In 1805, the Union Fire Company of New Market was formed. Before then, fires were fought by a bucket brigade. In 1846, the Union Fire Company was replaced by the George Washington Fire Company, due to falling apart. The company eventually became the…
Group photograph of six men. Some are holding axes, while others are holding tool boxes. The men are E.G. Dingledine, Will Wolfe, Bob Zirkle, Frank Wolfe, Phil Bowers, and Newt Zirkle.
The Edinburg Fire Department was founded in 1869. H.H. Riddleberger was captain and Robert Ruby and Green Swann were lieutenants. The department consisted of only a bucket brigade because the city did not have a water system. According to accounts,…
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing a fire engine at Triplett and Vehrencamp. Across the street from where the photograph was taken (not pictured) was a fire at Mrs. Mrs. Harry Hogsett's Beauty Parlor.
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing a group on the speakers platform at the groundbreaking for Shenandoah Memorial Hospital on November 13, 1949.
Photograph of the stable for Woodstock Hotel, located on Main Street in Woodstock, Virginia. The hotel's building later became the home of the Walton & Smoot Pharmacy.
Photograph of four unidentified people crossing the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, near New Market. The people are crossing with a carriage and two horses.
Undated photograph produced by an unknown photographer showing a baseball team in Strasburg Virginia. The identities of the players are unknown. Most likely the photograph was taken in the late 1920s or early 1930s after a new Strasburg School,…
Photograph showing three women with tennis gear. From left to right they are Ann Stoneburner, Lucia Zigler, and Elizabeth "Beth" Downey. The photograph was taken in August of 1944 of the Downey home's tennis court, located on what is now Stoney Creek…
Photograph of four children. The girl seated on the stump is Virginia Miller Lynn. The two boys are family members of her's. The African American girl is unidentified.
The photograph was taken on Water Street in Woodstock, Virginia in a…
Photograph of two unidentified children sit on one of two horses that are attached to a wagon filled with hay. The photograph was taken from an album belonging to the Hoshour Miller family, who lived in Woodstock, Virginia.