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Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Allen Peer, Sr. wearing glasses and a suit and tie.

He is remembered as the founder of the Peer & Brill Motors (Ford Dealership), later Muhlenberg Motors.

The image on the right has a faint mark at…

Allen Rickard seated on a bench as a young boy.

Photo of two separate photographs of different people.

On the left is a portrait photograph of Allen Rickard wearing his ROTC military uniform from Virginia Polytechnical Institure (VPI), now called Virginia Tech.

Allen was the son of Bill and…

Photograph of Allen W. Wetzel as a young man.

View down the alley between the Woodstock Hotel and the Pure Food Store. A vintage automobile is visible at the end of the alley.

As of 2025, the alley is between the former Walton and Smoot Pharmacy building (now empty) and the Woodstock Cafe.

Scan of a photograph showing Allie French (left) with country music singer Brad Paisley.

Photograph showing an alligator at an unidentified zoo.

Photograph showing an alligator at an unidentified zoo.

Photograph showing alligators at an unidentified zoo.

Photograph of Alma (Carper) George.

The name, "Mrs P.E. George", is written on the glass plate. Alma married Preston Eugene George on May 18 1945.

Photo of a portrait photograph of Alma (Funk) Hottle as a young woman.

Alma graduated from Woodstock High School in 1946 and continued her education at Shenandoah Business College.

She served 5 terms on the Woodstock Town Council beginning in…

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Alma M. (Funk) Hottle with short, styled hair and earrings.

Alma graduated from Woodstock High School in 1946 and continued her education at Shenandoah Business College.

She served 5 terms on the…

Photograph of Alma Ellis and her big brother, Walter William "Billy" Ellis.

Their parents were Machir and Gladys (Good) Ellis. Their home was on West North Street in Woodstock, but is no longer standing.

Photograph of the birth registration issued for Alma Catherine Ellis who was born on October 21, 1940, in Shenandoah County.

Parents were William Machir Ellis and Gladys Isabelle Good.

Photograph of the birth certificate issued for Alma Deloris Smith who was born in Piedmont, Mineral county, West Virginia, on June 13, 1920.

Parents were Charles H. and Theresa Smith.

Photograph of three sisters: (from l to r) Alma Virginia (Saum) Chapman, Helen (Saum) Hockman, and Ruth (Saum) Fleming.

Their parents were Joseph Leslie and Elizabeth (Keller) Saum.

Their father was a farmer from the Saumsville area near…

Photograph of a montage of receipts or notes that overlap each other. All appear to pertain to items expensed in support of Almira V. Barbe.

Postcard showing the Shenandoah River near Luray Virginia

Portrait photograph of Alta Wenger.

This photograph was used in the 1925 Woodstock High School yearbook, "Connecting Links". Alta graduated from the high school in 1925.

Unidentified woman, seated in the middle, with four unidentified older children posed around her.

An image of an unidentified man in a WWI-era uniform has been added by the photographer to the top left.

Probably, this was meant to be a family…

Alton Carroll Foltz, a farmer from the Edinburg area of Shenandoah County, wearing a suit and tie and standing in the studio.

A. Carroll had two wives. The first, Lizzie E. (Dodson) Foltz, he married in 1911. She died only 8 years later.

His…

Alton G. Plauger as a teenager wearing a suit and tie.

Alton was the son of William E. (1868-1943) and Amanda Leah (McInturff) (1867-1924) Plauger, of Fort Valley. He was one of five siblings.

He attended Fort Valley High School, then moved to…

Photo of a photograph of Alva M. Fravel wearing his U.S. Army uniform.

Alva was born in Edinburg to Jacob Marvin (1895-1954) and Katherine (Clark) (1897-1983) Fravel. As a baby, he lived with his parents on his paternal grandparents’ farm on…

Photograph of Alvin “Buddy” Leslie Lucas as a teenager, in glasses and wearing a cardigan over his shirt and tie.

Buddy was born in Saumsville, to Ezra Lee (1878-1958) and Susie V. (Seal) (1891-1976) Lucas. His father farmed and had been married…

Portrait photograph of Alvin A. Lutz wearing a suit and tie.

He served as the Principal of Edinburg High School in the early 1930s.

His parents were Turner Ashby and Cora Lutz. He married Gladys G. (Clem) Lutz. The couple had at least one…
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