Color postcard labeled "Scenes Along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Cedar Creek, Valley of Virginia." The image shows two men standing along Cedar Creek looking toward a railroad trestle located northwest of Strasburg Virginia along the Shenandoah/Frederick County boundary.
Railroad Bridge Crossing, Cedar Creek, Va.
Railroad Bridges-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Color postcard bearing a photograph of a railroad bridge crossing Cedar Creek. The railroad bridge in the image is located west of the Town of Strasburg. The card was produced by G.F. Norton Publishing Company of Winchester Virginia in 1909.
Postcard with a picture of the covered bridge that crossed Cedar Creek on the Valley Turnpike before the Civil War. The card is addressed to Maggie Larrick of Churchville Virginia.
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Postcard with a picture of St. James Lutheran Church located in Zepp Virginia.
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Lodging houses-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Photographic postcard with an image of the "Mountain View Inn, Zepp Virginia." Zepp lies in the northwestern portion of Shenandoah County along Cedar Creek. The exact location of this Inn and other details are unknown. The image was taken and published by Hugh Morrison of Woodstock Virginia. The postcard appears to be part of a series of two postcards produced advertising the Mountain View Inn located in Zepp Virginia.
Public Schools-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Postcard bearing the image of the "Schoolhouse" in Zepp Virginia. The school was also called "Central School." It is located along Zepp Road and opened in 1885. In 1939 it closed. Today it is home to the Cedar Creek Community Center and voting precinct.
Looking West from Mountain View Inn, Some of the Spurs on Shenandoah Mountain and the Scenery lying West of Inn, Zepp, Va.
Postcard with a picture of scenery in Zepp Virginia taken from the Mountain View Inn. An unidentified individual has changed the caption to read "great north" Mountain instead of Shenandoah Mountain. The image was taken and published by Hugh Morrison of Woodstock Virginia. It appears to be part of a series of two postcards produced advertising the Mountain View Inn located in Zepp Virginia.
The second postcard produced to advertise the Mountain View Inn is image 116 of the Herb Parker Postcard Collection.
Postcard with an image showing the residence of "M.M. Orndorff." M.M. Orndorff refers to Marion M. Orndorff who is most likely the man standing in the picture. The "Oranda" referenced is a small community in the northern portion of Shenandoah County near the Frederick County line north/northwest of Strasburg Virginia.
General stores-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Postcard with a picture of M.M. Orndorff's general store in Oranda Virginia. Picture includes individuals, horses, and a wagon.
"Harmony Hall" (Fort Bowman) Strasburg, Virginia
forts & fortifications-United States-Virginia-Shenandoah County
frontier & pioneer life-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Stone buildings-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Postcard showing what was identified as "Harmony Hall (Fort Bowman)" in Strasburg Virginia. The card has a copyright date of 1935 and contains the caption "'Harmony Hall' (Fort Bowman) Strasburg, Virginia. Oldest House in Shenandoah County. Built in 1752-3-4." Constructed ca. 1753 for George Bowman, the structure now called simply Fort Bowman, it is one of the oldest homes surviving structures in Shenandoah County. Apart for a small Greek Revival portico addition, the house is almost unchanged from its original Germanic stone design. The home is located along an undisturbed section of the Old Valley Pike and its graveyard contains the burial sites of Isaac Bowman who assisted George Rogers Clark and Samuel Kerchval, early Shenandoah Valley Historian.
Postcard with flowers and a "Greeting from Oranda Va."
Copy of a postcard with a picture of the Strasburg Depot.
Postcard with a picture of the freight depot at the Strasburg Junction where the B & O Railroad and Southern Railways joined near Strasburg Virginia.
Strasburg Junction, Va. B & O and Sourthern R.R., near Strasburg, Va.
Color postcard with a picture of the Strasburg Junction located southwest of the town of Strasburg Virginia. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and the Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad created the junction when their rail lines met here in 1870. This interchange became an important connector between the east-west and north-south rail lines in the region. The area also was once home to a sizable industrial community based on limestone quarries adjacent to the rail line.
Stickley's Dam and Massanutten Mountain, Strasburg, Va.
Postcard with a picture of Stickley's Dam near Strasburg Virginia. The dam is located on Cedar Creek. The Massanutten Mountain is visible in the background.
Battlefield Crystal Caverns, Strasburg, Virginia
Postcard with a picture and description of the various tourist attractions at Hupps Hill in Strasburg Virginia. This includes the Civil War Museum and Crystal Caverns.
Color postcard with a picture taken from Signal Knob on the Massanutten Mountain showing the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Photographic postcard showing "Battlefield Crystal Caverns" in Strasburg Virginia. In the image Crystal Caverns and several other structures that surrounded it during the first half of the 20th century are visible. These include a museum, carousel, the caverns, dance floor, and Civil War trenches. A caption describing the Civil War history of the site is present at the bottom of the card.
Cedar Creek Bridge on Valley Pike near Strasburg, Va.
Postcard with a colorized image of Cedar Creek and the bridge that spans it on the Shenandoah County/Frederick County boundary north of Strasburg Virginia. The postcard is dated 1915.
1908 image from a photographic postcard showing a bridge crossing the Shenandoah River near Strasburg Virginia.
Motel Newcomer- US 11- Strasburg, Virginia
Postcard with a picture of the Motel Newcomer, its welcome sign, and an interior picture of a room located near Strasburg Virginia. It is today a Budget Inn.
Color postcard with a picture of the Motel Newcomer, its welcome sign, and an interior picture of a room. The motel is located near Strasburg Virginia in the area of Fisher's Hill. As of 2018 it was still in operation as a Budget Inn.
Massanutten Mountain, Shenandoah River Strasburg, VA.
Postcard with a picture of the Shenandoah River and Massanutten Mountain's Signal Knob near Strasburg Virginia.
Color postcard with a picture of the Shenandoah River, railroad bridge. and Massanutten Mountain's Signal Knob near Strasburg Virginia.
Shenandoah River and Signal Knob Strasburg Va,
Color postcard with a picture of the Shenandoah River and Massanutten Mountain's Signal Knob near Strasburg Virginia.