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Postcard showing the Lee Highway as it crosses the summit of the Massanutten Mountains at the New Market Gap.

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Postcard showing the summit of the Lee Highway as it crosses the Massanutten Mountains at New Market Gap.

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Postcard showing a car crossing the Massanutten Mountains on the Lee Highway (US Route 211). The highway crosses the mountain at the New Market Gap.

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Postcard showing the MD Restaurant and Motel located near New Market Virginia.

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Postcard showing the "Hines Memorial Pythian Home of Virginia" which was located in New Market.

The building was originally constructed in 1834 by the Rice family. The Pythians opened it as an orphanage and home for aged members in 1927.…

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Postcard showing "The Valley Lodge" located in New Market Virginia. It was advertised as being a modern home for tourists located in the caverns section of the Shenandoah Valley.

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Postcard showing the Shenandoah River in Rockingham County Virginia near Chimney Rock

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Postcard showing the Don-Dee Court Restaurant near New Market Virginia

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Postcard showing the view from the Cottage Porch at the Shenandoah River Lodge near Luray Virginia

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Postcard showing a scene of Chestnut trees along the Skyline Drive in Virginia destroyed by the Chestnut blight

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Postcard showing the crossing of Lee Highway and Skyline Drive at the Panorama Resort near Luray Virginia

http://archives.countylib.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Pages from Newspapers Past  ca. 1897 Group of Men in Conicvill 10-21-2004 Free Press.pdf
Picture of men at the Conicville home of Ananias Polk, some of which are identified.

http://archives.countylib.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Pages from newspapers past February 25 1947 Snow Drift Maurertown January 16 2003 The Free Press.pdf
Picture of a snow drift near Maurertown being cleared by Marvin Thomas in a bulldozer

http://archives.countylib.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Pages from newspapers past 1941 Apple Cider Making Uncle Tom's Park September 1 2005 Free Press.pdf
Picture of apple cider making at Uncle Tom's Park in Jerome. Includes names.

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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.

http://archives.countylib.org/plugins/Dropbox/files/Pages from newspapers past 1968 or 1969 cub scouts at Bushong House in New Market September 11 2003 Free Press.pdf
Picture of the Edinburg Cub Pack 76, Den 1 from Edinburg at the Bushong House in New Market.

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December 17 (1862)

Shenandoah County

Dear brother I seat my self to drop you a few line to let you no that we are all well at present and hope that when these few lines come to hand they may find you in the Same state of health. They say that…

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This photograph shows the Massanutten Academy's rifle squad in 1940. Due to the military nature of the institution rifle training was standard for each student. The 1940 school yearbook noted it “was practically continuous during the first and second…

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In 1940 the Massanutten Academy’s Yearbook noted this varsity swim team’s record was “enviable in the best inter-scholastic swimming circles.”

The school had dominated at eight swim meets throughout the mid-Atlantic and over fifty teams,…

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Little was recorded about horse-back riding at Massanutten Academy in 1940. Apparently most of it was done at Camp Lupton, the academy’s recreation center and maneuver grounds along the Shenandoah River east of town.

In addition to camping…

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1917 varsity baseball schedule for Massanutten Academy, now Massanutten Military Academy, in Woodstock Virginia.

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Card with attached ribbon issued to Zelda Lichliter by the Massanutten Garden Club for their Flower Festival.

The card is undated.

Zelda Lichliter was a resident of Strasburg Virginia. The Massanutten Garden Club operates in the same town.

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Photograph of four unidentified Massanutten Military Cadets sitting at a lunch counter in Woodstock Virginia.
Behind them are two unidentified women working the counter.

The photograph is taken from a page in the 1965 "The Adjutant," yearbook…

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Postcard with a picture of the Motel Newcomer, its welcome sign, and an interior picture of a room located near Strasburg Virginia. It is today a Budget Inn.

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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…
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