River and Mountain View From Cottage Porch Shenandoah Lodge
Postcard showing the view from the Cottage Porch at the Shenandoah River Lodge near Luray Virginia
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Postcard showing a scene of Chestnut trees along the Skyline Drive in Virginia destroyed by the Chestnut blight
Crossing of Lee Highway and Skyline Drive at Panorama VA
Postcard showing the crossing of Lee Highway and Skyline Drive at the Panorama Resort near Luray Virginia
Pages from Newspapers Past: Group of Men in Conicville
Picture of men at the Conicville home of Ananias Polk, some of which are identified.
Pages from newspapers past: Snow Drift Maurertown
Picture of a snow drift near Maurertown being cleared by Marvin Thomas in a bulldozer
Pages from newspapers past: Apple Cider Making Uncle Tom's Park
Picture of apple cider making at Uncle Tom's Park in Jerome. Includes names.
US Mail Highway Post Office Vehicle Number One
Postcard showing the US Mail Highway Post Office Vehicle Number One between Lacey Spring and New Market Virginia in 1981. This photograph was taken during an reenactment of the vehicle's original postal route.
Pages from newspapers past: Cub Scouts at Bushong House
Picture of the Edinburg Cub Pack 76, Den 1 from Edinburg at the Bushong House in New Market.
Letter, Mary R. Dellinger to Noah Dellinger
December 17 (1862) Shenandoah County Dear brother I seat my self to drop you a few line to let you no that we are all well at present and hope that when these few lines come to hand they may find you in the Same state of health. They say that there can’t be none detailed to work at the furnace and if you and if you can get a Substitute you should get one and don’t matter what price for we cant get a long a tall sence James is gone he started a to the army last Monday I expect you saw him William is a stilling(?) now. Tomorrow Lisa is a going to burther tomorrow. Was over at the butcherin at bowman. I saw _____ bowman he looked good. Turn over. Try an come home if you can write if you see James tell him to try and come home for I expect he will break take his leg again an if you cant get no substitute write and let us no and we will try and get one. William C. _ he has a sore foot. He cant get about. So much for that I must stop for I don’t know whether you can read this or not for I didn’t write for a year and you must guess at it so I must stop for this time but remain you sister until death. Don’t show this to no body. Mary R. Dellinger to Mr. noah Dellinger. Write soon
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This photograph shows the Massanutten Academy's rifle squad in 1940. Due to the military nature of the institution rifle training was standard for each student. The 1940 school yearbook noted it “was practically continuous during the first and second terms.” To improve the quality of their student’s marksmanship, a new system was introduced where the entire school would receive enhanced training and then compete to be on the school’s rifle team. This was apparently successful, and the school observed it “made for better shooting in the cadet corps as a whole.” However it did not translate into success in inter-school competitions. To meet R.O.T.C. requirements, the school had to send a team to a regional shooting match. Cadets who outshot their academy cohorts were outmatched at this competition and placed eighth out of ten schools present.
In 1940 the Massanutten Academy’s Yearbook noted this varsity swim team’s record was “enviable in the best inter-scholastic swimming circles.” The school had dominated at eight swim meets throughout the mid-Atlantic and over fifty teams, including freshmen swimmers from North Carolina State University and the University of Virginia. Ultimately they were defeated by Mercersburg Academy at the National Interscholastic swim meet in Philadelphia. However, the school could take pride in the fact they won three different races at that completion and received the George Malphas trophy for the fastest relay team. Team members for that year were, from left to right starting in the rear, Captain L.J. Fouts (coach) and Cadets K. Klein, D. Anderson, Brooke, Trumble, Hardman, R. Clark, D. Boyer, Hobert, Siwa, and Tilley.
A riding class on a jaunt through the woods
Little was recorded about horse-back riding at Massanutten Academy in 1940. Apparently most of it was done at Camp Lupton, the academy’s recreation center and maneuver grounds along the Shenandoah River east of town. In addition to camping facilities, large lodges, and ample swimming, the grounds offered equestrian trails that the cadets used on a regular basis. Riding classes were also offered and numerous students took advantage of the opportunity to become successful horseman. In conjunction with the school’s R.O.T.C. program, much of this was done to prepare students to use the horse in armed conflict, something that seems obsolete when compared to the mechanized state of warfare at the time. Camp Lupton would continue to serve as Massanutten Academy’s outdoor facility until late in the 20th century when the camp was closed. In 2013 it was donated to the Commonwealth of Virginia and is slated to become a state park.
1917 varsity baseball schedule for Massanutten Academy, now Massanutten Military Academy, in Woodstock Virginia.
Folder 1.1: Baseball Schedule, 1917, Massanutten Military Academy Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
James "Jimmy" Mahikoa appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 000929, 002564, 003641, 09241, 020140, and 020288.
Massanutten Garden Club Flower Festival Card
Card with attached ribbon issued to Zelda Lichliter by the Massanutten Garden Club for their Flower Festival. The card is undated. Zelda Lichliter was a resident of Strasburg Virginia. The Massanutten Garden Club operates in the same town.
Folder 3.26: Massanutten Garden Club Flower Festival, Undated, Series IV: Documents, Lichliter Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Photograph of four unidentified Massanutten Military Cadets sitting at a lunch counter in Woodstock Virginia. Behind them are two unidentified women working the counter. The photograph is taken from a page in the 1965 "The Adjutant," yearbook of the Massanutten Military Academy.
"The Adjutant," 1965, Massanutten Military Academy, Yearbook Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, 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.
School Board names new principal, assistant principal
Article about the appointment of Mike McCormick to the principal's position at Central High School and Scott Cassell to the position of assistant principal at W.W. Robinson Elementary school.
Happy Birthday, Bushong: New Market Civil War Museum to Host 19th-Century Party
Article about the Virginia Museum of the Civil War's historic program "Jacob Bushong Birthday Part"
from newspapers past: Dr, David Gochenour car after accident
Picture and caption about the automobile of Dr. David T. Gochenour after it had been involved in a vehicle crash.
Postcard with an interior photograph of the Family Cafeteria Restaurant in Mt. Jackson Virginia.
American Scenery: Shenandoah Valley from Strasburg
Stereoscope card showing an elevated view of Strasburg Virginia with the Strasburg Presbyterian Church in the foreground. The card was produced by the American Scenery Collection and is undated.
Postcard showing the Restaurant at the Return Motel-Resort located one mile south of New Market Virginia
Postcard showing the pool at the Return Hotel-Resort one mile south of New Market Virginia
Shenandoah Alum Springs (Shenandoah County Va.)
Postcard showing the Shenandoah Alum Springs Hotel located in the Bryce Mountain/Basye area of Shenandoah County.
Color postcard with a picture of the Hamilton Motel and adjoining restaurant located on US Route 11 south of Woodstock Virginia. The postcard is undated.