18 25 35717 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/98a72f2e5c0d55ae9802a497b4cb5e16.jpg b21c969403e794d03903858957f7f794 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Parker Postcard Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic Postcard Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Parker Postcard Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Title A name given to the resource West End, Strasburg, Va. Subject The topic of the resource Strasburg (Va) Description An account of the resource Postcard with a picture of Strasburg Virginia's "west end." The image was taken from the area of what is now North Street with St. Paul's Lutheran Church visible on the extreme left. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.L. Kneisley, Druggist, Strasburg Va Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1913 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 153 Postcards Shenandoah County Strasburg Virginia https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/de555054909c8f05dc8c494381d51824.jpg 520f2cbac485bdc04939d429de5239c2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Parker Postcard Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic Postcard Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Parker Postcard Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Title A name given to the resource Painters Cove, Cedar Creek Battlefields, near Strasburg Va. Subject The topic of the resource Cedar Creek (Va) Streams-Virginia-Strasburg Description An account of the resource Photographic postcard bearing an image of "Painters Cove" along Cedar Creek near Strasburg Virginia. This area was part of the October 19, 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek which is referenced on the card. This cove is sometimes called "Panthers Cove." Cedar Creek is the boundary between Shenandoah and Frederick Counties. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.L. Kneisley, Druggist, Strasburg Va. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 103 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated Cedar Creek Postcards Shenandoah County Strasburg Virginia https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/8eab885c1d4437b24118c301307a0531.jpg 46d96131e7ddd9dd5771e8c9aa107cbb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Parker Postcard Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic Postcard Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Parker Postcard Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Title A name given to the resource Cedar Creek near Strasburg, Va. Subject The topic of the resource Streams - Virginia - Strasburg Strasburg (Va) Description An account of the resource Colorized picture postcard showing Cedar Creek near the town of Strasburg Virginia. The card bears the name, written in pencil, of Esther Rankin. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.L. Kneisley, Druggist, Strasburg Va. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1914 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 105 Cedar Creek Creeks Frederick County Postcards Shenandoah County Strasburg Virginia https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/6474532b1ed29404424032b337a4a330.jpg 98f0faf98b49e03539d931a98efaac96 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/09842183db1ef5ff3d7df71efcdad816.jpg 7ec4c6aa1c0463ff9feb599e8baa5161 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Parker Postcard Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic postcards Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Parker Postcard Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Title A name given to the resource Cedar Creek Bridge, Cedar Creek Battlefields, near Strasburg, Va. Subject The topic of the resource Bridges-Virginia-Cedar Creek Roads-Virginia Strasburg (Va.) Description An account of the resource Color postcard with a picture of the US 11 Bridge that crosses Cedar Creek on the border between Shenandoah and Frederick Counties in Virginia. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.L. Kneisley, Druggist, Strasburg Va. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 107 Bridges Frederick County Postcards Shenandoah County US 11 Virginia https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/b7ee5007df55b4f8b3b7420d0a934254.jpg 874f2ec765d8e294d73d79b69c77fc9a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Parker Postcard Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic Postcard Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Parker Postcard Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Language A language of the resource English Title A name given to the resource Strasburg Junction, Va. B & O and Sourthern R.R., near Strasburg, Va. Subject The topic of the resource Railroad-Virginia-Strasburg Southern Railway (U.S) Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company Strasburg (Va) Strasburg Junction (Va) Landscape Photographs Description An account of the resource Color postcard with a picture of the Strasburg Junction located southwest of the town of Strasburg Virginia. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and the Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad created the junction when their rail lines met here in 1870. This interchange became an important connector between the east-west and north-south rail lines in the region. The area also was once home to a sizable industrial community based on limestone quarries adjacent to the rail line. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.L. Kneisley, Druggist, Strasburg Va. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1911 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 123 Postcards Railroads Shenandoah County Strasburg Virginia https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/0c04a036c151163f7130481411b19a3b.jpg 7f5606e4c6d7d2c653938ed8831142f7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Parker Postcard Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic Postcard Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Parker Postcard Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Title A name given to the resource Stickley's Dam and Massanutten Mountain, Strasburg, Va. Subject The topic of the resource Strasburg (Va) Shenandoah County (Va) Cedar Creek (Va.) Dams-Virginia-Shenandoah County Streams-Virginia-Shenandoah County Description An account of the resource Postcard with a picture of Stickley's Dam near Strasburg Virginia. The dam is located on Cedar Creek. The Massanutten Mountain is visible in the background. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.L. Kneisley, Druggist, Strasburg Va. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 124 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated Dam Massanutten Mountains Postcards Shenandoah County Strasburg Virginia https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/4fbd1817b8ea3b437433d2f79be29c18.jpg 52a32e92863d876d2752b852188d0e4b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Parker Postcard Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Parker Postcard Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Not to be republished without permission Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Language A language of the resource English Title A name given to the resource Massanutten Mountain, Shenandoah River Strasburg, VA. Subject The topic of the resource Shenandoah River, North Fork (Va.) Massanutten Mountain (Va) Strasburg (Va) Description An account of the resource Postcard with a picture of the Shenandoah River and Massanutten Mountain's Signal Knob near Strasburg Virginia. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.L. Kneisley, Druggist, Strasburg Va. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1908 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 132 Massanutten Mountains Postcards Rivers Shenandoah Shenandoah County Signal Knob Strasburg Virginia https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/7f6106353b60c8931960f6cf3a8d94b8.jpg a30b8ba346749bc63b1a34179850c853 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Parker Postcard Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Parker Postcard Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Not to be republished without permission Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Language A language of the resource English Title A name given to the resource Shenandoah River, Strasburg, Va. Subject The topic of the resource Strasburg (Va) Shenandoah River Description An account of the resource Postcard with a picture of the Shenandoah River near Strasburg Virginia. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.L. Kneisley, Druggist, Strasburg Va. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1912 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 138 Postcards https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/70876ee07fcc9d2f942c9faad3de91fa.jpg a3263a9efbd1ba45eb858e0b53188b5d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Parker Postcard Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Parker Postcard Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Not to be republished without permission Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Language A language of the resource English Title A name given to the resource The Shenandoah River, Strasburg, VA Subject The topic of the resource Shenandoah River Strasburg (Va) Description An account of the resource Postcard with a picture of the Shenandoah River near Strasburg Virginia. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 139 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.L. Kneisley, Druggist, Strasburg Va. Postcards Rivers Shenandoah Shenandoah County Strasburg Virginia https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/102880a01296aa39ef47d1bcdea840de.jpg 0660cb5a9b409051dba331384b1e8b2e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Parker Postcard Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Parker Postcard Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Not to be republished without permission Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Language A language of the resource English Title A name given to the resource M.E. Church, South, Strasburg, Va. Subject The topic of the resource Methodist Church (Strasburg Va) Description An account of the resource Color postcard with a picture of the Methodist Church in Strasburg Virginia. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.L. Kneisley, Druggist, Strasburg Va. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 197 Churches Methodist Postcards Shenandoah County Strasburg Virginia https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/831872ab608ad64337287fba484cccdb.jpg 28f64a7c3725ff39a8d49ea8ae30bd73 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Parker Postcard Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Parker Postcard Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Not to be republished without permission Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Language A language of the resource English Title A name given to the resource Post Office, Strasburg, Va. Subject The topic of the resource Shenando Building (Strasburg Va) Description An account of the resource Postcard with a picture of the Shenando Building in Strasburg Virginia which, at the time the picture was taken, was home to the US Post Office. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.L. Kneisley, Druggist, Strasburg Va. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1911 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 214 Post Office Postcards Shenandoah County Strasburg Virginia https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/9e29e6c37f4e3a1939aa92677eea9738.jpg d5572dfba2e9b519ce780431e97d37a9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Parker Postcard Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Parker Postcard Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Title A name given to the resource Fishers Hill Battlefields, Showing Shenandoah River, near Strasburg, Va. Subject The topic of the resource Fishers Hill (Va) Strasburg (Va) Fisher's Hill, Battle of, Va., 1864 Shenandoah River, North Fork (Va.) Description An account of the resource Color postcard showing a view of the area around Fishers Hill in northern Shenandoah County. The view is facing west. The Shenandoah River can be seen in the foreground and Fishers Hill is in the mid-ground. The small unincorporated community of Fishers Hill is located just south of Strasburg Virginia was the site of the 1864 Civil War Battle of Fishers Hill. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.L. Kneisley, Druggist, Strasburg Va. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 225 Battlefield Civil War Fishers Hill Postcards Rivers Shenandoah Shenandoah County Strasburg Virginia https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/89565192ce2718275d81750e83a7bc49.jpg 601b7dd8d64cea90e789e253d0a4590a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Parker Postcard Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Parker Postcard Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Not to be republished without permission Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Language A language of the resource English Title A name given to the resource Administration Building, Massanutten Academy, Woodstock, VA. Subject The topic of the resource Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock Va) Description An account of the resource Color postcard with a picture of the Administration Building (now Sperry Hall) at Massanutten Academy, now military academy, in Woodstock Virginia. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.T. American Art Colored Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1926 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 362 Academies MMA Postcards Schools Shenandoah County Virginia Woodstock https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/8446162a803e3aa8f078a2125d4c8f87.jpg 038a301750cb2ee95574925e9bbcda07 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Parker Postcard Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic Postcard Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Parker Postcard Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Title A name given to the resource Massanutten Mountain in Shenandoah Valley, VA Subject The topic of the resource Massanutten Mountain Shenandoah Valley (Va) Description An account of the resource Color postcard with a picture of the Shenandoah River and the Massanutten Mountain (contained within what was then the Shenandoah National Forest) in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.T. American Art Colored Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 383 Massanutten Mountains Postcards Rivers Shenandoah Shenandoah Valley Virginia https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/ca6b133e6949eda6d1d7d6fe71fdd91e.jpg 93d8506068e9d0d0435f8550ae02e870 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Parker Postcard Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic Postcard Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Parker Postcard Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Title A name given to the resource View at WIllow Grove near Woodstock VA Subject The topic of the resource Willow Grove (Va) Shenandoah County (Va) Bridges-Virginia-Shenandoah County Shenandoah River, North Fork (Va.) Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)--History Description An account of the resource Color postcard with picture showing the swinging pedestrian bridge crossing the Shenandoah River at "Willow Grove" south of Woodstock Virginia. The area is now commonly called Narrow Passage. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.T. American Art Colored Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1927 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 425 Bridges Postcards Rivers Shenandoah Shenandoah County Virginia Woodstock https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/85c2c747574f59ada75461f3dc62c5ab.jpg 6dea0f681cad2b02e7780542a409a2bf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Herb Parker Postcard Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Parker Postcard Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Not to be republished without permission Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Language A language of the resource English Title A name given to the resource View of Shenandoah River and Valley, Woodstock in the distance Subject The topic of the resource Shenandoah River Woodstock (Va) Shenandoah Valley (Va) Description An account of the resource Color postcard showing the Seven Bends of the Shenandoah River and the Shenandoah Valley from the Massanutten Mountain located just west of Woodstock Virginia. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.T. Photochrom Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 410 Postcards Seven Bends Shenandoah County Shenandoah River Virginia Woodstock https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/312aac7da0eeecea452c6e784362397f.pdf 58fdfe5c57364415352c773ba1ef54f9 PDF Text Text Hubert Barb Oral History of Bird Haven Interviewed by Camille Weber March 20, 2017 Location: Hubert Barb’s home Edinburg, VA Project: Bird Haven and the Shenandoah Community Workers Oral History The Truban Archives Shenandoah County Library �WEBER: Cool, so we’re gonna go ahead and get started. I guess just start with your name, birthday, where you’re from – basic information. BARB: My name is Hubert Barb. I was born at Bird Haven. I’m 76 years old. WEBER: So you’ve lived here your whole life? BARB: Well, I worked up in Washington D.C. a while. I was in Vietnam. Then I worked construction -- Highway and bridge construction. Wife: In Charlottesville. BARB: Out of Charlottesville until I retired. WEBER: So you grew up living at Bird Haven BARB: Bird Haven and Jerome. WEBER: I guess just to start, can you just tell me what it was like living at Bird Haven? BARB: Well, it was pretty…pretty tough. That was during the Depression; the end of the Depression to the Second World War. I enjoyed it. My father owned the farm there below the bird haven factory. And, um, that was nice. We lived right there on the creek and we… He farmed and worked at Bird Haven. My mother worked at Bird Haven after the hotel burned – or part of it burned. And, um, it was nice. I had to walk all the way out to the road to catch the school bus. And one time I missed it. Likely froze to death. WEBER: Oops, I’m sure you didn’t miss it again after that. BARB: There was a creek crossing. You could drive a team of horses across, but you couldn’t – there was no bridge or anything. There was a log laying across the creek that we walked cross. And it was – I picked up the Montgomery catalog at the Post Office at Bird haven and was walking home across the log and it had ice on it and I slipped off it and into the water. But I didn’t get the catalog wet because Mum wouldn’t been terribly upset if I got that catalog wet. We didn’t have much to do. The one place that I remember real well was the old Dodge place. WEBER: What was it? BARB: It was a house. The Dodge family owned it, but I guess they all died out. There was no one there. It was a part of Bird Haven and they stored all of the old toys and puzzles in there. We got in there and threw that stuff all over the place. And they… we probably wasted a fortune in homemade toys and puzzles. The other thing I remember real well is that Bernie Clark had a Great Dane dog. Of course, we were small. That dog was taller. I could walk underneath it. I was scared to death of that dog. But it never bothered anyone. Then Richard’s family moved up there. They lived down there in the 2 �Frye place. I guess it was around ’48 somewhere around there. There wasn’t much to do, except, work and play. We did a lot of playing and a lot of fishing. I remember the flood. I believe it was ‘48. They had a flood that come up underneath the house. Richard and I was out there on the back porch when the water come up under the porch. – trying to fish. It was, of course, Mum was scared to death. She was the only one. Dad was off working somewhere. He couldn’t get home. When he got home of course the flood was over with then: everything that washed away or was going to wash away. BARB: The other thing I remember real well is – we had a chicken house near the creek and it froze over in the wintertime. We would go ice-skating on it. Of course we didn’t have ice skates, we’d go in our shoes. And the ice broke and I fell in. Richard helped drag me out. WEBER: How old were you then? REPEAT WEBER: How old were you? BARH: I was probably 8 years old… 8 or 9. WEBER: So how long did you live at Bird Haven? BARB: Uh, I believe we left there in ’51, which would’ve made me 11 years old. I think that’s close to the time. WEBER: And you were born in the Peppermint House? Is that right? BARB: I was born in the house down at the creek and below…. You know where the lake is? You ever been down there? WEBER: No BARB: There’s a flood lake in below Bird Haven. Our house was right there, of course it wasn’t built then. The dam was built after we left there years ago. It was… I was born in that house in 1940. There was no doctor or anyone. One of my uncles went up to 717 and got a midwife to come down and help deliver me. WEBER: Did you learn about this from your parents? BARB: Beg your pardon? WEBER: Did you learn about this from your parents? They told you about this? BARB: Yeah. Yeah. WEBER: So, how did the Great Depression impact Bird Haven? 3 �BARB: Well, we didn’t even know there was a Depression because we didn’t have anything to start with. We raised all of our food. WEBER: Did you ever feel secluded from the nation because you were a close-knit community? BARB: I guess we did because it was a close-knit community. It was about all Barbs who worked there at the toy factory. Most of it was packed and wrapped and shipped right there from Bird Haven. There was a post office there. They wrapped it up and shipped it off to the big cities like Washington, New York, Boston, and it went all over the eastern United States. WEBER: And did they ship toys, bowls, everything under the moon? BARB: Yeah. WEBER: Did you play a lot in the toy factory? What did you kinda do? BARB: I was there, around the toy factory a lot. We didn’t play inside. WEBER: Did you get to play with the toys and test them out? BARB: No, we just played around there. But, we played at the Dodger place mostly because we could get those toys and throw them away. WEBER: And were those toys made in the factory? BARB: Yeah. They made them in the factory and later on they got away from making puzzles and toys to making little knick-knack type furniture. WEBER: Why’d they change? Why do you think they changed? BARB: I imagine it had a lot to do with Bernie Clark. He owned everything around there. And he was a governor of Connecticut who moved down here at the insistence of his wife who was, she was a daughter of a judge up at Harrisonburg. And she had one son, which wasn’t Bernie’s, which was a judge’s – John Paul. She was the one that had the money. It was a real thriving business while Bernie lived, but after Bernie passed way it kind of went down hill because no one was managing it like it needed to be managed. WEBER: Had your family moved away already, when Bernie passed? BARB: Yes. WEBER: So, it was after ’51. BARB: Yeah. 4 �WEBER: So, your mom worked at the hotel. What was that? What was the hotel: The Alum Springs hotel? BARB: That hotel is no longer there, but it was up until, it must’ve been 20 years ago obviously destroyed the rest of it. It was a thriving hotel at one time. WEBER: Did a lot of tourists come? BARB: A lot of what? WEBER: Tourists: People from out of town? BARB: Yeah. WEBER: Why did they visit? For the mountains? BARB: The water. WEBER: The mineral water? BARB: Yeah, it had arsenic in it, which wasn’t good. Although they claim it was medicinal type water, but I doubt that. It had a lot of water with iron, sulfur, manganese. WEBER: Did you ever help at the hotel? BARB: No, I was just a kid. WEBER: What did your Dad do? BARB: My Dad was a carpenter and cabinetmaker. WEBER: At Bird Haven? BARB: Yeah, at Bird Haven, but then he went into business for himself and it failed too. After that we moved to Jerome. And he went in to cutting timber, but if I understand right, that toy factory, Bird Haven factory, started in 1927 I think the date was. It probably closed down about 1960 or ’61 somewhere in there. WEBER: Do you know how it started? BARB: Not exactly. I know it started as a community type thing. It was not built to make a profit. It was just built to form what I understand was to promote forestry and forest industry. You know, people drawed a salary and it was supposed to be a nonprofit. WEBER: It helped keep the community going? 5 �BARB: Yeah, pretty tough times during the Depression. WEBER: Did your parents help form Bird Haven? BARB: They were involved, but not in any big way. They were just part of it, but it was mostly Barbs. A lot of Barbs worked there. You know from Basye and Bird Haven. There was only a couple families who lived on and in Bird Haven. It’s funny that we would’ve had a post office, but what kept the post office going was the industry that Bird Haven produced. I can remember one, I seen it on the Internet: a stamp that had Hitler on it during the Second World War. Richard’s mother, Sarah, worked in the paint shop and she did the painting. That’s probably what killed her. She had cancer. Those sprays that they used to paint the furniture wasn’t very good for you. Whether they chose facemasks, if they wanted to, but most of them even used the facemask and Richard’s father, he worked there in the post office, where dad sorted in the post office too wrapping things to ship out. But he also worked on the lot making furniture. He was really good at making things. WEBER: And your Dad too? BARB: Yeah, my dad too. WEBER: Did you learn from your Dad how to make things? BARB: No, I never learned anything. WEBER: Did you not want to? BARB: I can’t remember what I really was interested in – mostly playing because I was just a kid. We never got into the craft part of it, which I regret but it’s part of life. WEBER: What was a typical day like? What did you guys play? BARB: Well, in the summer we played there around the toy factory over at the old house that they put all these old toys in. We played a lot there. WEBER: Were there a lot of kids? BARB: No, Richard and me. WEBER: Anyone else? BARB: I had another cousin, Hope Miller. He lived down here in Jerome but he spent a lot of time with us and that was about the only three people we played with. WEBER: You and Richard were really close? 6 �BARB: We were, then, very close. WEBER: What was it like going to school so far away from where you lived? Did you like it? BARB: Yeah, I think I did. I had a schoolteacher at Mount Hermons where I first went to school. She was the pastor’s wife. We were Lutherans and she taught school at Mount Hermon. A circle was the teacher’s name; Miss Circle. WEBER: What was your favorite subject in school? BARB: Math. Math and science. WEBER: Did you continue on with math and science? BARB: Well, sort of. I never finished college. I went to George Washington University at night. I was working for the FBI and went to school at night for a couple of years but I never finished. WEBER: How did you end up working for the FBI? BARB: Recruitment. They recruited. They were asking for employees when I graduated. I put in my application and after months they accepted me. I was planning on going to VT and had been accepted, but we didn’t have any money and scholarship was unheard of. So, I left to go work for the FBI and go to school at night because that was a big thing for J Edgar Hoover to get young people to get a degree in accounting or law and become an agent. He promoted that a lot, but for me it was hard trying to go to school and work 8 hours a day. I gave that up and decided to go in the army. I figured I was gonna be drafted anyway. WEBER: What year was that? BARB: 1962, I believe when I went in the service. WEBER: What did you do in the service? BARB: I was in the Special Forces. I was a medic. That was my primary MOS. (Military occupational specialty) WEBER: And you served in Vietnam? BARB: Yeah. WEBER: For how long? 7 �BARB: It was 2 terms. I think it was 13 months when I got out. I decided I didn’t want to go back. WEBER: What was that like, serving in Vietnam? Were you prepared? BARB: It was an experience. WEBER: Did any values from Bird Haven help you? Anything you learned at Bird Haven? BARB: I was a survivor. I could live off the land. Of course just about anyone who come out of the Depression in the rural areas learned how to survive because there wasn’t any work other than Bird Haven. WEBER: What at Bird Haven taught you how to live off the land? Did you hunt or fish? BARB: Oh, yes. Hunting and fishing, fishing mainly. I love to fish. I don’t fish anymore, but I loved it when I was young – trout fishing for brook trout. That stream up there used to have many brook trout in it, but it doesn’t anymore. It’s not hardly a stream anymore. The water table has dropped so much it doesn’t have much water in it, but it did then. WEBER: Did you just fish with other kids? BARB: Richard was about the only one. I fished with Hope some. He was only the cousin. We kindly picked him up to spend the summer with us and we farmed. I didn’t do much. One of the things that happened to me when I was small was I put a pea in my ear and it sprouted. They sent me to Harrisonburg to have it removed. That was interesting. WEBER: Why did you put a pea in your ear? BARB: I don’t know, it’s what kids do. WEBER: Did you ever go to Harrisonburg a lot when you were younger or stay in Bird Haven mostly? BARB: We stayed in Bird Haven. We go to Mount Jackson once a week. Moomaw had a flatbed truck that he would haul everyone on that flat bed truck into Mount Jackson to see a movie and we’d come back at night and that’s about it. WEBER: Was that a special trip? BARB: To me, it was. It was something to go to the movies. It cost 15 cents. WEBER: These days movies are $12, no popcorn included. (Laughs) 8 �WEBER: Popcorn is like $15. BARB: Yeah, we went to see the movie Hacksaw Ridge. I got a bowl of popcorn and I believe it was $25. Wife: It was expensive. BARB: I love popcorn. I don’t each much of it anymore, but I used to. WEBER: So that was special? BARB: Yeah. WEBER: And you went in Harrisonburg? Where did you go see it? BARB: Winchester. Wife: Maybe 2 months ago. BARB: When Hacksaw Ridge first come out; that was quite a movie. WEBER: I saw it. BARB: Did you see it? WEBER: It’s a local story, well Lynchburg… so a Virginia story. BARB: He’s from Nelson County. WEBER: Had you heard that story before? BARB: I heard the story, but I never paid much attention to it. I heard about him. WEBER: Does WWII interest you? Do you like to study it? Read about it? BARB: I read some about it, but I read about Vietnam more than anything. WEBER: Because you served? BARB: Yeah, it was a part of my life. WEBER: Do you still keep in touch with people you went to Vietnam with? BARB: No, I kindly tried to get away from it. I did communicate with a boy that I was with. He’s retired. We both got out of the service at the same time, but he went back 9 �again and became an officer. He was a Major. He teaches at Appalachian State teachers college in Asheville, NC. We did communicate a while there, but he wanted to talk about things that I didn’t really want to talk about that much. And then there was one other guy that was older than us who got out of the service at the same time. And, he signed up with CIA and wanted me to go along, but I wasn’t interested going back in that area of the world. I communicated with him for a while and then I don’t know what happened. He probably got killed because he was in Laos as an undercover agent with “Usum” team, which was supposed to furnish food and help items for the Laotian people, but they had a lot of CIA agents mixed in with them. I imagine he probably got killed because I lost communications with him and the last letter I wrote him came back, so there was no return address. WEBER: When you lived at Bird Haven, did you write any letters to people? Or were most friends from the community? BARB: Most friends were community. We were very local. WEBER: Did you like that? BARB: Yeah, it was nice. Nice and rural. It was kind of a carefree place. We didn’t have anything and we didn’t know what it was to have a lot. It never really bothered us as kids. I enjoyed it. When Dad lost the farm, which really bothered me a lot. He had mortgaged the farm because he and another guy had a business and the other guy stole all of the assets and left dad sticking with it so he lost the farm. $1500, which is nothing today, but it was a lot of money back then when land only brought a couple dollars an acre in this area. WEBER: What did you do on the farm? Did you guys have animals? BARB: We had chickens, hogs, a few cattle, raised corn and barley, wheat. But there wasn’t much of a market for it, so we had to feed it to the animals there at the farm. We sold very little of it because there wasn’t any market to amount to anything. Just about every one was farming if they lived in a rural area. WEBER: So you couldn’t sell it to the community because everyone was farming? BARB: Traded. There wasn’t any money. We traded hams and eggs for things that we needed like sugar. I can remember during the war, the ration stamps. Sugar rations, gas, everything was rationed that was contributing to the Second World War and I tore up a bunch of sugar stamps and that was very enlightening to me. I got a good wailing for it. They didn’t mean that much to me, but they did to mom. WEBER: Did Bird Haven contribute to the war effort like the Home front effort at all? 10 �BARB: I would say they did. The fact that you know they made things that weren’t sued for the war but they were used to feed people like bowls and things like that. I don’t know that they would’ve contributed much in any other way to the war effort. WEBER: How did you get your news about what was going on? Did newspapers come through the post office? BARB: Mostly the radio. WEBER: So, you had a radio? BARB: Mhm. We didn’t have electricity, but we had our battery radio. Big one that set up about that high. (Raises arm to hip height) WEBER: Was it community radio? BARB: No, it was ours. WEBER: Did a lot of people come over to listen? BARB: No, there weren’t a lot of people who lived around there. The Clarks and Richard’s parents and mine was the only families that lived in Bird Haven. It was very isolated and still is for that matter. There isn’t much there. The factory is still there, but everything has been scrouged and people took away the old lays and things like that. They’re all gone now. I’m hoping that eventually they’ll make that whole area into a museum. WEBER: To keep the story alive? BARB: Yeah. The hotel is gone, so that history is gonna die other than what’s written and recorded. WEBER: Is your wife from the area? BARB: She’s from Hudson Crossroads. WEBER: How’d you meet? BARB: At a dance. Wife: Well, tell her the truth. BARB: (Laughs) Wife: Can I tell her? (Proceeds to talk) On the school bus, my hair was always real long and naturally curly. He and his friends would wait until I was ready to sit down and then 11 �they’d pull it. You talk about being hurt, I turn around one time and smacked them both upside the head and the school bus driver said, “Do it again. Get them,” because he knew us all. The bus driver did. Remember that? BARB: No. Wife: I do. WEBER: How old were you? BARB: That would’ve been in high school. WEBER: So you were long gone from Bird Haven? BARB: Yeah. WEBER: And then you started dating? BARB: Not a whole lot. I didn’t date until I got out of high school. That wasn’t been on my mind. I had to get up at 4:30 AM and milk cows, feed chickens and hogs before I got ready for the school bus. There was a school bus down here but in Bird Haven there wasn’t. You had to walk I guess about a mile or further to catch a school bus. WEBER: So you got your exercise? BARB: Oh, yeah. Plenty of that. WEBER: Running through the woods? BARB: Yeah, yeah. WEBER: How long have you been married? BARB: 53 years? Wife: No. How many more? BARB: 54? Wife: Yeah, we’ll be 55 in…(Pause) BARB: August. WEBER: So you got married before you went to Vietnam? 12 �BARB: Just before I went to Vietnam. I got married in August and left for Vietnam in October. WEBER: Where did you get married? BARB: Over at St. James Lutheran Church in Hudson Crossroads. WEBER: Was there a church at Bird Haven? BARB: No. Powder Springs. (Points at picture above head.) There’s the church I got married in. WEBER: It’s beautiful. BARB: The nearest church to Bird Haven would’ve been Powder Springs and that was a union Church. Three denominations went there: Lutherans, Reform, and I believe Church of Christ, wasn’t it? Wife: I think it was. WEBER: Did you walk there? BARB: Yeah. We didn’t have a car. WEBER: No car? BARB: Yeah, no car. Dad didn’t want us to use the wagon either with the horses. Some people went to Church you know they take their horses in town to the hitchin’ rail. We never did. We just walked. WEBER: How has the area changed over the years? Has it changed much? BARB: No. Bryce Mountain, which was part of our home place – that’s the biggest thing. A lot of people live on Bryce Mountain, which wouldn’t have been there when I was growin’ up. It’s more of a retirement area now. Pete Bryce bought the land and started Bryce Mountain, which is not Bryce Mountain. It’s Cedar Ridge, but the name has changed to Bryce Mountain. If you look on the USGS maps it’s still Cedar Ridge. It’s a ski resort without snow. We don’t get much snow anymore. But back when I was growing up we really got snow. I can still remember the snow drifting up in front of the house up there it was 6 or 8 feet deep. We’d cave into it and build igloos in it. That was a lot of fun. We didn’t have anything else to do in the middle of winter except go to school. WEBER: Did that affect the factory at all? The snow? People could walk? 13 �BARB: Yeah, they walked. But, they considered that everyone around there was kindly local. Back then to be a mile or two away from where you worked wasn’t that big of a thing. You got up early in the morning and walked to work. WEBER: So a lot of the people who worked in Bird Haven didn’t live at Bird Haven? BARB: No. WEBER: They walked? BARB: They walked. And later on, some of them had cars, but a majority didn’t have cars. WEBER: When did your family get a car? BARB: It must’ve been in the 50s. We had horses. WEBER: Did you ever feel like you needed the car? BARB: Not really. I did when I was in high school, but the first car I ever drove was a Studebaker; a 1954 Studebaker. WEBER: What was that like? BARB: It was nice. I drove without a license. It wasn’t a big thing back then. There wasn’t that much traffic. WEBER: How’d you learn to drive? BARB: The hard way – just driving. I never had no driver’s Ed or anything like that. But driver Ed in school is a great thing I think. To get trained to drive. WEBER: So, what’s this dance where you met your wife? BARB: That was at Stony Creek dance hall down by the furnace. WEBER: Was it part of the high school? Was it a high school event? BARB: No. It didn’t have anything to do with the high school. It was just a place to square dance or any other type of dancing. That was before rock n’ roll. WEBER: And you asked her to dance? To square dance? Is that how you met? BARB: I don’t remember. Wife: Yes, it was. 14 �WEBER: Did you listen to music at Bird Haven? BARB: Bluegrass. Of course it wasn’t called Bluegrass then. WEBER: What was it called? BARB: Music. (Laughs) Wife: That’s what it was. They called it music. BARB: We had that radio and it was battery operated and there were about 6 stations that you could pull in on it. One was up in New York, one in West Virginia, and another in Bristol, VA. I don’t remember the others but they were the big stations then. They played what I call, it wasn’t country, it was more of a… (Pause) Wife: Remember, Dad called it hillbilly music. BARB: Yeah, I guess that’s what it’s called then. I love bluegrass. That’s my favorite music. And rock n’ roll is alright. WEBER: Did you ever play an instrument? BARB: No, but I sure wish I would’ve learned, but I never did. I sang to the cows when I was milking them by hand. WEBER: Do you remember what you would sing? BARB: I made up most of my songs. It was kindly rural, just whatever come to mind. WEBER: Did they make instruments at Bird Haven? Guitars? BARB: Not that I know of. I don’t’ remember any instruments that they made, but they should have because although that area wasn’t near as musically inclined as on the Blue Ridge Front, like Elkton and through that area, that’s where your real mountain music comes from. WEBER: Were there social events at Bird Haven? BARB: I don’t remember any social events. WEBER: Because it was mainly family? (Nods yes) WEBER: Did they have to work on weekends? 15 �BARB: I don’t remember them working on weekends, but I’m sure some of the guys like Stuart and my Dad would mess around in there making things on their own. WEBER: Did they sell things on their own? BARB: No, no. It was all shipped out most of it. But later on after Bernie died, the boy would take things up to New Market to sell them. He never shipped them out like he was supposed to. That’s what the downfall was. He kept the money. It was on a downhill trend. WEBER: Had you already been gone after that? BARB: Yeah. We left, probably ’51 I guess. WEBER: But you kept in touch with people? BARB: Oh yes, Richard, Stuart and the family. We go up there. WEBER: Do you still keep in touch today? BARB: Yeah, some. Richard was down here yesterday for 5 hours. WEBER: Do you enjoy that? BARB: Oh, yes. He’s a character. WEBER: Did you enjoy growing up with him at Bird Haven? BARB: Sure, yes. That was nice. WEBER: Do you have a favorite memory with him? BARB: I guess my most favorite memory was fishin’ off the porch with him during the flood, we didn’t catch any because it was a flood and then the Dodge place – playing in the Dodge place and destroying those toys. WEBER: What’d it look like, the Dodge place? BARB: It was a big frame house. The rural houses are. The Dodge family apparently was a well to do family at one time that had a lot to do with Basye. I don’t know what happened to them, they all died or didn’t have any males in the family because you don’t hear of them anymore. WEBER: Do you still have any of the toys from Bird Haven? 16 �BARB: Don’t have any toys, but I do have a couple of things I’d like to show you. BARB: (Pulls out black and white print of Bird Haven Display House and Post Office) BARB: That’s where they sold the stuff out of and this is the post office. WEBER: Where did you live in relation to here? BARB: About a half a mile down stream from there. There’s twenty of them made and my family’s got seven of them. WEBER: How come your family got 7? BARB: We bought them. This is a box that the toys came in. That was the puzzle box. The puzzle isn’t in it. This is one of the later pieces. I think that was a thimble box, maybe. WEBER: Was this a cheese board? BARB: Yeah, probably. WEBER: Plate. BARB: The plate was my mother’s. That’s a burn on (Points at “Bird Haven” logo on backside of plate). It’s an old one. If you look on the back it’s burnt – the stamp. WEBER: What kind of stamp is that? (Points at plate with plastic stamp) BARB: That’s got a plastic thing on it. WEBER: So you never helped make the toys, though? BARB: This I believe is what you laid your forks and stuff on. WEBER: Do you still use these today? BARB: No, I don’t use them. WEBER: These are cool. BARB: This is a knick-knack shelf and it’s burnt on in place. WEBER: Wow, that’s somethin’. BARB: Here are some of the toys. 17 �WEBER: So how did you get all of these? BARB: We bought them. (Opens plastic bag of wooden toys: elephant and camel) WEBER: How did you destroy these? BARB: Throwing them around. Throwing them at each other. WEBER: And they would just break? BARB: Mhm. This was my grandmother’s. (Shows off bowl) WEBER: Why did they switch from a burn on stamp to a stick stamp? BARB: I don’t know why. WEBER: Was it after you already left? BARB: Yeah. This is a burnt stamp here. WEBER: Do you know the wood? BARB: Maple. The only three woods that I know that they used was maple, cherry, and maybe some yellow pine was the only woods that they used. This was given to me by a family down there – the McWilliams family. I gave them to my daughter. I’m not gonna try to collect. WEBER: Do you like to look at this stuff? BARB: Oh yeah, I love to look at it. This is a nice piece. It’s not marked, but it’s Bird Haven. We call it roundabouts. This is a nice piece, too. It’s not marked, but it’s Bird Haven. WEBER: You can tell because of the wood; so soft. BARB: That’s in really good condition. WEBER: Does this bring back good memories? BARB: Oh yes, yeah. WEBER: Do you look at this stuff a lot? BARB: Yeah, once in a while. This here is one of my favorite items because I used to throw them away. (Shows off puzzle box) The puzzle was in there made out of wood. 18 �WEBER: Did you ever put the puzzles together? BARB: Some, yeah but we threw them away then. These are the originals. WEBER: This tells you what was in the water (Arsenic), but people still came? BARB: Yeah, they didn’t know any better. And believe it or not, a case of water, half gallons, with twelve in a case was $4, which is a lot of money I think. WEBER: But today? BARB: I imagine that water would be condemned now. It had arsenic in it. As near as I can tell, they made gunpowder there during the civil war. You know where that’s at, don’t you? If you come down Alum Springs Road this way on the left hand side is the old furnace. WEBER: We saw it. It’s beautiful, falling over. I like the stone. BARB: If you go up the road a little bit, you go into Bird Haven. WEBER: Toda, the gate is open. We’re going to try and go to see, but you have to stop at the office. BARB: I don’t even where the office is, but he’s restored most of those buildings. I’m hoping he’ll make a museum out of it. These were tore down and replaced. (Points to stairs on print) See, that one is signed and this one is signed here. I think this one is the original. They called them artist proofs. This guy lives in Timberville. WEBER: So did you ever spend time in there? (Bird Haven Display Home) BARB: When I was a kid, but I haven’t been in it in years and years. WEBER: Did you ever do any work at the post office? BARB: I was in it, but that’s about it. They wouldn’t have let me do anything. Wife: We moved from here for 48 years, remember we was in Charlottesville for 48 years and just home on weekends. That makes a difference when you’re here on weekends only and not during the week because then you’re trying to do things with a family. In Charlottesville for 48 years, so I think it’s hard to do stuff then because we started to do ore things with family. BARB: But, I remember the hotel was still standing or at least the 2. There were 3 parts of the hotel, and one part burned down and that’s when they laid momma off. That hotel stood there for years, I don’t know when it was tore down, but it may have been turned into a chicken house for a while. It’s a shame it’s not still standing. 19 �WEBER: Maybe they’ll rebuild a replica. BARB: It’ll have to be Mr. Carr to do that. WEBER: Who is that? BARB: He’s the one that owns it: Alum Springs. He owns the factory WEBER: How old is he? BARB: You know, I don’t know I’ve never met him. He called me to tell me some people up at JMU was gonna give me a call for an interview and I thought it was great. Then I drove in there and I see he’s restored all of the buildings there at the factory. I didn’t know if he’s got a road built down to the old house or not where we lived, but I understand he’s restoring that house too. It was a log house; part of it was a log it wasn’t all log. But interesting story about that was Dad had helped make some moonshine and he had a half galloon jug of it and Mo Barb came down and helped Dad drink it and dad put it away in one of the cabinets and the next day the Revenue Officer came in and arrested him and took the whiskey and everything. And Mo who had helped him drink it had turned him in to get the money because that was a big thing. You got money from the government for turning people in who made moonshine. Of course dad hadn’t made it he just helped make it. Bill Moomaw was the guy that was making it. He was quite a fella. He had a thrashing machine to thrash grain and hew as a big farmer. He had a lot of equipment to farm with and thrash. It was putting shocks then to thrash it out. Also, he made pictures. The old camera that had the big, I don’t know if you’ve ever seen them, they were about this long. He made pictures. Thrashed stuff. He was probably the only thrashing machine in the country then. Maybe they had one over in McConicsville, I don’t know. WEBER: Was this while you were still at Bird Haven? BARB: Yeah and after. He come down here and went all around Jerome and Bird Haven to thrash the grain. He’d thrash it for shares of the gain to sell. And I had an Uncle Gilbert Barb that lived on that road going down tot Bryce Mountain. As a matter of fact, the middle of the gold course is on the property that he owned. Pete Bryce bought it for the Bryce Mountain golf course. WEBER: There was a lot of community involved? BARB: Oh yeah everything was community. WEBER: Any final thoughts to share on Bird Haven? Advice? 20 �BARB: The only thing, I just hope that it does get restored and they turn it into a museum and start putting pieces of furniture that were made there in it. I think that would be wonderful. WEBER: I think so too. BARB: Yeah, maybe that’s what he’s going to do. I don’t know what his intention is. His wife is tied up with the Alum Springs hotel some how or other. I don’t know if his wife worked there, but probably her mother worked there. My mother worked there and she was 94 years old when she passed away about 2 years ago. If you go on the internet and dial up Alum Springs hotel, Bird Haven, VA her obituary is in there because it mentions the fact that she had worked there at the hotel. There isn’t a lot of history on the internet about Alum Springs hotel or Bird Haven for that matter. WEBER: That’s what we’re here for. BARB: We don’t have any pictures of the old Bird Haven went it was in operation. Picture was a precious thing back when I was a kid growing up. Bill Moomaw made picture, but I don’t have nay of them. My brother might have some I’m not sure. WEBER: But you have the artist proofs. BARB: Yeah. WEBER: Well, thank you for sharing your story I enjoyed listening. BARB: I enjoyed talking about it. End of interview 21 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transcription Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bird Haven Oral History Collection Subject The topic of the resource Bird Haven (Va) Shenandoah Community Workers Description An account of the resource Sometime in the early 1920s Philadelphia banker and philanthropist William Bernard Clark founded the Shenandoah Community Workers organization near what is now Basye Virginia. This group was designed to provide locals, many of which were economically disadvantaged, with good paying jobs based on their wood working traditions. Clark built a factory on property his grandmother had purchased as a personal retreat and named it Bird Haven Virginia. Initially the community workers focused on wooden toys and puzzles. Many of these featured birds, Hollywood Stars, or animals. Later the company began to produce small wooden furniture, bowls, and kitchen utensils. Bird Haven closed sometime in the early 1960s. Following this, most of the records were lost and much of the site's history was forgotten. This oral history project, conducted as part of a partnership between the Shenandoah County Library, James Madison University, and Bird Haven Farm, is designed to recover some of lost parts of the site's story. It focuses on interviews of 14 members of the Bird Haven community, including several employees and individuals who lived nearby. All interviews and transcriptions were conducted by JMU history students and are available for viewing in person at the Shenandoah County Library's Truban Archives. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shenandoah County Library James Madison University Bird Haven Farm Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Camille Weber Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Hubert Barb Location The location of the interview Bayse Virginia Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hubert Barb Oral History Subject The topic of the resource Barb, Hubert Bird Haven (Va) Basye (Va) Description An account of the resource Oral history featuring Hubert Barb of Basye, Virginia, recorded by Camille Weber of James Madison University. The interview was conducted as part of a project designed to better understand the history of Bird Haven Virginia, the Shenandoah Community Workers, and the surrounding communities. The entry includes a video interview, downloadable transcript (under files), and podcast highlighting the interview. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Camille Weber Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shenandoah Voices Oral History Collection <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zPYDWQJSNlU" frameborder="0"></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hLbJZDJQTtw" frameborder="0"></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xz-uaM2kEL8" frameborder="0"></iframe> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 20, 2017 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP3 File Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2017-004 Basye Bird Haven Oral History Shenandoah County Virginia https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/74bf675ad064769d62b0d4f0487d32e4.jpg f0a19f2084d852d8bc694bd9e5bf7cda Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Broadside, 8.5x11 inches Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Yoo Hoo" Subject The topic of the resource Camp Strawderman (Va) Camps-Virginia-Shenandoah County Private Camps-Virginia-Shenandoah County Women-Virginia-Shenandoah County Description An account of the resource Single sheet document produced by Camp Strawderman. It appears to be a type of weekly update broadside. It includes weather forecast, schedules, and other information. It is dated July 6, 1941. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Parker Postcard Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Not to be republished without permission Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Language A language of the resource English Title A name given to the resource Zirkle Mill, Forestville VA Subject The topic of the resource Zirkle Mill Description An account of the resource Postcard showing the Zerkle Mill in Forestville VA Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Carte Postale Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Circa 2000 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 852 Forestville Mill Postcards Virginia Zirkle