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Photograph from the collection of photographer Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified sailor.

Photograph from the collection of photographer Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified soldier.

Photograph from the collection of photographer Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified soldier.

Photograph from the collection of photographer Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified soldier.

Photograph from the collection of photographer Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified soldier.

Photograph from the collection of photographer Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified sailor.

Photograph from the collection of photographer Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified sailor.

Photograph from the collection of photographer Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified soldier.

Photograph from the collection of photographer Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified soldier and an unidentified woman.

Photograph from the collection of photographer Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified soldier and an unidentified woman.

Unidentified World War Two era sailor with his baby, photograph by Hugh Morrison.

Photograph taken by Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified World War Two sailor and his family.

Photograph taken by Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified World War One soldier.

Photograph taken by Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified World War Two soldier.

This photograph shows the members of New Market’s “Bachelor Girls Club.” It was most likely taken sometime between 1870 and 1890.

Almost nothing is known about this organization. After the Civil War the male population in the South had been…

On May 20th, 1899 William McKinley, President of the United States, travelled through Shenandoah County aboard a special B&O Railroad Coach. The President was returning to Washington DC after spending time vacationing in Hot Springs Virginia.…

Pamphlet published by Battery "F" of the 1st Coast Artillery Regiment as part of their Thanksgiving celebration. At the time, the unit was stationed in the Panama Canal Zone at Fort Sherman.

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…

This letter to Mary (Mollie) Foltz of Forestville VA was written on December 13, 1904 by “Gus,” a man who we know very little about. Records indicate that some of Mary’s family, including the Charlie Foltz mentioned in the letter, had moved to North…

Record of land transactions, including survey notes, for Joseph Pugh. The properties lay just north of Woodstock Virginia. One record indicates property conveyed to Pugh by Leonard Baldice and a second by the Lord Proprietor.

In 1793 Henrich and Dorthea Rausch offered to provide land an almost no cost for members of the Forestville community to construct a church on. The community accepted the offer because the area’s growing population, which had originally travelled…

On December 28th, 1926 Miss Zelda Lichliter of Strasburg Virginia received this New Year’s card from Seona of Richmond Virginia.

New Year cards were initially developed in the 19th century as secular versions of Christmas cards. Their use soon…

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…

Photograph showing Eva Mae Boyer (Ritenour) and Ray Franklin Boyer of Fort Valley. The family account notes Ray was bare footed because he had contracted poison ivy and couldn't wear his shoes.

Photograph of Ray Franklin Boyer and his sister Eva Boyer.
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