Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Portrait photograph of Peggy (Hite) Aleshire, from Woodstock, as a young woman.

Peggy was born in West Virginia, daughter of Joseph E. and Elizabeth (Miller) Hite.

She married her first husband, Samuel Ray Spence, in December 1940. He died in…

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Peggy (Heishman) Campbell with short hair, glasses and wearing faux pearls with her sweater.

Vivian Colleen "Peggy" (Heishman) Campbell was born in Wardensville, West Virginia, the daughter of Ortense…

Photograph showing Peggy (Armentrout) Polson as a child.

She is the daughter of Nelson Armentrout and Joyce (Heishman) Armentrout.

The image on the left has a mark at the top where the photographer noted which of the two images he planned to…

Photograph of four boys from the Peer family of the Zepp community.

Pictured is: Fitzhugh Cleveland Peer Jr (standing, left), Vincent Eugene Peer (sitting, left), Alexander Graham "Dave" Peer (center, sitting), and Thruston Spencer Peer…

Photograph of the brick building that housed Peer and Brill Motors (Ford Dealership) in the 1940 timeframe.

Several vintage cars can be seen in the showroom and parked out front.

The building is located at 135 N Main St, Woodstock, and is…

Photograph showing an unidentified individual with bicycle in front of the Pearl White Theater.

The theater was located on Main Street in Edinburg.

The photograph is undated.

Portrait of Pearl Solicitine (Dyer) Spinner as a young woman.

Pearl was born to Henry Thomas (1898-1965) and Virginia R. (Mayberry) (1909-1985) Dyer. She grew up on Water Street in Woodstock. The 1940 census found her living with her parents, the…

Pearl (Palmer) Hamman, as a young woman and seated in a chair.

Portrait photograph of Pearl V. (Merkley)) Mullins with short hair and wearing a heart-shaped locket.

She was the daughter of Benjamin H. and Cora Virginia (Smoot) Merkley and had a brother, Charles Henry Merkley.

In the 1920 census, the…

Portrait photograph of Pearl Rebecca (Borden) Keller as a young woman.

Her parents were William and Caroline "Carrie" Virginia (Hammon) Borden. She grew up in Toms Brook.

She married Joseph Ernest Fravel (1882-1941) in 1904. They raised an…

Photograph of an unidentified man and woman standing with bushels of picked peaches. The photograph was taken at an unknown location.

In 1915 the German Army released the effective Chlorine gas attack of World War One against British positions in Ypres. Before the end of the war these types of Chemical agents would kill or injure millions of men on both sides.
To combat these…

Copy of a letter and check from the Vinton-Roanoke Water Company to E.D. Clark in the amount of $241.84.

Both documents are dated July 23rd, 1923.

Photograph of a receipt for payment of $10.00 dated 11 August 1948 to cover the cost of chest xrays for Emery Bushong, who was an out patient. Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, Virginia, received the payment.

Scan of a photograph and handbill advertising Pawnee Bill's "Historical Wild West and Indian Show" at the 1897 Shenandoah County Fair.

Photograph showing from left to right Pauline, Zelda, and Marjorie Lichliter. The three sisters lived in Strasburg Virginia.

Pauline May (Borden) Ward as a young woman with short hair, is seated on a bench.

She was born in Harrisville, Shenandoah County. Her parents were Taylor Ulysses and Melissa (Richman) Borden. She had four sisters and a brother.

Pauline…

Portrait of Pauline Mae Riffey Hammond. She was the daughter of James Eugene and Ollie (Hoover) Riffey. Born in Woodstock, she married David l. Hammond and had a son, David E. Hammond, when she died in Berryville, Virginia. She was buried in Sunset…

Portrait of a smiling Pauline (Bowers) Hottle.

Pauline was the daughter of John Henry and Mary (Shaffer) Bowers.

She had two husbands. The first was Noah Arthur Polk (1874-1946) whom she married in 1929. After he died, she married Robert…
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