Soldiers - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young man wearing a U.S. Army uniform.
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Feb 1919".
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Two unidentified young children, a girl with a bow in her hair and a toddler, are posed together. Probably, these were siblings.
Same two unidentified children appear in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 024397 and 024400.
Noel, Rosalie Keith Benchoff (1907-1973)
Photograph of Rosalie (Benchoff) Noel as a young girl wearing a hat and sitting on a chair. Rosalie was born in Virginia, the daughter of Howard Johnston and Kathryn (Mahon) Benchoff, originally from Pennsylvania. In the 1920 census for Woodstock, she and her family lived on Muhlenberg Street. Her father was the Superintendent of Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock for many years while she was growing up. When Rosalie married in 1930, a long article published in the Daily News Leader (Staunton) on July 27th called the event, “A wedding of great interest throughout the state…”. The article went on to note that the groom, Dr. William Baker Noel (1904-1971), was from Farmville. The couple had met in Baltimore when Rosalie attended the Peabody Conservatory of Music and Dr. Noel was at Johns Hopkins Medical school (class of 1929). The large wedding took place in the Massanutten Military Academy’s chapel and the reception was held on the lawn outside. The couple went to the Great Lakes and Canada for their honeymoon before settling in Detroit, Michigan, where Rosalie’s new husband started a job on the staff of the Henry Ford Hospital there. Twenty years later, the 1950 census found the family living in Henderson, North Carolina, where Dr. Noel was still a practicing surgeon and Rosalie was caring for her two sons, Robert F. and Richard J. Noel. Rosalie stayed in North Carolina for the rest of her life. Both she and her husband are buried together in Elmwood Cemetery in Henderson, N.C.
Identified in 2025 by library staff based on other images of her in the Morrison Studio Collection.
Photograph of Rosalie (Benchoff) Noel as a young girl. Rosalie was born in Virginia, the daughter of Howard Johnston and Kathryn (Mahon) Benchoff, originally from Pennsylvania. In the 1920 census for Woodstock, she and her family lived on Muhlenberg Street. Her father was the Superintendent of Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock for many years while she was growing up. When Rosalie married in 1930, a long article published in the Daily News Leader (Staunton) on July 27th called the event, “A wedding of great interest throughout the state…”. The article went on to note that the groom, Dr. William Baker Noel (1904-1971), was from Farmville. The couple had met in Baltimore when Rosalie attended the Peabody Conservatory of Music and Dr. Noel was at Johns Hopkins Medical school (class of 1929). The large wedding took place in the Massanutten Military Academy’s chapel and the reception was held on the lawn outside. The couple went to the Great Lakes and Canada for their honeymoon before settling in Detroit, Michigan, where Rosalie’s new husband started a job on the staff of the Henry Ford Hospital there. Twenty years later, the 1950 census found the family living in Henderson, North Carolina, where Dr. Noel was still a practicing surgeon and Rosalie was caring for her two sons, Robert F. and Richard J. Noel. Rosalie stayed in North Carolina for the rest of her life. Both she and her husband are buried together in Elmwood Cemetery in Henderson, N.C.
Unidentified girl with short hair and bangs is standing by a chair.
Unidentified young man, probably teen-aged, is standing by a bench and wearing a suit and tie. The name, "Heishman", is written on the glass plate.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Apr 1919".
Same unidentified young man appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 024404 and 024405.
Two unidentified young men, both wearing suits and ties, are posed together. The name, "Drummond", is written on the glass plate.
The same unidentified man on the right appears in Morrison Studio Collection number 024404 and is labeled "Heishman" in that photograph.
Same unidentified man on the left appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 024405 and 024406.
Unidentified man in a suit and tie with a starched collar is standing by a bench with his hands behind his back. The name, "Drummond", is written on the glass plate.
Same unidentified young man appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 024405 and 024406.
Unidentified older man with a mustache and wearing a suit and striped tie, is standing by a bench.
Four unidentified children of varying ages, are posed together. Probably, these were siblings.
Three unidentified children, two girls with bows in their hair and a boy in the middle, are posed together. Probably, these were siblings.
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "April 1919".
Unidentified boy in a suit with a bow tie and short pants is standing by a bench. The name, "Will___will", appears to be written on the glass plate.
Unidentified woman in a hat and wearing a cameo pin on her blouse, is seated in a chair. The name, "Shaeffer", is written on the glass plate.
Unidentified woman is seated on a bench and looking down at a photograph or document in her lap.
Same unidentified woman appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 024412 and 024413.
Unidentified woman is seated on a bench and looking down at a bouquet of flowers in her lap.
Unidentified woman with short, styled hair is seated on a chair and wearing a checkered skirt and top.
Unidentified young child is standing on a bench. The name, "James Miller", is written on the glass plate.
Unidentified young man is seated on a bench and wearing a suit and tie. The name, "Rodney Grove", is written on the glass plate.
Unidentified woman in a long-sleeved dress is standing by a bench. The name, "Nesselrod", is written on the glass plate.
Unidentified man in a suit and tie is seated on a bench. The name, "Painter", is written on the glass plate.
Unidentified young woman with a bow in her hair is standing by a chair. The name, "Beeler", is written on the glass plate.
Same unidentified young woman appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 024419 and 024420.
Three unidentified children of varying ages are posed together. The oldest is a teen-aged girl, seated, with two younger boys standing on either side of her. The little boy on the left is wearing a sailor-themed outfit. Probably, these were siblings. The name, "Beeler", is written on the glass plate.
Same unidentified girl appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 024419 and 024420.
Two unidentified babies are posed together on a bench.
Portrait photograph of an unidentified young child with bangs.
Same unidentified young child appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 024422 and 024425.
Sailors - American - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Unidentified man in a U.S. Navy uniform from the WWI era. His insignia indicates he was an enlisted yeoman.
Same unidentified man appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 024424 and 024427.