Photograph of the Snarr & Miley Store located in Toms Brook Virginia. A portion of the building still stands on Hillcrest Drive at the railroad tracks.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
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Automobile service stations - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Automobiles - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photograph of a Gulf Service Station located on U.S. Route 11 (Old Valley Pike) north of Toms Brook, Virginia, near Mt. Hebron Road. At the time of the picture, the station had been open for one week. Lillian McCoy, who operated the station, is pictured in front of the building.
Date and additional information provided by a May 3, 2001 article in the "Free Press" newspaper.
Lillian McCoy appears in Morrsion Studio Collection images 021646 and 027631.
Photograph showing the Bank of Toms Brook located on Main Street at the intersection of Creek Road. The building still stands and in 2025 was the Toms Brook Post Office. It is uncertain when this building was constructed, but the Bank of Toms Brook was founded in 1920. It closed in 1931 after being acquired by the Massanutten National Bank in Strasburg.
Business districts - Virginia - Toms Brook
Photograph showing the downtown business district in Toms Brook Virginia. The image looks north from the approximate location of St. Peters Lutheran Church. Visible is the Bank of Toms Brook building, today the Post Office.
Identified by Shenandoah County Historical Society staff.
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Photograph showing four Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) football players standing behind the academy's campus in Woodstock Virginia. Pictured are, from left to right: Leslie "Les" Fouts, Unidentified, Unidentified, Herbert Smith Cramer. These individuals all appear in other photographs of the 1923 football team, indicating they all played on the team during that year.
Identified by library staff in 2025 utilizing other photographs of the subjects.
Photograph showing the damaged powerhouse and Triplett dam near Woodstock Virginia following a 1910 flood. Today the site is home to Burnshire Dam. This dam was originally the site of Rush's Mill before being purchased by J.I. Triplett in 1873. Triplett eventually converted the site into a hydroelectric dam which was destroyed in the 1910 flood and later rebuilt.
Identified by library staff utilizing other photographs of the site.
The Triplett Dam following the 1910 flood is pictured in Morrsion Studio Collection images 006855, 027522, 027635, and 028264.
Photograph of a ceramic cow figurine bearing a Southern Dairies advertisement. Southern Dairies was located on W. North Street in Woodstock Virginia during the first half of the 20th century.
Soldiers-United States-Virginia-Woodstock
Photograph of a photograph from the collection of photographer Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified soldier.
Shenandoah County Historical Society Hugh Morrison Collection
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Photograph from the collection of photographer Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified soldier.
Telephone switchboards - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photograph of an early telephone switchboard, a physical panel with cords that allowed operators to connect telephone lines to establish conversations between users. These were commonly used in the Shenandoah Valley before automatic systems were available.
Unidentified young woman with short hair is descending a staircase in a bridal veil and dress. She is holding a bouquet.
The film negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "1933".
Same unidentified bride appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 028001 and 028004.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified man with a beard and mustache and wearing a suit and bow tie with a starched collar.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young woman with her hair parted on the side and pulled back.
Unidentified young woman in a bridal veil and dress posed in front of a fireplace.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman wearing a faux pearl necklace. Damage to the glass plate is visible on the image.
Ford, Elizabeth Miller Heller (1873-1958)
Portrait photograph of Elizabeth M. (Heller) Ford in her later years. She was the daughter of Adolf and Ella (Lichliter) Heller. She married Dr. William Crank Ford (1866-1937) and lived on North Muhlenberg Street in Woodstock.
Identified in 2014 by Betty Sue Taylor Scott and her son, Bill, who knew her in the 1950's.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young man in a suit and tie beside an unidentified woman wearing a necklace. Probably, this was a husband and wife.
Unidentified boy with one leg under the other is seated on a bench with a toy.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified older woman with short hair and wearing a necklace and cameo pin with her dress.
Interior of a room with shelves along one wall, covered windows straight ahead, and an unidentified large structure in the middle of the room. We are unsure what this piece of equipment was used for.
Photo of a piece of paper with two distinct signatures on it. Both are written in longhand. The top one looks like, "F. Barton" and the bottom one looks like, "T.M. Rosenberger". The box this glass plate negative was stored in was labeled "Woodstock".
The film negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Nov 1943".
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with round glasses and her hair styled up. She is posed seated on a chair in front of a fireplace. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Woodstock".
The film negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "1943".
Portrait photograph of George W. Clower in glasses and a suit. He was the son of James Henry and Antoinette Dubois (Winfield) Clower. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Woodstock".
George W. Clower appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 028013 and 028014.
Portrait photograph of George W. Clower wearing a checkered suit and tie. He was the son of James Henry and Antoinette Dubois (Winfield) Clower. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Woodstock".
Portrait photograph of J. Grove Kneisley wearing a suit and tie. He was a Woodstock businessman, the son of Lewis C. and Frances Catherine (Anderson) Kneisley. He married Helen May (Yates) Kneisley. The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Woodstock".
J. Grove Kneisley appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 028015 and 028016.