William O. Douglas, William "Bill" Allen, and Robert J. Benchoff.
Files
Title
William O. Douglas, William "Bill" Allen, and Robert J. Benchoff.
Subject
Benchoff, Robert Johnston (1909-1968)
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Allen, William "Bill" Bland Jr. (1915-1964)
Douglas, William O. (1898-1980)
Description
Photograph showing three men standing in front of the Memorial Gymnasium on the campus of Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock Virginia.
The men are, from left to right, William O. Douglas, William "Bill" Allen Jr., and Robert J. Benchoff.
Douglas was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, William Allen Jr. was a local lawyer, and Robert Benchoff was Superintendent of Massanutten Military Academy.
The men are, from left to right, William O. Douglas, William "Bill" Allen Jr., and Robert J. Benchoff.
Douglas was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, William Allen Jr. was a local lawyer, and Robert Benchoff was Superintendent of Massanutten Military Academy.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Benchoff was identified in 2025 by library staff based on other images of him in the Morrison Studio Collection.
William Douglas and WIlliam Allen Jr. were identified in 2026 by Kate Schindler, a relative of Robert Benchoff.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Robert J. Benchoff appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001696, 003961, 005072, 006321, 007054, 008093, 008536, 010945, 012978, 013701, 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, 029959, and 031533.
William Allen Jr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 028383, 029865, and 030199.
Identifier
029865
Original Format
Film Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “William O. Douglas, William "Bill" Allen, and Robert J. Benchoff.,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 10, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/73181.
Comments
Kate Schindler
From left to right: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court William O. Douglas, William Bland Allen (Bill), and Robert Johnston Benchoff. Bill's wife, Edith Waters Allen, was Justice Douglas' secretary. This picture was taken on the campus of Massanutten Military Academy outside Memorial Gym.