Students at Lantz Mill
subject: Public schools - Virginia - Lantz Mill
subject: Schoolchildren - Virginia - Lantz Mill
subject: Lantz Mill (Va)
description: Unidentified students posed outside the school at Lantz Mill.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
date: Ca 1912 based on the date of other, similar photographs.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Students of Lantz Mill School in the 1912 time period appear in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001201, 001204, 001206, 002163, and 011505.

Group of Students
subject: Schools - Virginia - Shenandoah County
subject: Schoolchildren - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Photo of a photograph of a group of unidentified students posed just outside their school building.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Students at Lantz Mill, ca 1912
subject: Public schools - Virginia - Lantz Mill
subject: Schoolchildren - Virginia - Lantz Mill
subject: Lantz Mill (Va)
description: Group of unidentified students posed outside the school in Lantz Mill, Virginia.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
date: Ca 1912 based on the date of other, similar photographs
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Students of Lantz Mill School in the 1912 time period appear in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001201, 001204, 001206, 002163, and 011505.

Maurertown School House
subject: Public schools - Virginia - Maurertown
subject: Maurertown (Va)
description: Photograph of the school house in Maurertown, Virginia. The building is no longer standing.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified in January 2007 by John Adamson.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Quicksburg School House
subject: Public schools - Virginia - Quicksburg
subject: Quicksburg (Va)
description: Photograph of the back and side of the school building in Quicksburg, Virginia.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Battle of Kernstown Map
subject: Campaigns & battles - Virginia - Kernstown
subject: Kernstown (Va)
subject: Maps
subject: United States - History - Civil War
description: Detailed map of the First Battle of Kernstown fought during the Civil War in 1862. The words, "The Handley Library", are along the margin.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Old Mill Tavern Restaurant
subject: Mills - Virginia - Strasburg
subject: Strasburg (Va)
subject: Restaurants - Virginia - Strasburg
description: Known by several names, the Old Mill Tavern Restaurant was located on the southern edge of Strasburg on Route 11 (or Stover Avenue as that stretch is named). The building is still there today. The original water-powered mill was built between 1797 and 1804, by the Spengler family, and was located close to the confluence of Cedar Spring Run and the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. It was a working flour mill for many years and known as the Spengler Mill. During the 1920's and 1930's, it was operated by the Artz family and known as the Artz Mill. It was converted into a well-known restaurant called "The Old Mill Tavern Restaurant" by the George Pappas family in 1938. The Old Mill was the place to go for dining, dancing and community celebrations under a number of different managers for nearly seventy years. The Old Mill property was purchased by the Fraternal Order of the Eagles #4186, in 2017.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified in October 2001 by Linda Varney, who commented that the building today looks much like it did in this photo.
contributor: Historical information about the mill was compiled from public records.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Spengler's Mill, or The Old Mill as it is also called, appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001210, 001212, 027290, and 027299.

Railroad Bridge and Signal Knob, Near Strasburg
subject: Shenandoah River, North Fork (Va)
subject: Massanutten Mountain (Va)
subject: Railroad bridges - Virginia - Strasburg
subject: Strasburg (Va)
description: Photograph of the Shenandoah River, railroad bridge. and Massanutten Mountain's Signal Knob near Strasburg Virginia. The photograph was taken from the Route 55 Highway bridge just east of Strasburg.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified in October 2001 by Lena Fuller.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Same view appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001211 and 040185.

Spengler's Mill
subject: Flour mills - Virginia - Strasburg
subject: Water mills - Virginia - Strasburg
subject: Strasburg (Va)
description: Early photograph of Spengler's Mill with two unidentified men also visible in the image. Spengler's Mill was located on the southern edge of Strasburg on Route 11 (or Stover Avenue as that stretch is named). The building is still there today. The water-powered mill was built between 1797 and 1804, by the Spengler family, and was located close to the confluence of Cedar Spring Run and the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. It was a working flour mill for many years. During the 1920's and 1930's, it was operated by the Artz family and known as the Artz Mill. It was converted into a well-known restaurant called "The Old Mill Tavern Restaurant" by the George Pappas family in 1938. The Old Mill was the place to go for dining, dancing and community celebrations under a number of different managers for nearly seventy years. The Old Mill property was purchased by the Fraternal Order of the Eagles #4186, in 2017.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified by Linda Varney.
contributor: Historical information about the mill was compiled from public records.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Spengler's Mill, or The Old Mill as it is also called, appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001210, 001212, 027290, and 027299.

Hugh Morrison, Jr. - Self portrait
subject: Morrison, Hugh Jr. (1871-1950)
description: Hugh Morrison, Jr. of Morrison Studio in Woodstock, created this playful self-portrait by taking two separate photographs of himself and merging them together. He also did similar work in tintype.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified by subject's grandson, James E. Morrison, Sr., who had a copy of this image at one time. He also commented that his grandfather was "an artisan, well before his time".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Hugh Morrison Jr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 000155, 000849, 001213, 001214, 002451, 002458, 002467, 002498, 002507, 002510, 002512, 002514, 002516, 002517, 002527, 003679, 003682, 003736, 004131, 004441, 004442, 004447, 004763, 012835, 020031, and 027427.

Hugh Morrison, Jr. - Self portrait
subject: Morrison, Hugh Jr. (1871-1950)
description: Hugh Morrison, Jr. of Morrison Studio in Woodstock created this playful self portrait by taking two separate photographs of himself and merging them together.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified by subject's grandson, James E. Morrison, Sr., who had a copy of this image at one time. He also commented that his grandfather was "an artisan, well before his time".
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Hugh Morrison Jr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 000155, 000849, 001213, 001214, 002451, 002458, 002467, 002498, 002507, 002510, 002512, 002514, 002516, 002517, 002527, 003679, 003682, 003736, 004131, 004441, 004442, 004447, 004763, 012835, 020031, and 027427.

Strasburg Steam Flouring Mill
subject: Railroad cars - American - Virginia - Strasburg
subject: Flour mills - Virginia - Strasburg
subject: Flour & meal industry - Virginia - Strasburg
subject: Strasburg (Va)
description: Damaged photograph showing railcars and the rear of the Strasburg Steam Flouring Mill in Strasburg Virginia. Strasburg Steam Flouring Mills occupied the area at 390 East King Street and its parking lot. Original mill buildings stood at the back of the parking lot until they were destroyed by fire in early 2008.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: The Strasburg Steam Flouring Mill appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001166, 001215, and 027291.

Mt. Clifton School
subject: Public Schools - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Photograph of the rear of the Mt. Clifton School and a second structure located at the rear of the building.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified by staff based on other pictures of the Mt. Clifton School.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Mt. Clifton School appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001216 and 001219.

Hamburg School
subject: Public schools - Virginia - Hamburg
subject: Hamburg (Va)
description: Photograph of the school building in Hamburg, Virginia.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Forestville School
subject: Public schools - Virginia - Forestville
subject: Forestville (Va)
description: Photograph of Forestville School. Today, it is used as the Forestville Community Center.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified in January 2007 by John Adamson.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Forestville School appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001218 and 001220.

Mt. Clifton School
subject: Public schools - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Photograph of the Mt. Clifton School.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified by staff based on pictures of the Mt. Clifton School.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Mt. Clifton School appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001216 and 001219.

Forestville School
subject: Public schools - Virginia - Forestville
subject: Forestville (Va)
description: Photograph of the school building in Forestville, Virginia. The word, "Forestville", is written on the glass plate.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Forestville School appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001218 and 001220.

Samuel Crabill's Farm
subject: Crabill, Samuel
subject: Farms - Virginia - Woodstock
subject: Woodstock (Va)
description: Photograph of Sam Crabill's farm on Ridgely Road in Woodstock. Sam's wife was a Windle. The farm buildings are no longer there.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified in August 2002 by Joyce Hamrick who recognized it as her husband's home place. He lived there at one time.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Same farm appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001221, 001224 and 001233.

Franklin, Daisy, and Goldie Spiggle
subject: Automobiles - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
subject: Spiggle, Franklin Perry
subject: Spiggle, Daisy Alice Gochenour
subject: Harpine, Goldie Irene Spiggle
description: Frank Spiggle, his wife, Daisy, and their daughter, Goldie Irene shown riding in an early automobile. The photograph was taken near Maurertown, circa 1913.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: ca 1913
contributor: Identified in an addendum/correction note dated August 22, 2008, in John Adamson's book, "A Pictorial History of Shenandoah County - Fifty Years Through the Lens of Hugh Morrison, Jr."
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Roy Gochenour Plowing with Mules
subject: Farming - Virginia - Woodstock
subject: Farmers - Virginia - Woodstock
subject: Plowing - Virginia - Woodstock
subject: Gochenour, Roy Milton (1895-1960)
subject: Woodstock (Va)
description: Roy Milton Gochenour with two mules and a plow. Mr. Gochenour had a farm on Ridgely Road in Woodstock. His son, Lewis Gochenour still lived there in 2002. He married Emma (Peel) Gochenour in 1919.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified in August 2002 by Joyce Hamrick, who lived on a neighboring farm.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Roy Milton Gochenour appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001223 and 025776.

Samuel Crabill's Farm
subject: Crabill, Samuel
subject: Farms - Virginia - Woodstock
subject: Woodstock (Va)
description: Unidentified people standing in the doorway of a large barn on Samuel Crabill's farm located on Ridgeley Road, Woodstock.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
contributor: Identified in August 2002 by Joyce Hamrick, whose husband, Dulles Hamrick, lived on the farm.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Same farm appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001221, 001224 and 001233.

Men and Mules
subject: Farming - Virginia - Shenandoah County
subject: Farmers - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Photograph of several unidentified men working near a barn along with a team of mules. A piece of farm machinery and other crop items are visible, indicating this may have been taken at harvest time. The negative has been damaged and is faded.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Harry Ritenour's Blacksmith Shop
subject: Ritenour, William Harrison "Harry"
subject: Forge shops - Virginia - Maurertown
subject: Blacksmiths - Virginia - Maurertown
subject: Maurertown (Va)
description: Blacksmith William Harrison "Harry" Ritenour, standing in the doorway of his shop in Maurertown. He is holding his young daughter, Mary Frances (Ritenour) Crabtree. His son, Wilmer Ritenour is standing beside him.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: ca 1912
contributor: Identified by Ronald Crabtree, grandson of Harry Ritenour and son of Mary Frances. His family had the same photograph at their home.
contributor: Identified in Feb 2002 by Jeanette C. Ritenour, who also had a copy of the photograph and noted it had been featured in the Shenandoah Herald and The Free Press newspapers many times.
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
relation: Harry Ritenour's Blacksmith shop appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001226 and 001241.

Group of People Outdoors
description: Group of unidentified people sitting on the ground outdoors. The young woman in front is holding a rifle while the young man beside her is holding an umbrella.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Small Ship Docked
subject: Ships - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
description: Unidentified ship, possibly named "Volunteer" docked by a wide pier.
creator: Morrison Studio
source: Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
publisher: Shenandoah County Library
date: Undated
rights: IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED