African Americans - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Unidentified African American woman shown in a backless dress. She is looking back over her shoulder towards the camera.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Nov 1943".
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Unidentified older man with a mustache is wearing a cap and overalls.
Unidentified baby is photographed outdoors and seated in a wicker baby carriage.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 1917".
Unidentified young man, seated, is posed with an unidentified young woman in a blouse and skirt standing beside him. Probably, this was a husband and wife.
Unidentified young boy is standing on a bench.
Photo of an older photograph of two unidentified children, a boy and a younger girl, posed together. Probably, these were siblings.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified man wearing a suit and tie with a starched collar.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with her hair pulled back and shown in profile.
Unidentified older man with glasses, a mustache and a beard, is seated with his legs crossed and holding a cane.
Same unidentified man appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 005516 and 023557.
Benchoff, Anna Katharine Hottel (1895-1986)
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Portrait photograph of Anna Katharine (Hottel) Benchoff. This photograph was used in the 1917 Massanutten Academy's yearbook, "Aggelos". She was listed as being the Sponsor of the Senate that year. Anna Katharine was the daughter of Milton Hockman and Laura Hottel of Woodstock. She married Guy Anderson Benchoff in 1924, and the couple worked and taught at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) for many years together. They also raised four children together in Woodstock: John "Jack" Milton Benchoff, Ann McCord (Benchoff) Stamm, Betty (Benchoff) Page, and Barbara Loudoun (Benchoff) Miles.
Identified in 2025 by library staff using the 1917 Massanutten yearbook, "Aggelos".
Portrait photograph of Miss Magruder, shown in profile. The photograph appears in the 1917 Massanutten Academy yearbook, "Aggelos". She was listed as being the sponsor of the Junior class that year.
Identified in 2025 by library staff using the 1917 MMA yearbook, "Aggelos".
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young woman with short hair and smiling at the camera. This individual is identified as "Miss Gibbs," sponsor of the 1917 Massanutten Academy yearbook. This photograph is similar to the one printed in that publication.
Identified in 2025 by library staff using the 1917 Massanutten Academy yearbook, "Aggelos".
"Miss Gibbs" appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 005719 and 023560.
Portrait photograph of Albert Sullivan in formal wear. Sullivan was a cadet at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) in 1917 and appears in that year's yearbook "Aggelos" as W. Albert Sullivan and Albert Sullivan . He was listed as being part of the Junior class and a member of the Poe Literary Society that year.
W. Albert Sullivan appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 006222, 006248, 020288, 022744, and 023561.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young man wearing a suit and tie with a starched collar.
Unidentified young man is wearing a suit and tie with a starched collar and standing with his hands in his pants pockets.
Portrait photograph of John Heller Crawn in formal wear. This photograph appears in the 1917 Massanutten Academy yearbook, "Aggelos". Cadet Crawn was the son of Josiah F. and his second wife, Annie Roberta (Ward) Crawn. His mother died when he was a toddler. His father was a prominent miller at North River and a well-known citizen of Mt. Crawford, Rockingham County, Virginia. He graduated from Massanutten Military Academy in 1917 and enlisted in the U.S. Marines in the summer of 1918. After training at Parris Island, South Carolina, he was sent overseas, arriving in France about a week before the Armistice was signed in November 1918. Private Crawn served with the 80th company of the 6th Marine Regiment in France and Germany. He was discharged in August 1919. After his military service, he found work at an insurance agency in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but was there only a few months before contracting an unusual “sleeping sickness” that put him in a coma for the last six weeks of his life. His remains were returned to Mt. Crawford where he was buried.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Unidentified man, seated, with an unidentified woman standing beside him and four unidentified children of different ages posed around him. Probably, this was a family photograph.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Dec 1927".
Same unidentified people appear together in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 023565 and 023566.
Unidentified man and woman are seated together with four unidentified children of differing ages posed around them. Probably, this was a family photograph.
Unidentified African American woman is seated on a stone bench with her hands in her lap.
Three unidentified young women with similar short hairstyles are posed together.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified older woman with glasses and her wavy hair pulled back.
Soldiers-United States-Virginia-Woodstock
Photograph from the collection of photographer Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified soldier and an unidentified woman.
Shenandoah County Historical Society Hugh Morrison Collection
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Unidentified young woman is seated on a bench and turned slightly to the side. She is wearing a corsage and faux pearls with her dress.
Same unidentified woman appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 023570 and 023580.
Unidentified young girl with short hair and bangs is standing by toys and a bench. She had a bow pinned to the front of her dress.
Four unidentified people, two men and two women, are posed standing behind a large cake. Possibly, this was a family group.
The man on the far left and the woman on the far right appear together with the cake in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 008169 and 023572.