Photo of a portrait photograph of an unidentified young woman with short hair and wearing a short sleeved blouse. She is posed looking to the side, almost in profile.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
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Portrait photograph of Edgar Walton Newman wearing a suit jacket and a bow tie. Edgar Walton Newman was an employee of one of Woodstock's local banks and later, President of the Shenandoah Telephone Company. His parents were Edgar Douglas Newman (Judge) and Mary Ott (Walton) Newman. His wife was Marguerite P. Newman and the couple had at least two children, Edgar Walton Newman Jr. (who died as a child) and Mary Virginia Newman.
Identified in 2002 by Elizabeth I. Smith.
Additional information from his Find A Grave record entry.
Edgar Walton Newman appears in Morrison Studio images 001484, 002782, and 027327.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young man with glasses and wearing a suit and tie. The name, "John Hewlett", is written on the glass plate of this image.
Portrait photograph of Lillian (Ritenour) Bowers as a young woman. She was born in in Woodstock, a daughter of William Arthur and Maggie Mae (Walker) Ritenour. Her husband was Ralph Daniel Bowers. Together, they raised two children, Bruce Daniel Bowers and Lynn Marie (Bowers) Tucker.
Identified in 2003 on an unsigned ID Form.
Photo of a photograph of an unidentified man standing on the porch of a house. A metal roof is visible above him and the contrast between sun and shadow is significant.
Ellen (Hockman) Dellinger and Barbara (Hollar) Gallant
Photograph of (l to r) Ellen (Hockman) Dellinger and Barbara (Hollar) Gallant as young women. Both are wearing long dresses and corsages.
Barbara (Hollar) Gallant appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002786, 002787, 002788, 004858, 007228 and 028222.
Portrait photograph of Barbara (Hollar) Gallant as a young woman. Barbara was the daughter of Russell and Virginia (Seal) Hollar. She grew up in Shenandoah County, and later majored in History at Radford College, graduating in 1958. She met her future husband while they were both working for Deco Electronics in Cambridge, MA. They moved to Belmont, Massachusetts, where Barbara stayed for most of her adult life, She and her husband had a son, Stuart, and a daughter, Ellen. Following retirement, she and Bob traveled extensively in Europe and Asia. Barbara struggled with Parkinson's Disease in the years before her death but enjoyed the support of her family, community and church in Belmont throughout her last years.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Ellen (Hockman) Dellinger & Barbara (Hollar) Gallant
Photograph of Ellen (Hockman) Dellinger (left) and Barbara (Hollar) Gallant (right) as young women. Both are dressed up and are wearing corsages.
Unidentified woman standing outdoors with a purse on her arm.
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
An unidentified Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadet standing in front of a brick building wearing his football uniform.
Photograph of Clifford Edwards wearing his football uniform. Edwards was a cadet at Massanutten Academy and played football in 1927.
Identified in 2024 by library staff utilizing a scrapbook held by Massanutten Academy and created by Cadet Emil Gathmann.
Photograph of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadet Clifford Speck standing in front of a brick building wearing his football uniform.
Identified in 2025 by library staff utilizing other photographs of the subject.
Clifford H. Speck appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002171, 002794, 017344, 018537, 020145, and 020168.
Frederick County Co-Operative Farm Bureau, Inc. Check
Recordings & registrations - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photograph of a check from the Frederick County Co-Operative Farm Bureau, Inc. written to Waynesboro Gas & Oil Company. The amount "Thirteen hundred eighty four..." is visible before the image cuts off.
Unidentified woman with glasses and wearing a short-sleeved dress is seated on a bench with an unidentified boy beside her. Probably, this was a mother and her child.
Two unidentified women are posed together. One is seated behind the other.
Same unidentified women appear in Morrison Photo number 002799 and 002801.
Photograph of Elizabeth “Eliza” Clinedinst Crim reading a book. Eliza was also known as “Mother Crim” due to her actions following the Civil War Battle of New Market caring for cadets from the Virginia Military Institute. This picture appeared in The Washington Post and/or a Richmond newspaper in 1920.
Subject was identified in 2002 by Nancy B. Stewart.
Eliza (Clinedinst) Crim appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002800, 004907, 006622, 017464, 022729, 026754, 026755, and 040174.
Two unidentified women, one behind the other, are posed together.
Photograph of two Massanutten Academy cadets standing outdoors and wearing their football uniforms. The cadet on the left is Edgar W. Diehl. The cadet on the right is Dudley F. Robinette. They played together on the 1917 Massanutten Academy football team.
Identified in 2024 by library staff utilizing "The Massanutten Academy News" booklets maintained by Massanutten Academy.
Dudley F. Robinette appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002564 and 002802.
Edgar Diehl appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002802, 006224, 013697, 013698, 020088, and 020162.
Portrait photograph of Rush W. Boyer (left) with his brother, Lacy Alva Boyer (right), when both were very young. Their parents were George William (1880-1943) and Mary Lacy (Rush) (1885-1966) Boyer, from Woodstock. At least two other siblings died as infants. When Rush W. Boyer registered for the WWII draft, he worked for Holmes & Son, Co. in Washington D.C. He served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army from 1942-1946. By 1950, he was in Fauquier County, married to Hedy Clementine (Williams) Boyer, and working as a mail carrier for the U.S. Post Office. Rush re-enlisted in the military and served another two years (1950-1952). His wife died sometime after that and Rush married for the second time in 1961. At that time, he lived in Midland, Virginia, and worked as a Surveyor. His bride was also widowed. She was Rachel Lou Keathley, a secretary born in Sparta, Tennessee. Rush is buried in Culpeper, Virginia. Lacy Alva Boyer graduated from Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock in 1933 and was an Army veteran of World War II. He married Margaret Wallace (Shields) Boyer (1918-2006) and had a son, George W. Boyer. Lacy retired in 1980 as branch manager for Farm Credit. He lived in Woodstock most of his life and, through the years, was a member of Woodstock Presbyterian Church and the Woodstock Rotary Club, where he was president from 1957 to 1958 and received the Paul Harris Fellow Award in 1995. He also served as a board member of Shenandoah Memorial Hospital in Woodstock and Sunnyside Presbyterian Retirement Community.
Identified in 2002 by Charlotte Clinedinst, the subjects' cousin, who recognized them.
Rush Boyer appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 003947, 002803, 005123, and 011087.
Lacy Boyer appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002803, 002815, 003947, 005123, 011087, and 030675.
Unidentified baby propped against pillows on a wicker chair and an unidentified little girl standing nearby. Probably, these were probably siblings.
Booker, Helen Isabelle Morrison (1908-1979)
Portrait photograph of Helen (Morrison) Booker as a young woman. She was the daughter of the photographer, Hugh Morrison, Jr. She is photographed from the side or back and is looking to the side, almost in profile.
Identified in 2002 by James Morrison, Jr., the subject's nephew, who recognized her.