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Portrait photograph of Walter C. Wisman as a young man.

He was a farmer in the Woodstock area of Shenandoah County, and the son of Josiah and Annie D. (Smoot) Wisman.

Portrait photograph of Walter H. "Chip" Flanagan as a senior at Strasburg high school.

This photograph was made for the 1925 Strasburg High School yearbook. The yearbook staff wrote this about "Chip":

"Chip is the smallest boy of our class.…

Walter Herman Saum was born on March 2, 1879 to Green B. Saum and Mary Elizabeth (Hollar) Saum. He had two sisters, Ethel Mary (Saum) Hockman and Mrs. Allen Orndorff.

Walter died on October 7, 1912. He was buried as Walter Harman Saum at the Saint…

Portrait photograph of Walter Holmes Kronk as a senior in high school.

This photograph was used in the 1925 Strasburg High School yearbook. The yearbook staff wrote this about Walter:

"The world could be searched over and over -- and one like…

Photograph of Walter Nathaniel Jett as a young man.

Walter was born in Fort Valley to William Clarence and Lucy (Ritenour) Jett. He married Beulah Esta Huffman, also from Fort Valley, in 1923, and they had 8 children together.

Walter was…

Photograph of Walter Ralph in his U.S. Army uniform.

His rank is Corporal in this photograph.

He was the son of Charles Phillip and Willie Rebecca (Yates) Ralph.

In 1946, he married Naomi Grace Zeigler, from Maurertown and the daughter of…

Portrait photograph of Walter Ralph wearing his U.S. Army uniform. His rank is Corporal.

He was the son of Charles Phillip and Willie Rebecca (Yates) Ralph.

In 1946, he married Naomi Grace Zeigler, from Maurertown and the daughter of Wilson I.…

Portrait photograph of Walter Raymond Bowman wearing a large bow tied at his neck.

He was the only child of William Robert and Lydia Ellen (Stoner) Bowman of Bowmans Crossing.

The Shenandoah Herald reported his premature death on 21 August…

Portrait photograph of Walter Stephenson Newman as a young man.

He is most remembered as having served as the 10th President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), now called Virginia Tech, from 1947 until his retirement 15 years later, in…

Portrait photograph of Walter W. Paige.

Born in born in Tunbridge Wells, England, on June 29, 1881, he came to the Fort Valley with a hiking group from the Washington DC area in the 1920s. Three years later, in 1923, he bought property and a…

Photograph of the birth registration issued for Walter William Ellis who was born on July 27, 1936, in Shenandoah County.

Parents were William Machir Ellis and Gladys Isabell Goode.

Damaged family photograph of Walter Calvin Wisman with his wife, Irene Dora (Saum) Wisman (seated in front), and their three grown children (l to r): James E. Wisman, Helen (Wisman) Logsdon, and Calvin S. Wisman, standing in back.

Walter C. Wisman…

Exterior photograph of Walters Restaurant taken in February 1956.

Exterior photograph of Walters Restaurant taken in February 1956.

Candid photograph of a Walters Restaurant regular customer reading a newspaper taken in February 1956.

Candid photograph of Paul Estep at Walters Restaurant taken in February 1956. Paul owned a shoe repair business in Mt. Jackson.

Photograph of "Pop" Walters, father of Walters Restaurant owner Joe Walters, taken at the restaurant in February 1956.

Photograph of "Pop" Walters, father of Walters Restaurant owner Joe Walters, taken in February 1956.

Candid photograph of Joe Walters, Walters Restaurant owner and operator, taken in February 1956.

Candid photograph of Walters Restaurant owner, Joe Walters, taken in February 1956.

Candid photograph of Wilbur Craig at Walters Restaurant reading a newspaper taken in February 1956.

Candid photograph of Wilbur Craig at Walters Restaurant taken in February 1956.

Candid photograph of Lester Walker at Walters Restaurant taken in February 1956.

Candid photograph of Milt Moore laughing at Walters Restaurant taken in February 1956.

Photograph of Charlie Walker at Walters Restaurant taken in February 1956. Charlie was a regular around Mt. Jackson who did odd jobs and possibly lived in Pine Woods.
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