Photograph of part of the Orkney Springs Hotel in Orkney Springs, Virginia. The view includes a wooden walkway that parallels a wing of the hotel and leads to the back entrance of the main building. A shade tree is on the right.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Identified in 2013 by staff at the Shenandoah County Historical Society (SCHS).
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The Orkney Springs Hotel appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 040011, 040012, 040026, and 040062.
Rural areas - Virginia - Shenandoah County
View looking across the Shenandoah Valley towards mountains. Trees in the foreground are possibly part of a fruit tree orchard.
Rooms & spaces - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Dining rooms - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Fireplaces - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photograph of a dining room with a fireplace, wallpapered walls, wood floor, rug, serving tables, and a dining table with four chairs in the middle of the room. A window in the back corner lets in natural light.
Photograph of a generously-sized front foyer of a large home. Area rugs cover the wood floors, the walls are wallpapered, and a staircase leads up to the second floor on the left. Along the right wall is a corner cabinet, two chairs and a narrow entry table. A coat is hanging on the rack on the far right. A couch is also there across from the other furniture.
Photograph of the Cathedral Shrine of the Transfiguration, commonly called Shrine Mont, located in the Orkney Springs community. This structure, the Cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, was constructed in 1925. This photograph shows the shrine before a small room was added on the left side of the structure and another addition was added on the right side. An unidentified minister and three unidentified people are visible in the foreground.
Shrine was identified in 2013 by staff at the Shenandoah County Historical Society (SCHS).
Photograph showing a view of Shenandoah County near the Jerome community. Great North Mountain and Falls Ridge are visible in this image. An unpaved road partially obscured by trees and a wood fence is visible across the lower portion of the image.
Location identified in 2026 by Bill Wine.
View Across Wheat Field Towards St. Luke
View of the village of St. Luke (west of Woodstock) from across a field of cut wheat. A store and other buildings are visible.
Identified in 2013 by Phyllis Wright who remembered when the school was built.
Dated based on the absence of the St. Luke School building constructed in 1933.
View across a wheat field that has been cut and put in piles awaiting further processing. The picture shows the Clower farm located near Saumsville Virginia. The house visible on the left still stands at 1292 Jadwyn Road and the house in the center still stands at 1371 Jadwyn Road.
Unidentified farmer with a hat and overalls is standing by a young unidentified boy with curly hair in a field of cut wheat. Behind them is another man atop a horse-drawn cart loaded with wheat. This may be located on the Clower Farm near Saumsville Virginia.
This may be on the same site as Morrison Studio Collection image 040033.
A view of a rural area north east of Edinburg Virginia. The Edinburg Gap in the Massanutten Mountain and the Shenandoah River are both visible. A large barn is visible in the distance. This image was originally scanned in reverse and corrected in 2026.
Large oak tree is on the crest of a small rise in a field with several sheep in the shade below it.
View of the village of St. Luke (west of Woodstock) from across a field of cut wheat. The home place of W.B. Foltz is visible in the back left.
Photograph showing a wheat harvest on the Dellinger/Funkhouser farms located east of Woodstock Virginia. Several farm workers and machinery are visible in the center of the image. The house which still stands at 1205 Lupton Road is visible in the background. This site later became Camp Lupton and then in 2020, Seven Bends State Park.
Unidentified man is posed atop a saddled, white horse and standing in an unpaved road on a tree-lined street in Orkney Springs Virginia. A vintage automobile is visible on the left.
View of a diorama showing artificial garden scenes.
Photograph of a large stone home with an unusual design set on top of a small hill. Small trees are planted on the lawn around it. Mountains are visible behind the house.
Group of People in the Woodstock High School Gym
Large group of unidentified people are assembled at long cafeteria tables with metal folding chairs. The photograph was taken in the Woodstock High School gym.
Identified in 2013 by Landon Wetzel who remembered that the balcony in the image later became a classroom.
Same group of unidentified people appear in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 040042 and 040251.
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) History Club from 1941 posed together in rows on the steps of Lantz Hall. A map of Europe is displayed in the front middle. The black outlined portion indicates the areas of existing German occupation when this photograph was taken.
This group was identified as the history club utilizing the 1941 publication "Massanutten Academy, Woodstock Virginia."
Coaches (Athletics) - Virginia - Woodstock
Photograph of the Massanutten Military Academy's swim team. All the cadets are unidentified. Coach Les Fouts stands on the second row, far left in uniform.
Group of unidentified cadets from Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) are posed in rows on the steps of Lantz Hall. All are wearing their school's uniform.
Photograph of the interior of the Sperry Dining Hall on the campus of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA).
The interior of Sperry Dining Hall is also pictured in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 020136, 020143, and 040046.
Photograph of the Massanutten Military Academy's swim team. All the cadets are unidentified. Coach Les Fouts stands on the second row, far left in a suit and tie.
Photograph showing the Massanutten Military Academy's (MMA) football team on the steps of Harrison Hall. All of the cadets are unidentified.
Photograph showing the Massanutten Academy Senior Class in 1929. The individuals are seated on the front steps of Lantz Hall. Pictured are: Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, John J. Cuomo, Unidentified, Guy Benchoff (Instructor), Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified. Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Clifford Edwards, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Milton Ruttenberg, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified. Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Dravo Bliss, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified. The photographer has written "Senior Class, Massanutten Academy, May 25th 1929" along the bottom of the photograph.
May 25th, 1929 based on the date written on the image.
Guy Benchoff was identified by library staff in 2026 based on other photographs of the subject.
The 1929 Senior Class of MMA appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 040049 and 040217.
Guy Benchoff appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 017098, 040049, 040085, 040091, and 040217.
Dravo Bliss appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002548, 003285, 020068, 020161, 020073, 040049, and 040217.
Milton Matthews Ruttenberg appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 023402, 040049, and 040217
Five unidentified people, two women and three men, are reading in a room with a large window. The three unidentified men are seated and wearing suits and ties. One of the women is seated at a typewriter; the other is standing behind her and looking down at the pages in her hand.