Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photograph of Chester Wright Riffee and his younger sister, Katherine Virginia, as young children. They were the two oldest children of George Henry (1867-1952) and Wilda M. (Boehm) (1877-1939) Riffee.

Chester married Stella Ellen (Ryman)…

Photograph of Chester F. and his wife, Mabel (Shiley) Ritenour, seated in front, with their son, Martin C. Ritenour standing behind them beside an unidentified woman.

In the 1950 census, the family lived on Lee Street in Woodstock where Chester…

Photo of two separate photographs of Martin Ritenour wearing a U.S. Army uniform and seated beside his father, Chester Ritenour. His mother, Mabel (Shiley) Ritenour, is standing behind both of them.

Martin's uniform has a shoulder patch with the…

Chester Ritenour and his wife, Mabel G. (Shiley) Ritenour, are seated together in front while two young adults, their son, Martin, and an unidentified young woman, are standing behind them.

Chester Ritenour was the son of Joseph F. and Minnie…

Chester Ritenour and his wife, Mabel G. (Shiley) Ritenour, are seated together in front while two young adults, their son, Martin, and an unidentified young woman, are standing behind them.

Chester Ritenour was the son of Joseph F. and Minnie…

Chester Ritenour and his wife, Mabel G. (Shiley) Ritenour, are seated together in front while two young adults, their son, Martin, and an unidentified young woman, are standing behind them.

Chester Ritenour was the son of Joseph F. and Minnie…

Two images of a chicken (hen), one with part of a man in the background.

Portrait of a chicken with a band on his right leg.

Photograph of a row of chicken houses with a pile of firewood in front of them.

Many chickens are visible in fenced enclosures in front of the chicken houses.

Before there was television, mass photography, and social media there were postcards.

Starting in the early 20th century they became popular forms of communication. Over the next few decades the became primarily associated with tourism as…

Photograph of chickens outdoors and scratching around in front of a chicken house.

Photograph of chickens outdoors and scratching around in front of a chicken house.

Photograph of chickens outdoors and scratching around in the dirt.

Fields and trees are behind them.

Photograph of chickens taken from inside of a chicken house.

The chickens were moving when the image was made and many are blurred.

Photograph of chickens taken from inside of a chicken house.

Two windows are cracked open on the left.

Unidentified child standing in the photographer's studio.

Unidentified child standing in the studio.

Portrait of an unidentified child.

Photograph of an unidentified child seated on a chair and wearing a white gown and bonnet.

Unidentified young child with bangs is standing by a child-sized chair.

Unidentified child posed in the studio next to a clown toy.

Unidentified young girl with short hair and bangs is seated on a bench next to a collie dog.

Photo of a photograph of an unidentified young child standing outside with a dog beside her.

Unidentified young child with short hair and bangs is seated on a chair and holding a small dog.

Unidentified young child posed with a dog and seated on the top step of a porch.
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