Portrait photograph of an unidentified young man wearing a suit and tie.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1936".
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Photograph of Samuel "Sam" B. Clem, Jr., seated beside his wife, Frankie Hottel (Smoot) Clem, who is standing. Samuel was the son of Samuel Benjamin Clem, Sr. and Ethel Grace (Good) Clem. Frankie was the daughter of Albert Lee and Rose Euphrasia (Hottel) Smoot. The couple is buried in Woodstock.
Frankie (Smoot) Clem appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 014720 and 024663.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young woman with her hair pulled back and wearing a print blouse.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified man wearing a suit and tie with a handkerchief sticking out of his breast pocket.
Photo of an older portrait photograph of an unidentified man with a mustache.
Unidentified woman with short hair and glasses is standing behind an unidentified man in a suit and tie, who is seated. Probably, this was a husband and wife.
Unidentified young woman is standing in a graduation cap and gown.
Unidentified boy is perched on a stool with one leg under the other and wearing a sailor-themed outfit.
The date, "6/1/35", is written on the glass plate.
African Americans - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Portrait photograph of an unidentified African American man with a mustache wearing a suit and tie.
Unidentified young boy is seated on a bench with one leg under the other. A toy bird cage is beside him.
Same unidentified boy appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 024671 and 024672.
Unidentified boy is standing on a bench with a stuffed dog posed beside him.
Older unidentified woman with a girl on her lap is seated beside an older unidentified man who has a boy on his lap. Four unidentified adult women are posed standing behind them in a row. The photograph was made outdoors in a yard. A wood fence is visible behind the group. Probably, this was a family photograph.
Photo of an older framed portrait photograph of an unidentified man in a suit and bow tie from an earlier era.
Photograph of Ann Lee (Hite) Van Buren as a young woman seated on a bench. Anna was from Edinburg, the daughter of Milton Lloyd and Anna Mary (Fravle) Hite. Not long after she graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory and College (now called Shenandoah University) in Winchester with a degree in music, she moved to Hampton, Virginia, in 1944. Her husband was William Ralph Van Buren, Jr. from Hampton, Virginia. They married in 1951. At the time, he was a newspaper and radio executive. Anna was a band director. The couple raised two children: a daughter, Anna (Van Buren) McNider, and a son, William R. Van Buren, III. Her obituary appeared in the Daily Press Newspaper of Newport News, Virginia, The article, from May 1987, noted she was a "Peninsula cultural leader and a former director of the Daily Press Inc.". When she died, she was the vice chairman and former owner of the company that publishes The Daily Press and the Times Herald newspapers. The obituary also mentioned she was well-known in the Tidewater area for her support of fine arts and had been honored frequently for her community service.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "May 1939".
Biographical information was compiled from public records.
Anna Lee (Hite) Van Buren appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001367 and 024675.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified man and woman posed together. The man is wearing glasses and a suit while the woman is wearing a long cross necklace. Probably, this was a husband and wife.
Photo of a framed portrait photograph of an unidentified young woman with short hair.
Unidentified man and woman are seated and surrounded by four young women of varying ages. Probably, this was a family photograph.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young man wearing a suit and striped tie with a handkerchief visible in his breast pocket.
Unidentified woman is seated on a bench with an unidentified baby in a knit hat and sweater on her lap. Probably, this was a mother and her child.
Unidentified man and woman are standing together in front of a bench. Probably, this was a husband and wife.
Recording & registration - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photograph of a single page from a book or bible that lists Walton births between 1863 and 1879. Transcribed, the page appears to say this: Charles Lee Walton was born December 13th 1863. Cora Alice Walton was born June 10th 1866. Edward Turner Walton was born May 11 1871. David Alfo?? Walton was born February 11 1872. William Andrew Walton was born May the 11 1873. Mary Maud Walton was born November 1, 1877. C____ Franklen Walton was born April the 28 1879.
Portrait photograph of Charles Virgil Shoemaker who lived in Woodstock. Born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, his parents were Herbert and Matilda Shoemaker. C.V. Shoemaker is best remembered for his contributions as a Superintendent of Shenandoah County Schools, but he also served as Principal of the Woodstock High School for a time and was a teacher for many years before that. When he married Maria Louise Snapp (1884-1925) in 1914, he was a teacher in Woodstock. They had at least two sons and a daughter together before she died. His second wife was Lula Brooks (1886-1970), who survived him.
Identified in 2012 by Nancye L. Bowman who remembered he was "our superintendent".
Unidentified girl with a bow in her curled hair is seated on a bench with her ankles crossed.
Unidentified older man with glasses is seated on a bench with his legs crossed.
Same unidentified man appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 024685 and 024686.
Two unidentified men, one with a mustache and the other wearing glasses, are posed together on a bench. Both men have their legs crossed.
Same unidentified man on the right appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 024685 and 024686.