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Men at Fort Valley Volunteer Fire Department

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Title

Men at Fort Valley Volunteer Fire Department

Subject

Fort Valley (Va.)
McClanahan, Mertie Edgar (1899-1993)
Ramsey, Fulton A. (1921-1990)
Coverstone, Perry Garnett (1900-1986)
Tamkin, Leroy (1923-2006)
McClanahan, Harry Raymond (1912-2004)
Boyer, Samuel "Sam" H. (1904-1991)
Burke, Roderick (1917-2001)

Description

Photograph of six men standing together in a line behind a table at the Fort Valley Fire Department.

The photograph was taken when the department burned the note on their building mortgage.

Pictured are, from left to right:

Mertie McClanahan, Fulton Ramsey, Perry "P.G." Coverstone, Leroy Tamkin, Harry McClanahan, Sam Boyer, Roderick Burke.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Undated

Contributor

Identified in 2025 by Hank Zimmerman.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

This group of men at the same event appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 029376 and 029391.
Perry Garnett Coverstone appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001814, 007989, 029376 and 029391.
Mertie McClanahan appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 029376 and 029391.
Fulton Ramsey appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 029376 and 029391.
Leroy Tamkin appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 029376 and 029391.
Harry McClanahan appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 029376 and 029391.
Samuel Boyer appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 029376 and 029391.

Identifier

029391

Original Format

Film Negative

Citationzork

Morrison Studio, “Men at Fort Valley Volunteer Fire Department,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/72707.

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