Two Children
description: Photo of a photograph of two unidentified young children, a boy wearing a checkered shirt seated beside a barefoot toddler. Probably, these were siblings.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1932".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Young Girl on a Chair
description: Unidentified young girl with shoulder-length hair is seated on a chair with one leg folded under the other. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Strasburg".
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1935".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Two Young Women
description: Two unidentified young woman posed together on a bench, both with their ankles crossed. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Strasburg".
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1935".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Girl with Bow in Her Hair
description: Unidentified young girl with a bow in her hair is standing in front of a child-sized chair and a doll. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Strasburg".
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1935".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Boy in a Suit
description: Unidentified boy standing by a child-sized chair and small table is wearing a suit and tie. There is a statue of a dog on the table. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Strasburg".
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1935".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Family Photograph
description: Unidentified man with a mustache and woman with glasses are seated together with two unidentified adult women standing behind them. Probably, this was a family photograph. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Strasburg".
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1935".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Barefoot Young Child
description: Unidentified barefoot young child is holding the leash for a toy dog. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Strasburg".
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1935".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Same unidentified young child appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 025992 and 025993.

Young Barefoot Child
description: Unidentified barefoot young child is seated on a bench. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Strasburg".
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1935".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Same unidentified young child appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 025992 and 025993.

Barefoot Baby
description: Unidentified barefoot baby is propped against pillows on a chair. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Strasburg".
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1935".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Child Standing
description: Unidentified young child is standing by a toy automobile on a bench. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Strasburg".
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1935".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Taylor Siblings
subject: Taylor, Robert "Bobbie" Michael (1932-1993)
subject: Horan, Elizabeth "Nookie" Taylor (1935-2023)
description: Photograph of Robert "Bobbie" Taylor and Elizabeth "Nookie" (Taylor) Horan of Strasburg. They were children of Edward Taylor and Mary (Orndorff) Taylor. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Strasburg".
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1935".
contributor: Identified in 2026 by Tim Taylor and John Taylor nephew and brother of the subjects.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Woman Seated
description: Unidentified woman with short hair and wearing earrings, is seated on a bench. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Strasburg".
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1935".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Jane (Stinson) Cullen
subject: Cullen, Anna Jane Stinson (1931-2005)
description: Photograph of Jane (Cullen) Stinson holding a doll. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Strasburg".
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1935".
contributor: Identified in 2026 by John Taylor who knew the subject as a child.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Anna Jane Stinson Cullen appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 003581 and 025998.

Unknown Woman
description: Photo of a portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with her hair pulled back and parted in the middle. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Strasburg".
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1935".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Charles E. Crabill
subject: Crabill, Charles Edward (1856-1933)
description: Photo of an oval-framed portrait photograph of Charles Edward Crabill, best remembered as having been a prominent jeweler in Strasburg. He was born in Toms Brook to Capt. Emmanuel Crabill and Elizabeth (Eberly) Crabill. He married in October 1880, to Amelia "Melia" Stickley, (1858-1935) of near Strasburg. He was well-known and active in the community. The couple raised six children together before Charles suffered a fatal heart attack in his jewelry shop where he had worked for over 50 years. An obituary published in the Warren Sentinel on August 17, 1933, said this about him: "Mr. Crabill was a self-made man, known and respected by a large circle of friends throughout the valley. He was a man of sterling character, strong convictions, was prominent for his fairness in business deals and his personal interest in the welfare of others." The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Strasburg".
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1935".
contributor: Identified in 2012 by Phyllis Wright who referenced page 25 of the book, "The History of John Hottel".
contributor: Biographical information was compiled from public records.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Two Children
description: Two unidentified children, a girl and an older boy, posed together. Probably, these were siblings. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Strasburg".
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1935".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Woman in Portrait
description: Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with her hair parted in the middle. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Strasburg".
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1935".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Evelyn F. (Caton) Guard
subject: Guard, Evelyn Foley Caton (1918-1995)
description: Portrait photograph of Evelyn Foley (Caton) Guard as a young woman with short curly hair. Evelyn was from Strasburg, the daughter of Harry Crawford and Gussie Mozart (Foley) Caton. When she was born, her father worked as a car inspector for the Southern Railway Company. In 1942, she married Alfred Francis "Pat" Guard from Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia. He was the son of Wilbur Muse and Mamie Lee (Brumback) Guard. The couple lived in Middletown for many years and raised three children together: Alfred "Sonny" Guard II, Linda (Guard) Ebersole, and Carol (Guard) Fogle. Both Evelyn and her husband are buried together in Riverview Cemetery, Strasburg.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1935".
contributor: Identified by Graham Connor who lived next door to the Caton family in 1935.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Davis & Newman Marriage Certificate
subject: Recording & registration - Virginia - Shenandoah Chounty
subject: Davis, John Nicholas (1906-1997)
subject: Davis, Josephine Newman (1912-2009)
description: Photograph of the marriage certificate issued to John Nicholas Davis and Josephine Newman, both of Washington D.C., when they married in Fairfax, Virginia, on January 30, 1932. Josephine (Newman) Davis was originally from Woodstock, the daughter of Wilbur Lauck and Ruth (Koontz) Newman.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Dec 1945".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Document
subject: Recording & registration - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Photograph of the back side of a business document on which is written in pencil, the name, "Mattie Glaize", and three payment amounts with dates in the 1939 and 1940 timeframe.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Dec 1945".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Barefoot Toddler
description: Unidentified barefoot young child seated beside a pillow.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Dec 1945".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Little Girl With Curly Hair
description: Unidentified little girl with short curly hair is seated on a chair with one leg under the other. She is holding a toy duck.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Dec 1945".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Same unidentified young girl appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 026007 and 026008.

Little Girl With Curly Hair
description: Unidentified little girl with short, curly hair is seated on a chair with one leg under the other.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Dec 1945".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Same unidentified young girl appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 026007 and 026008.

Page From a Will Book
subject: Law & legal affairs - Virginia - Shenandoah County
subject: Recording & registration - Virginia - Shenandoah County
subject: Crabil, Christian
subject: Hammon, John
description: Photograph of a hand-written page from what appears to be a Shenandooah County Will book. The page includes partial entries for two separate wills. At the top, it appears the will of John Hammon came before the court on January 13, 1806. Two witnesses, Peter Tucinger [sic] and George Shaver, and the executor, Samuel Walton, were mentioned. Walton entered into "bond with Jacob Emshwiller [sic] and John Walton his securities in the penalty of three thousand dollars conditional as the law directs." The lower half of the page is the beginning of the last will and testament of Christian Crabil. He directs that his son, Abraham Crabil, receive "part of my tract of land" located on the Narrow Passage Creek. The land was originally granted to Christian by Lord Fairfax of the Northern Neck of Virginia on 20 September 1768. The rest of the paragraph details the boundaries of this land being bequeathed to his son.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Dec 1945".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: A portion John Hammon's probate records appear in Morrison Studio Collection images 026009 and 026010.

Probate Record of John Hammon
subject: Law & legal affairs - Virginia - Shenandoah County
subject: Recording & registration - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Photograph showing a probate record for one John Hammon. Dated 1821-1835, this document includes claims against the estate from various individuals.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: 1821-1835 for the original document.
date: The photograph is undated.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: A portion John Hammon's probate records appear in Morrison Studio Collection images 026009 and 026010.