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Postcard showing the Maur-Brook Lodge, a home for tourists, located in Maurertown Virginia.

Photograph of the Maurertown Brethren Church on Route 11.

The church was founded in 1885 by E.B. Shaver. It has had a long history and continues to be a central part of the Maurertown community.

Photograph of the Maurertown Brethren Church.

As of 2025 the church still stands on Old Valley Pike in that community.

The photograph is labeled "Brethren Church Maurertown VA" and bears crop marks, indicating Morrsion Studios produced this…

Photograph of the Maurertown Rail Depot with several unidentified men and boys in front of it. The boys are barefoot and the sign advises: "Harrisonburg 43.1 miles" and "Manassas 69.3 miles".

The building is no longer standing.

Photographic postcard showing the Maurertown Mill located in Maurertown Virginia.

The three men shown in the postcard are, from left to right, _____ Trussell, Lee Sager owner of the mill, and Sam Funk the mill foreman.

The mill was steam…

Undated photograph of the Maurertown School.

Photograph of the second Maurertown School, built in 1911, which replaced a one room schoolhouse nearby.

This school was built south of town on the east side of Rt. 11.

It served the community until 1941, when it was sold to James Bowers who…

Photograph of the Maurertown School.

Photograph of the school house in Maurertown, Virginia. The building is no longer standing.

Postcard with a picture of stores in Maurertown Virginia. Includes the McInturff, Aleshire, and Clem stores on Main Street.

The stores were located on what is now US Route 11.

Copied picture of a post office in Maurertown Virginia.

Copied picture of downtown Maurertown Virginia.

Portrait photograph of Maxine Bowers with her hair styled and wearing a polka-dotted dress.

She was the daughter of Luther Bowers and Elizabeth (Polk) Bowers. She lived at Bowman's Crossing.

Photograph of the birth registration issued for Marie Janette Sager who was born onMarch 17, 1933, in Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia.

Parents were Charles Henry Sager and Jessie Ellen Sherman..

Portrait photograph of Maxine Lloyd wearing a hat and necklace over her sweater.

Maxine attended Edinburg High School.

Photograph of the document certifying that Seaman First Class Maxwell Alexander Miller was honorably discharged from the Navy in Bainbridge, Maryland, on June 8, 1946.

Postcard showing the Maxwell Brother's Cottage Court located at New Market Virginia

Photograph of May Cecelia Whitaker Rinker.

Published in the Shenandoah Herald on April 10, 1969 as part of their "Country Kitchens" series.

May Whitaker Rinker was born May 1, 1901 in Shenandoah County. She married Garnett L. Rinker Sr. They…

Photographs (x2) of students from Strasburg High School in costume for the 1929 May Day parade and festival.

One photograph is labeled "May Day - 1929 - Seniors" and the second is labeled "What 'We' Wore."

The individuals in the photograph…

Photograph showing unidentified members of a May Day Court at the Woodstock School on Court Street.

Photograph showing unidentified members of a May Day Court at the Woodstock School on Court Street.

Photograph showing unidentified members of a May Day Court at the Woodstock School on Court Street. In the center the May Day Queen is being crowned.

Photograph showing individuals at a May Day Festival held on the grounds of the Woodstock School on Court Street.

Photograph of a group of unidentified girls dressed for a May Day festival at the Woodstock School on Court Street. The photograph is undated.

Photograph showing an unidentified women in a dress attended to by two small children at a May Day celebration at the Woodstock School on Court Street.
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