Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Photograph of the U.S. Army Band from Washington D.C. performing in the gymnasium of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA). The audience is in the foreground.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
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Photographs of the Army Band at this MMA event appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 029443, 029507, 029513, 029550, and 029758.
Photograph of the U.S. Army Band from Washington D.C. performing in the gymnasium of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA). The audience is in the foreground. The ceiling is decorated with streamers.
Photograph of the audience listening to a music program featuring the U.S. Army Band from Washington D.C. The band performed in the gymnasium of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA). A speaker on a tripod is in the foreground. The ceiling is decorated with streamers.
Same MMA event appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 029810, 029811, 029879, 029881, and 029884.
Photograph of the audience watching the U.S. Army Band from Washington D.C. performing in the gymnasium of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA). The ceiling is decorated with streamers.
Soldiers - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Portrait photograph of an unidentified man wearing his U.S. Army uniform that indicates his rank was Captain.
Recording & registration - Texas - San Antonio
Military discharges - Texas - San Antonio
Photograph of the Honorable Discharge form for Calvin B. Golladay, formerly a truck driver in Mount Jackson, where he was born. S/Sgt. Golladay earned a Purple Heart and 3 Bronze Stars for his service as a "Flight Maintenance Gunner" during World War II. The discharge also mentioned his face and hands were burned.
Paperwork related to the Army discharge of Calvin Golladay appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004133 and 004146.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young man wearing his U.S. Army uniform.
Photo of a portrait photograph of an unidentified man wearing a U.S. Army uniform.
Unidentified young soldier wearing a U.S. Army uniform from the WWI era.
Unidentified man seated and wearing a U.S. Army uniform. It appears the photographer has erased a woman standing beside him.
Same man appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 011132 and 011134.
Soldiers - American- Virginia - Shenandoah County
Jeep automobiles - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photo of a photograph taken outside showing an unidentified soldier wearing a U.S. Army uniform and standing beside a jeep. Houses and a vegetable garden are visible in the background.
Photograph of Arnold Hisey Estep wearing a suit and tie. The name, "Arnold Estep", is written on the glass plate.
Identified in 2025 by Sarah Grose, grand daughter of the subject.
Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Photograph of Arthur "Sonny" Ryman, Jr., as a young boy posed on a bench.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Apr 1945".
Sailors - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photo of a portrait photograph of Arthur Alexander Biller wearing his U.S. Navy uniform. Mr. Billers was originally from Hepners, Virginia. His parents were Louis Franklin and Annie Elizabeth (Biller) Biller. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II and then owned and operated Exxon Service Stations throughout the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area. He married Betty Marie (Arehart) Biller (1932-2013). Together, they raised four children, mostly in Maryland. He spent his later years in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Identified in 2002 by Steve Pence, subject's cousin, who has a similar image that he got from the newspaper.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public sources including his obituary.
Beedle, Mary Cansada Whitmer (1927-2014)
Portrait photograph of Arthur Beedle in his U.S. Army uniform beside his wife, Mary Cansada (Whitmer) Beedle. Arthur was the son of Nathaniel and Mary Rosan (Barb) Beedle. His wife, Mary C. (Whitmer) Beedle, was the daughter of Jesse Howard and Margaret Hannah (Barb) Whitmer. Arthur served in the U.S. Army as part of the 99th Division and spent four months as a prisoner of war during WWII. The couple married in 1946 and their marriage certificate gives the location of their wedding as "Cootes Store", in Rockingham County. At the time, they lived in Bird Haven. The couple raised a son together, Joseph Beedle. The name "_____ Beedle", is written on the glass plate of this image.
No ID form. Names were written in the margin of the paper copy.
Arthur Beedle appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002390 and 022752.
Mary C. (Whitmer) Beedle appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001115 and 022752.
Wilkins, Mamie May Santmiers (1883-1981)
Portrait photograph of Samuel Arthur Wilkins (known as Arthur) and his wife, Mamie May (Santmiers) Wilkins, posed together. Arthur was the son of Gideon and Josephine (Bowman) Wilkins. He was a lifelong farmer and livestock dealer from Edinburg. Mamie was the daughter of William Harvey and Emma Susan (Downey) Santmiers. She and her husband raised at least four children together. One of their grandsons was Billy Logan.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Dec 1945".
Identified in 2011 by Nancye L. Bowman, a neighbor who lived across from their farm.
Portrait photograph of Arthur Beedle from the Bird Haven area of western Shenandoah County, wearing his U.S. Army uniform. Arthur was the son of Nathaniel and Mary Rosan (Barb) Beedle. Arthur served in the U.S. Army as part of the 99th Division and spent four months as a prisoner of war during WWII. He married Mary C. (Whitmer) Beedle in 1946 and their marriage certificate gives the location of their wedding as "Cootes Store" in Rockingham County. At the time, they lived in Bird Haven. The couple raised a son together, Joseph Beedle.
No ID form. Name was written in the margin of the paper copy.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.