Portrait photograph of an unidentified young woman, possibly teen-aged, with a hair ribbon and bow in her hair.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
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Same unidentified young woman appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004055 and 004056.
Unidentified young woman seated on a studio bench and wearing a long frilly dress.
Portrait photograph of two unidentified women seated close together. Possibly, these were siblings.
Unidentified child standing on a chair and wearing a winter coat and hat.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified man wearing a suit and tie.
Same unidentified man appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 0004059 and 04065.
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Group photograph of an Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) football team, probably from the early 1930's. The players are unidentified.
Photograph of James Luther Warner and his family. The family lived in Strasburg for many years while the children were in school. Later, James L. Warner Sr. died in Florida. Pictured at top (l to r): Nellie (Warner) Forrest, Brondell Warner, and Virginia (Warner) Marston. Bottom row: (l to r) Irene (Warner) Wilson, James L. Warner, Sr., Eula Laura Warner (who died while in high school), Mary Maude (Miller) Warner, and James L. Warner, Jr.
Identified in 2007 by Graham Conner, who worked with them at the Northern Virginia Daily newspaper office.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with short hair, seated sideways and looking downwards, almost in profile.
Same unidentified young woman appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004062 and 004063.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with short dark hair and wearing a string of faux pearls around her neck.
Photo of an older photograph of three unidentified people: two females in floral print dresses that were made from the same cloth, and a young boy with his hand in his coat pocket. Probably, this was a family photograph.
Same unidentified young woman in the middle appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001340, 003034, and 004064.
Swartz, Marion "Junior" Swisher Jr. (1923-1976)
Walker, Sarah Elizabeth Swartz (1924-2012)
Photograph of three Swartz siblings: (l to r) Joseph "Joe" Luther Swartz, Marion S. Swartz, Jr., and Sarah (Swartz) Walker. Their parents were Marion Strickler Swartz, Sr. (1898-1981) and Altha Swisher Swartz. Joseph grew up and married Mary Frances Lantz. They had a daughter, Jaqueline, and two sons, Joseph L and Michael Swartz. Joseph died in Edinburg when he was just 41 years old and is buried in Sunset View Cemetery. Marion S. Swartz, Jr. married Jane Golladay and had four daughters: Caroline (Swartz) Lowman, Emma (Swartz) Drummond, Laura, and Nanette. He died in Woodstock at the age of 52 and is buried in Sunset View Cemetery. Sarah Swartz grew up and married Herbert Walker.
Identified in 2010 by Betty (Benchoff) Page whose cousin was Marion Swartz, Jr.'s wife. She also shared that Joe and Sarah were classmates of hers in both elementary and high school.
Marion Swisher Swartz Jr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 004066, 004349, 004947, 005849, 028230 and 028231.
Sarah Elizabeth (Swartz) Walker appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 004066, 004349, and 005849.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadet in his school uniform.
Three unidentified children, two girls and a younger boy, are posed together. Probably, these were siblings.
Portrait photograph of MMA Cadet Wilson R. Caskey wearing his school’s uniform, probably taken around the time he graduated from Massanutten Military Academy (MMA). Caskey is best remembered for his decades-long involvement with the school and as being one of the founders of the MMA Alumni Association. Caskey was born and grew up in Martinsburg, West Virginia. His parents were William Rufus (1874-1969) and Dora (Matthaie) (1879-1969) Caskey. His father owned and operated a successful bakery (Caskey’s Bakery) in Martinsburg until it was sold in 1952. As a child, he attended football games with his parents at MMA. Later, he returned to Woodstock as a student and was a 1931 MMA graduate. He continued his education, graduating from West Virginia University in 1936. Later, he served in Maryland’s Army National Guard during WWII. He also operated Caskey Supply Company in Martinsburg for many years until he retired. He married Naomi J. (Hagen) (1915-1999) Caskey and the couple had two daughters: Jennifer Lynette (1954-2015) and Naomi Caskey. After his graduation from MMA, Caskey maintained contact with the school. He volunteered his time and energy to help start up the alumni association, later becoming its vice president. He was elected executive president of the MMA Alumni Association in 1975, a position he held for 22 years. In 1983, he was also elected to the Board of Trustees at MMA, representing alumni interests there. By 1989, the alumni association began paying him for his service. At the time of his death, he was the alumni director emeritus at MMA. He died in 2004 at the age of 90 while vacationing at Jekyll Island, Georgia.
Identified in 2010 by Betty (Benchoff) Page who was a friend of the subject.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public sources including the book, "Massanutten Military Academy" by Robert Mallory Klein, 2001.
Wilson Rufus Caskey appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 004069, 004070, 008963, 023007, 029380, and 029390.
Four Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadets posed wearing the trousers, sashes, and white shirts of their school uniforms but not their jackets. The cadet on the back row, far right, is Wilson Rufus Caskey. The other students are unidentified.
"2/26/31" is written on the glass plate of this image. Labelled "Jan 1932" on box of plates.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with short wavy hair.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman wearing glasses. Her dress has ruffles around the collar and down the front.
Portrait photograph of Wilbur Odell "Web" Riley taken in the studio. He was born in Augusta, West Virginia, the son of the late George W. and Virginia (Hawkins) Riley. He graduated from Lynchburg College and served in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a Lt. Colonel. After that, he worked for 20 years as a Chevrolet Dealer in Woodstock. Web was very active in his community serving as Mayor, former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, former President of the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce, a realtor and an appraiser, a prime mover in the establishment of the Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital, a member of the Board of Directors of the Shenandoah Telephone Co., the Farmers Bank of Edinburg and Elder and member of the Woodstock Christian Church. His wife was Ann T. Hundley and they had two sons, Wilbur O. Riley Jr., of Woodstock and George T. Riley of California, and a daughter, Susan (Riley) Lambiotte of Woodstock.
Identified in 2010 by Betty (Benchoff) Page, a friend of the subject.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public sources, including Mr. Riley's obituary published on January 28, 1982 in the Richmond Times Dispatch newspaper.
W.O. Riley appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004073 and 004077.
Unidentified young child, naked and seated on a covered surface.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with short hair and wearing a necklace with her V-necked dress.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman sporting a bobbed hairstyle popular in the 1920's.
Portrait photograph of Wilbur Odell "Web" Riley taken in a studio. He was born in Augusta, West Virginia, the son of the late George W. and Virginia (Hawkins) Riley. He graduated from Lynchburg College and served in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a Lt. Colonel. After that, he worked for 20 years as a Chevrolet Dealer in Woodstock. Web was very active in his community serving as Mayor, former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, former President of the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce, a realtor and an appraiser, a prime mover in the establishment of the Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital, a member of the Board of Directors of the Shenandoah Telephone Co., the Farmers Bank of Edinburg and Elder and member of the Woodstock Christian Church. His wife was Ann T. Hundley and they had two sons, Wilbur O. Riley Jr., of Woodstock and George T. Riley of California, and a daughter, Susan (Riley) Lambiotte of Woodstock.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public sources, including Mr. Riley's obituary printed in the Richmond-Times Dispatch on January 28, 1982.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadet wearing his school uniform.