Unidentified barefoot baby is shown lying back on a covered surface with pillows. The name, "Raymond Smoot", is written on the glass plate.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "July 1949".
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Same unidentified baby appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 024099 and 024100.
Unidentified barefoot baby is lying back against pillows on a covered surface. The name, "Raymond Smoot", is written on the glass plate.
Unidentified man and woman, both seated, with an unidentified young girl in a plaid skirt standing between them. Probably, this was a family photograph.
Unidentified young child is wearing a knit sweater and seated on a pillow on a chair. The name, "Funkhouser", and the place, "Quicksburg, VA", are written on the glass plate.
Soldiers - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Unidentified man in a U.S. Army uniform is seated beside an unidentified woman with short hair and wearing a polka-dotted dress. An unidentified young girl is standing between the two. Probably, this was a family photograph.
Same unidentified man appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001895 and 024103.
Unidentified young boy is seated on a chair.
Unidentified boy in a striped shirt is seated on a chair.
Same unidentified boy appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 024105 and 026144.
Unidentified girl with shoulder-length hair and bangs is seated on a bench with one leg under the other.
Unidentified man and woman, seated, are posed with two unidentified young children, a boy and a girl. Probably, this was a family photograph.
Portrait photograph of Ripley Sommers Walker. He was the son of Robert Jacob and Kate Sallie (Ripley) Walker. He attended Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) in the 1911-1913 timeframe. He married Beulah R. (Heltzel) Walker (1901-1986)
Identified in 2023 by Charles Middleton. Ripley S. Walker was his grandmother's cousin and he had the same photograph at home.
Ripley S. Walker appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 003675, 004261, 009590, 018591, 020153, and 024108.
Unidentified young child is dressed in a warm snowsuit and posed on a chair with a stuffed toy. Part of an adult woman is visible on the left. The name, "B C D Bly" is written on the glass plate.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified man with a mustache wearing a suit and tie with a handkerchief visible in his breast pocket.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Aug 31 1936".
Same unidentified man appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 024110 and 024111.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified man with a mustache in a suit and tie with a handkerchief visible in his breast pocket.
Unidentified woman is seated on a bench and holding an unidentified baby in her arms. Probably, this was a mother and her child.
Unidentified girl wearing a bow in her short hair is standing on a bench next to a couple of toys.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman with short hair parted on the side.
James G. Kotsianas and George J. Kotsianas
Photograph of James G. Kotsianas, seated, with his son George J. Kotsianas. A native of Greece, James G. Kotsianas was the proprietor of the New York Restaurant in Woodstock Virginia from 1922-1947. He was known locally as “Jimmy the Greek.” He made several trips back to Greece and, just before Christmas in 1934, he was accompanied on his return to the U.S. by his 16-year old son, George James Kotsianas.
James G. Kotsianas was identified in 2025 by library staff based on other images of him in the Morrison Studio Collection.
George Kotsianas identified by library staff in 2025 utilizing other photographs of the subject, family images, and genealogy information.
George J. Kotsianas appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 006637, 024115, 024116, 024713, 024714, and 024715.
Photograph of George J. Kotsiana. He was the son of James G. Kotsianas and Konstando Kotsianas, local restaurateurs in Woodstock Virginia.
Identified by library staff in 2025 utilizing other photographs of the subject, family images, and genealogy information.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified man wearing a suit and checkered tie with a pen sticking out of his breast pocket.
Unidentified young man, seated, is posed with an unidentified woman, standing beside him. Probably, this was a husband and wife.
African Americans - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Ella (Dyer) Thompson as a young woman and seated with her hands in her lap. She was the daughter of Bert and Elizabeth (Thomas) Dyer and grew up near Mount Jackson, later moving to Woodstock. Two of her oldest brothers, George (1903-1918) and Joe (ca 1904-1918) died during the influenza epidemic in 1918 and are buried in the Mount Jackson Colored Cemetery. In the 1920 census, Ella lived on "Scroge Town Road" in the Ashby District of Shenandoah County with her family. Her father worked as a farm laborer but was best remembered for winning a fund-raising debate for his church in 1924, held at the New Theatre in Woodstock. The question was whether married life was better than being single. Bert argued the positive side of being married. Ella worked cleaning houses. The 1950 census found her, still single, and living with her widowed mother, brother John, and nephew, Earl Dyer on West Spring Street in Woodstock. Sometime after that, she got a position with the Shenandoah County Schools. Her photograph appears in the 1956 Woodstock High School with other staff. At that time, she worked as a "Maid". Ella's husband was Warren Gilmer Thompson, Sr. (1921-2011). Both are buried together in River View Cemetery in Woodstock.
Ella Dyer Thompson appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002653 and 024119.
Photo of a portrait photograph of an unidentified woman in a checkered dress and bow tied at her neck.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Feb 1919".
Photo of a framed portrait photograph of an unidentified man with a mustache and wearing a suit and tie with a handkerchief visible in his breast pocket.
Photo of a photograph of two unidentified people, a woman and a man wearing a hat. The whited out portion of the image was done by the photographer in preparation of making a new photograph that cropped everything out except the two individuals.
Photo of a cropped image of an unidentified girl. The photographer has whited out the other people in the original image (possibly a school group) in preparation for making a new photograph with just the girl in it.