Viola (Polk) Moomaw from Conicville
subject: Moomaw, Viola Virginia Polk (1922-2011)
description: Portrait photograph of Viola (Polk) Mumaw as a young woman. Viola was born in Conicville, one of at least nine children of Noah Frederick (1977-1945) and Martha Susan (Miller) (1880-1957) Polk. She was a member of the St. Jacob Lutheran Church. Her husband was Earnest Adam Moomaw (1919-1962), son of Earl Russell and Lillian (Arion) Moomaw. He was born in Washington D.C. When Viola married in 1941, Earnest was in the Army. The 1950 census found the couple living with Viola’s widowed mother and others in the Ashby District of Shenandoah County. Viola had three children: Elaine, Earnest and Alan Moomaw.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: No ID form. Name and place was written on the paper copy of the photo.
contributor: Additional biographical information was compiled from public sources.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Woman Wearing Pearls
description: Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with short curly hair and wearing a faux pearl necklace.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Woman Standing
description: Photo of a photograph of an unidentified woman standing outside in a yard with small trees visible behind her.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Soldier in Uniform
subject: Soldiers - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Photo of a portrait photograph of an unidentified man wearing a U.S. Army uniform.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Woman With Young Boy
description: Photograph of an unidentified woman sharing a chair with a young boy. Her arm is around the boy's shoulders. Probably, this was a mother and her child.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Young Woman
description: Portrait photograph of an unidentified young woman with dark hair and wearing a white blouse.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Couple Standing in Yard
description: Photo of a photograph of an unidentified man and woman standing together outdoors in a yard. A potted plant is in front of them. Probably, this was a husband and wife.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Man in a Suit
description: Portrait photograph of an unidentified man wearing a suit and tie.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Woman With Glasses
description: Photo of a portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with short hair and glasses, wearing a print dress.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Man in a Striped Tie
description: Portrait photograph of an unidentified man with his hair parted in the middle and wearing a suit and striped tie.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Philip E. McAfee, Sr.
subject: McAfee, Philip Edward Sr. (1926-1979)
subject: African Americans - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Portrait photograph of Philip McAfee as a young man. He is wearing a two-tone striped jacket and a hat. Philip was a son of Roy Wayland, Sr. (1891-1966) and Julia Margaret (Spinner) (1890-1963) McAfee, from Woodstock. He had many older siblings and one younger sister. He grew up on Water Street and his father worked at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA). By 1940, the family owned the home they lived in. Philip E. was 18 years old when he registered for the WWII draft. He worked for Rust Engineers in Front Royal and was described as being 6’ tall and 165 pounds. He served in the Army as a Private. In 1950, Philip lived on Connecticut Avenue in Washington D.C., when he married Shirley Mae Burrill in September, a young woman from Luray. The couple had two sons together, Philip Edward McAfee, Jr., and Kenneth Roosevelt McAfee. At some point, they moved back to Woodstock and lived at 135 N. Water Street where Philip worked in a restaurant for many years.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified in 2009 by Georgia E. Cooper, the subject's niece, who recognized him while looking through the albums in the Shenandoah County Library.
contributor: Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Philip E. McAfee, Sr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002741, 006640 (right), and 011798.

Clifford "Cliff" Leroy Fuller, Jr.
subject: Fuller, Clifford "Cliff" Leroy, Jr. (1926-2008)
description: Portrait photograph of Cliff Fuller, Jr., as a young man. Cliff Fuller, Jr., was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, to Clifford Leroy Sr. (1902-1972) and Laura May (Artz) (1907-1993). Massachusetts was where his father was from, but by 1930, the family had moved to Woodstock, where his mother was from, and where they stayed many years. Cliff had a brother, Robert Fuller. Cliff’s father became a Virginia State Police Officer. Cliff Fuller, Jr., married Ellen Fleming French (1930-2020) in 1957. She was the fifth of eight children born to Warren B. and Lena (Sheetz) French. Soon after, the young couple moved to Orlando, Florida, where he worked as an engineer at Martin Marietta for 42 years. Both he and his wife were actively involved in the Orlando community, and were married 50 years before he died. The couple had four children – Susan, Thomas, Richard, and Margaret.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: ca 1950 per the identifier.
contributor: Identified in 2002 by Lena F. Fuller, the subject's sister-in-law, who had the same photograph at home.
contributor: Also identified in 2002 by J. Hockman.
contributor: Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Woman in Oval Frame
description: Photograph of an oval-framed portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with short hair and earrings.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Woman in Flowered Dress
description: Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with curly dark hair wearing a flowered dress.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Ellen Fleming (French) Fuller
subject: Fuller, Ellen Fleming French (1930-2020)
description: Portrait photograph of Ellen (French) Fuller as a young woman. Ellen grew up in Woodstock, the fifth of eight children born to Warren Ballinger (1888-1973) and Lena Belle (Sheetz) (1895-1976) French. She graduated from Duke University in 1950 with a degree in Botany. Then, Ellen worked for several years in the laboratories of Carnegie Institute in Washington, D.C. Ellen married Clifford “Cliff” Leroy Fuller, Jr., in 1957 and moved to Orlando, Florida, where she became involved in local and national politics and was a precinct voting supervisor. Her husband was an engineer for Martin Marietta in Orlando for more than 40 years. Ellen was active in the Orlando Garden Club and the Fern Club, but her real passion was the Orlando Dog Training Club where she worked as a trainer and AKC judge. When she died, she left behind four children – Susan, Thomas, Richard, and Margaret.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: ca 1940 - 1950
contributor: Identified in 2002 by Lena French Fuller, the subject's sister.
contributor: Also identified in 2002 by James Morrison, Jr.
contributor: Additional biographical information was compiled from public sources, including her obituary.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Ellen Fleming French Fuller appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002745 and 007222.

Man With a Mustache
description: Photo of an older photograph of an unidentified man with a mustache standing outdoors.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Young Man
description: Portrait photograph of an unidentified young man wearing a shirt and tie.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Woman Wearing Lipstick
description: Unidentified young woman wearing a skirt, blouse and jacket and seated with her hands in her lap. Her blouse has a bow on the front.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Alfred Racey
subject: Racey, Alfred Ray Sr. (1919-1990)
description: Portrait photograph of Alfred Ray Racey Sr. of St. Luke, Virginia. The name "Alfred Racey" is written on the glass plate of this image.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified in 2024 by library staff based on the name of the plate and cemetery information for Alfred Ray Racey Sr.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Couple Outdoors
description: Photo of a photograph of an unidentified man and woman seated next to each other on a low wall, outdoors. Probably, this was a husband and wife.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Olive (Grim) Mumaw of Edinburg
subject: Mumaw, Olive Mae Grim (1927-1988)
description: Portrait photograph of Olive Mae (Grim) Mumaw as a young woman. Olive graduated from Edinburg High School. Her parents were Harry Edward (1893-1953) and Elsie M. (Coffman) (1892-1971) Grim. In 1930, she was the youngest of four children and her father farmed. Her younger sister, Margaret, was born a year or so later. In January 1948, she married Floyd Eugene Mumaw (1927-1973), born in Columbia Furnace to David L. (1895-1952) and Lena Victoria (Linaweaver) (1904-1993) Mumaw. Floyd had served in the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1947. The couple began their marriage in Aliquippa, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, a town along the Ohio River about 18 miles northwest of Pittsburg. There, Olive looked after their young son, Daryl Eugene, while her husband worked as a “welded tube tester helper” in a steel mill. By the early fifties, the family had moved back to the Edinburg area of Shenandoah County where two additional children, Carolyn Sue and Vickie Lynn Mumaw, were born. Floyd worked for a textile company when he died in his forties.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified in 2002 by Richard Tisinger, who went to high school with the subject.
contributor: Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Older Man on a Bench
description: Photo of a photograph of an unidentified older man wearing glasses and seated on a bench. It appears the original image had a person seated beside him that, in this image, has been blacked out by the photographer.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

"Miss Bushong"
description: Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman wearing a brooch and glasses with her hair pulled back. The name, "Miss Bushong", is written on the glass plate of this image.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Woman With Dark Hair
description: Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with dark hair and wearing a necklace.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Man in a Hat and Striped Suit
description: Portrait photograph of an unidentified man wearing a hat and a striped suit and tie.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED