Southern View of Gap in Massanutten Mountain on Lee Highway
Postcard showing a view of the New Market Gap located east of New Market Virginia.
Not to be republished without permission
Souvenir Folder of Shenandoah Caverns, Virginia
Shenandoah Caverns (Shenandoah County Va.)
Souvenir Folder consisting of two postcard relating to Shenandoah Caverns.
Souvenir Greetings postcard sent from Woodstock Virginia.
Scan of the Sourvenir Program for the 1939 Shenandoah County Fair's Beauty Contest.
Northern Virginia Daily- Shenandoah County Fair Digital Collection
Item donated for scanning by Sandra Helsley Simpon.
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Photograph showing the 1951 Virginia Encampment of Spanish American War Veterans. The event was held at the Orkney Springs Hotel located in Shenandoah County. This photograph was taken by local photographer William Hoyle Garber.
Hoyle Garber Collection, Mt. Jackson Museum
Recording & registration - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photograph of a marriage certificate attesting that Samuel Ray Spence and Peggy Jo Hite were married in New Market, Virginia, on December 30, 1940. Rev Roy D. Coulter, a minister of the Congregational Christian Church, officiated. Less than five years later, U.S. Army Pfc Spence was killed in action at the Battle of the Bulge in 1945. He is buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery in Liege, Belgium. He received a Purple Heart.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
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This marriage certificate appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 026953 and 027117.
Photograph of Samuel Ray Spence appears in Morrison Studio Collection number 011748.
Photograph of a marriage certificate attesting that Samuel Ray Spence and Peggy Jo Hite were married in New Market, Virginia, on December 30, 1940. The clergyman was Rev. Roy D. Coulter, Minister of the Congregational-Christian Church. Less than five years later, U.S. Army Pfc Spence was killed in action at the Battle of the Bulge in 1945. He is buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery in Liege, Belgium. He received a Purple Heart.
Samuel Ray Spence appears in Morrison Studio Collection number 011748.
Enslaved Person-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Spend Your Vacation at Cave Spring Resort
Entertainment-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Trifold brochure advertising the Cave Spring Resort in Edinburg Virginia. The brochure includes information on the motel, local activities, fishing, and the "Shenandoah Valley Bowl" which was a venue for Country, Blue Grass, and Folk music. The venue hosted "Town and Country Time" with Connie B. Gay on Sundays. The resort was located south east of the Town of Edinburg Virginia and no longer stands.
Folder 2.25: Cave Spring Resort, Undated, Series I: Edinburg, Mary Ann Williamson Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, VA.
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.
Historical information about the mill was compiled from public records.
Spengler's Mill, or The Old Mill as it is also called, appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001210, 001212, 027290, and 027299.
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Photograph of the dedication plaque for the Sperry Dining Hall at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA). Sperry Dining Hall was dedicated by Jason J. Sperry in memory of his parents. Mr. Sperry was from West Virginia and lost his parents at a young age. He stayed in Woodstock after graduating from MMA and was a pillar of the community.
Subject identified by Betty (Benchoff) Page, who was a good friend of Mr. Sperry and his family.
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Photograph of Sperry Hall, a school building at Massanutten Military Academy. Among other purposes, it served as the dining hall.
Photograph of the Sperryville Turnpike (US Route 211). The photograph looks east toward the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was taken just east of Luray, Virginia. The house visible still stands at 102 Griffith Court, Luray.
Location identified in 2025 by Bill Wine.
Spottswood Monument, Swift Run Gap, Skyline Drive, Virginia
Postcard showing the monument to Governor Alexander Spotswood along the Skyline Drive near Swift Run Gap in Virginia
Everett Waddey Company, Richmond Virginia
This image shows the house located at 355 W. Spring Street in Woodstock, Virginia.
Identified by John Adamson, in 2007, when he made an on-site inspection to match the house with the image.
Photograph of Springdale, a large, two-story, brick home with four columns supporting a covered front porch. It is located about six miles southwest of Winchester, about 50 yards from the Valley Pike, and is near Opequon Creek. The home was built by Col. John Hite, son of Jost Hite, in 1753 and was said to be the finest (at that time) west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This photograph was used in the book, "Historic Homes of Northern Virginia" by John W. Wayland (page 64).
Summer 1929 (per page 64 of the book, "Historic Homes of Northern Virginia" by John W. Wayland, 1937).
Identified in 2025 by library staff using the book, "Historic Homes of Northern Virginia" by John W. Wayland, 1937.
Photo of an illustration or engraving of St. Agnes. The plate is cracked and broken.
St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church Mt. Jackson Va.
Photographic postcard. Image shows St. Andrew's Episcopal Church which still stands on Main Street in Mt. Jackson Virginia. The postcard is undated.
St. Davids Lutheran Church (Fort Valley Va)
Picture of the St. Davids Lutheran Church in Fort Valley Virginia. The congregation was formed around 1816 when the Lutheran worshipers in Fort Valley established their own church. The building pictured was constructed in 1873 after the previous church burned. The church would be used until 1965 when a new Lutheran Church was built and the previous structure was sold. Today it is a private residence.
Fort Valley, VA Photographs (Historical) Collection
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Postcard with a picture of St. James Lutheran Church located in Zepp Virginia.
Catholic churches - Virginia - Woodstock
Photograph of St. John Bosco Catholic Church is located on North Main Street in Woodstock. The building is still standing and a new sanctuary has been built on the adjacent lot.
Identified in 2007 by John Adamson who made an on-site comparison.
St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church
St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church (Hamburg Va)
Scan of an undated photograph showing Lydia Gochenour, Jacob Gochenour, and John Robert Wilkins standing in front of the at the St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church food booth at the Shenandoah County Fair. The church was located in Hamburg Virginia. The individuals standing inside the booth are unidentified.
Item donated for scanning by Nancy Gochenour.
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing the ST. Luke and Saumsville 4-H Club's display at the Shenandoah County Fair.
Lutheran churches - Virginia - Shenandoah County
View of the interior of St. Luke's Lutheran Church altar. Pews are in the foreground.
No ID form. Name was written in the margin of the paper copy.
Reformed Churches - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Photograph showing St. Luke's Evangelical and Reformed Church. The church is located on Short Lane in southwest Shenandoah County. As of 2025 it was called St. Luke UCC Church and is commonly known as "County Line" Church.
Identified in 2013 by Shenandoah County Historical Society (SCHS) and in 2025 by Zach Hottel.