Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photo of a photograph of unidentified farm buildings with hilly terrain and mountains in the background.

Color postcard with a picture of the Valley Diner and its dining room. The diner was located just north of Toms Brook Virginia. According to the card the diner specialized in Home Cooking, country style chicken, steaks, chops, home made pies and…

Postcard with a color image of the Valley Diner.

The diner was located north of Toms Brook on US Route 11. This card notes the restaurant specialized in Home Cooking, country style chicken, steaks, chops, home made pies and cakes. It the time the…

Photograph showing the bar at the Val-Vista Restaurant with an unidentified patron and three unidentified workers.

Portrait photograph of Vada D. (Gochenour) Alexander in her nurses uniform.

Vada was from Woodstock, the twin sister of Vera Gochenour. Her parents were Ben and Georgia (Stultz) Gochenour.

Vada graduated from the Rockingham Memorial Hospital…

Photograph of Vada D. (Gochenour) Alexander standing in her nurses uniform and wearing a cape with the letters "RMH" and the number, "47" on the collar.

Vada was from Woodstock, the twin sister of Vera Gochenour. Her parents were Ben and Georgia…

Portrait photograph of Vada D. (Gochenour) Alexander as a young woman.

Vada was from Woodstock, the twin sister of Vera Gochenour. Her parents were Ben and Georgia (Stultz) Gochenour.

Vada graduated from the Rockingham Memorial Hospital (RMH)…

Portrait photograph of Vada D. (Gochenour) Alexander as a young woman.

Vada was from Woodstock, the twin sister of Vera Gochenour. Her parents were Ben and Georgia (Stultz) Gochenour.

Vada graduated from the Rockingham Memorial Hospital (RMH)…

Photograph of the birth certificate issued for Vada Arlene Holloway who was born on November 22, 1930, in York County, Pennsylvania.

Parents were Charles Franklin Holloway and Ruth Elmira Enfield.

Unidentified Virginia State Police Officer in uniform.

Photograph of an unusual sign post (made of stones) for the Virginia State Department of Health. The sign advises "safe water" and probably relates to the stone water source visible behind it.

Article about a Virginia woman arrested on bestiality charges

Colorized photograph showing the United States Navy Destroyer Charles F. Hughes (DD428) sometime during World War Two. The image was owned by Franklin J. Walters who served aboard the destroyer during the conflict.

A name appears to be written on the glass plate of this image but it is unclear what is says. Perhaps, "Bezle".

Photo of a photograph of a young unidentified soldier wearing a U.S. Marine Corps uniform with an unidentified young girl and woman…

Portrait of an unidentified U.S. Marine wearing his uniform.

Photographs showing US Marines of the 4th Marine Division after a training hike at Camp Pendelton in October of 1943.

Portrait photograph of an unidentified young man wearing the uniform of a U.S. Army Air Force Corporal.

Plate is damaged on upper right.

Portrait photograph of an unidentified man wearing a U.S. Army Air Corps uniform.

The insignia on his uniform indicates he was part of an air crew.

Between 1941 and 1945 over 12 million American men and women would serve in the county’s Armed Forces during the Second World War. Among them were several hundred from Shenandoah County.

The parents, siblings, friends, and sweethearts who stayed…

View of US Route 11 (formerly the Valley Turnpike) just south of Strasburg on Fishers Hill.

Unidentified men and a 1920's era automobile are visible.

This photograph was used in John Wayland's book, "A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia",…

Picture showing the US Post Office at Shenandoah Caverns Virginia.

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of the same unidentified man wearing a military uniform and cap.

The image on the right has a mark at the top where the photographer has noted which of the two images he planned to print.

He has also…

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of the same unidentified man wearing a military uniform.

The image on the right has a mark at the top where the photographer has noted which of the two images he planned to print.

He has also added…

Postcard showing United States Marine encampment on the Cedar Creek Battlefield in 1924. It includes a description of the encampment and the maneuvers of the 1st Marine Brigade that year.

Postcard showing the US Mail Highway Post Office Vehicle Number One between Lacey Spring and New Market Virginia in 1981. This photograph was taken during an reenactment of the vehicle's original postal route.
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