Unidentified barefoot child is seated on the side of a bench.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
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Portrait photograph of an unidentified man with a mustache.
Heavily damaged print of unidentified man seated with unidentified woman and child standing near him. Probably, this was a family photograph.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified man wearing a suit and tie with a starched collar.
Unidentified man with a mustache, is seated on a bench.
Photograph of George James Keyes in a hat, suit and tie. George was the son of Shirley and American (Johnson) Keyes. His wife was Rachel E. Keyes. Together they raised four children: Dorothy, Alma B., Lewis S., and Jerome W. Keyes. George lived most of his life in Fairfax County, Virginia, and was well known throughout that community. He worked for the Southern Railways System for 45 years, retiring in 1945. For almost all of his years with the Southern Railway company, he had worked as an engineer on the line between Harrisonburg, and Alexandria, Virginia. He is buried in Franconia, Virginia.
Identified in April 2002 by Steve Pence of Alexandria, Virginia, who has a copy of this photograph at home. Subject was Mr. Pence's great aunt's husband.
Two unidentified children, a girl with bows in her pigtails and a younger blond child, are posed together with a chair. Probably, these were siblings.
Unidentified young man and woman are standing together behind a chair. Probably, this was a husband and wife.
Unidentified young blond boy is standing on a wicker chair.
Helen (Morrison) Booker and Grace Elma (Booker) Wright
Booker, Helen Isabelle Morrison (1908-1979)
Grace Elma (Booker) Wright as a young girl and pictured with her mother, Helen (Morrison) Booker. These subjects were the photographer's daughter and granddaughter.
Identified in May 2002 by Carolyn (Morrison) Chapman, who was the cousin and niece of the subjects. She has a similar photograph at her home.
Grace Booker Wright appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 000989 and 003682.
Unidentified woman with glasses and styled hair, is seated on a bench.
Same unidentified woman appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 000990 and 004571.
Two unidentified young boys, a toddler and an older boy, are posed together. Probably, these were siblings.
Unidentified young boy is seated on a bench with his ankles crossed and holding a toy.
Soldiers - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Unidentified man with glasses is posed in a U.S. Army uniform.
Portrait photograph of Louise Emily (Grandstaff) Foltz in her later years.
Identified in January 2002 by Phyllis Wright.
Unidentified child is leaning against a table.
Portrait photograph of unidentified boy wearing a jacket and unbuttoned shirt collar.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young girl with curly hair and wearing a sailor-themed outfit.
Coffman, Ruth Gertrude Barton (1909-1990)
Funkhouser, Barbara Jean Coffman (1941-2010)
Photograph of Ruth (Barton) Coffman and her young daughter, Barbara, seated in her lap.
Identified by in May 2002 Carolyn Morrison Chapman. She wrote her ID on the bottom of the ID form for 000989.
Two unidentified children, a girl seated on a bench and a boy standing beside her. Probably, these were siblings.
Three unidentified young boys, all wearing horizontally-striped shirts and overalls. Probably, these were siblings.
Photograph of Paul Lee LeDane, Sr. as a young boy. Paul’s mother was Isabel E. Lichliter from Fort Valley. His father was Clarence LeRoy LeDane, from West Virginia. By the time he was 9 years old, however, he lived with his mother, Isabel E. (Lichliter) and her husband, Lester Shillingburg, and his mother’s parents, on a farm in Fort Valley. Ten years later, the 1950 census confirmed he was still there and working as a farmhand. He married Kathryn Delores Wilkins (1930-2020) in 1955. At that time, he worked at the Old Virginia Package Company. Kathryn was born in Maurertown, to William Harry Wilkins, Sr. and Hester Kavanagh (Cavenall) Wilkins. She was a 1948 graduate of Woodstock High School and worked for many years at the Walton and Smoot Pharmacy in Woodstock before she retired. The couple had two children: Brenda L. and Paul L. “Sonny” Le Dane. Paul Sr. was buried in Saumsville.
Identified in February 2002 by Jeanette C. Ritenour, who had seen the same picture before.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Paul LeDane, Sr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001001 and 006493.
Unidentified young girl with a bow in her short, curled hair, is seated on a bench with one leg under the other.
Photograph of two unidentified children, a young girl standing with her hand on the knee of unidentified young boy in a sailor-themed outfit. Probably, these were siblings.
Unidentified young boy is standing on a chair.