054, 008093, 008536, 010945, 012978, 015782, 016974, 016975, 018537, 020057, 020068, 020080, 020082, 020114, 020130, 020132, 020135, 020156, 020159, 020160, 020161, 020164, 020276, 020287, 020316, 027541, 028383, 029271, 029272, 029283, 029296, 029536, 029859, 029865, and 029959.

Additional images from this 1954 dedication ceremony at MMA appear in Morrison Studio Collection images 029291, 029292, 029309, 029313, and 029320.

029296

Film Negative