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Color postcard with a picture of the Tastee-freez restaurants in Strasburg and Woodstock Virginia.

Photograph of what was probably a hand-made tapestry or floor covering featuring leaves and flowers.

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Photograph of what was probably a hand-made tapestry or floor covering featuring baskets and flowers.

Photograph of what was probably a hand-made tapestry or floor covering featuring leaves and flowers.

Photograph showing Guy Tamkin, Nellie Riffey Tamkin, Carl W. Tamkin, and Essie Riffey Tamkin soon after the double marriage ceremony for the two brothers and two sisters.

The couples were married on October 25, 1922 in the District of Columbia in…

Photograph of a tall, black vase with subtle designs of fruit and branches on the middle.

Photograph of a tall, black vase with subtle designs of fruit and branches on the middle.

Portrait photograph of Thorold Joseph "T.J." Sharitz as a young man wearing a suit and tie.

T.J. was from Wythe County, Virginia, but briefly worked as an agriculture teacher at Strasburg High School before World War Two.

After the outbreak of…

Postcard showing T.E. Moore's dam located on the Shenandoah River near Mt. Jackson Virginia.

The dam was located northeast of town and provided power for Thomas E. Moore's mill and furniture making operation. The photograph used in this card was…

Photograph of Thomas Andrew Hoffman, seated and wearing a hat and suit while his young grandson, Milton Samuel Hoffman, Jr. stands beside him holding a ball.

T.A. Hoffman lived on Route 11 in Edinburg. His first wife was Catherine Balthis from…

Photograph of T. Glenn Locke's Store located on the southeast corner of Main and Court Streets in Woodstock.

The policeman standing out front has been identified as William Burner; the other people in the image are unidentified.

A vintage…

Photograph of the commercial building located at the intersection of Main and Court Streets in Woodstock Virginia.

At the time of the photograph, ca. 1920, it was home to T. Glenn Locke's Store.

The building still stands as of 2025.

Photograph showing a group of musicians with a drum bearing the name Syncopatin Melody 5 at Massanutten Academy (now Massanutten Military Academy) in Woodstock. The photograph was taken by Hugh Morrison and appears to be in the Academy's Lantz Hall.…

1974 photograph of Sylvia Zipperian, a resident of Shenandoah County Virginia.

Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing Sylvia Sheets of New Market in her wedding dress. She married Joe Moore Jr.

Portrait of Sylvia Powell Lemley as a young woman.

Her parents were Kemper Clay (1896-1938) and Zola Eugenia (Munch) (Youngblood) (1900-1978) Powell, of Fort Valley. She married Wallace G. Lemley Jr.

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Sylvia Lee (Shoemaker) Scott as a young woman.

Sylvia was born in West Virginia, the daughter of Oscar Clarence and Fannie Lee (Helmick) Shoemaker.

She graduated from Stonewall Jackson High School…

Photograph of the form used to honorably discharge Private Sylvester A. Polk of Conicville, Virginia. He was born on July 1, 1920, and served in the U.S. Army in both Normandy and the Ardennes during WWII.

Photograph of the certificate presented to Private Sylvester A. Polk, who served in Company C of the 121st Engineer Combat Battalion during WWII. Certificate was presented at the separation center of Ft. Meade, Maryland in January 1946.

Photo of an older photograph of Sylvanus and Virginia (Showman) Mumaw with six of their children. Another child of theirs, William H. Mumaw, died in 1879, only 2 years old, and well before this photograph was taken.

Identified (l to r) are:…

Typed and notarized letter from "Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith", addressed to "Whom it may Concern". The short note says:

"This is to certify that Louise Smith, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith. And that the said Louise Smith was born on…

Postcard with a picture of a swinging bridge across Stony Creek near Edinburg Virginia.

Postcard showing the "swimming pool" at Camp Strawderman, a girls camp located west of Edinburg Virginia.

Postcard with an image of the swimming pool at Camp Strawderman which is an all girls camp located near Columbia Furnace in Shenandoah County Virginia.
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