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Toms Brook School Students

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Title

Toms Brook School Students

Subject

Public schools - Virginia - Toms Brook
Toms Brook (Va)
Sine, Hope
Wakeman, Virginia
Cunningham, Mary
Holler, Hazel (1908-2003)
Roller, Mark (1899-1980)
Hines, John "Jonny" L. Jr. (1926-2007)
Hite, Imogene Shrum (1926-2010)
Vann, Maebudd Wolfe (1925-1985)
Sager, Mary Ella Ryon (1925-2019)

Description

1938 photograph showing students from the Toms Brook School, grades 1-7. The students are standing on the front steps of the school.

Identified on the rear of the photograph are teachers Hope Sine, Virginia, Wakeman, Mary Cunningham, Hazel Holler, and Principal Mark Roller. It is uncertain where they are located in the photograph.

Identified students are :

John "Johnny" Lewis Hines Jr.: standing, far left in the front.
Imogene Shrum Hite: first row, second from right.
MaeBudd Wolfe Vann: First row, third from left.
Mary Ryon Sager: First row, 7th from left.

The woman on the front row, third from right may be Jane Shrum Hill, but it is uncertain.

Creator

Unknown

Source

Folder 1.3: Toms Brook High School Class Photographs, 1938-1958, Hazel Holler Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

1938

Contributor

Date and information on the rear of the photograph, presumably from Hazel Holler.

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Identifier

24-0530-003
24-0530-004

Original Format

Photographic Print

Citationzork

Unknown, “Toms Brook School Students,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/74858.

Comments

Sharyon Hite Whitlow

I believe first row, third from right is Jane Shrum Hill. It's very hard to be certain, even using a magnifying glass, but she resembles Jane and is sitting next to Imogene Shrum Hite, who would be her sister.

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