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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Shenandoah Valley Photograph Album, 1918-1925, SC 0383, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

Purchased from Tim Abbott Americana in June 2024.

Biographical / Historical

The album's creator and subjects are unknown.

Scope and Contents

One bound photograph album comprising black-and-white photographs documenting people and places in the Shenandoah Valley. The photographs include groups of school children (some dressed as Native Americans); groups and individuals who were likely classmates, friends, and family of the album's creator; houses; fields; cars; cemeteries; and swimming. Photos of pets and animals include cats, horses, sheep, cows, chickens, dogs, and ducks. The album also includes printed ephemera relating to Dunsmore Business College in Staunton.

Identified places include the Shenandoah River, Page County, the campus of the State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (JMU), Dunsmore Business College, Staunton, Buckroe Beach, and Winchester (concerning the Apple Blossom Festival).

Some photographs are partially identified but do not include enough detail to positively identify the subjects or creator of the album.

The album has a green suede cover. Some pages and photographs are cut.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Dunsmore Business College (Staunton, Va.)
• Education, Higher -- Virginia -- Harrisonburg
• Education, Higher -- Virginia -- Staunton
• Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History
• Page County (Va.) -- History
• Photograph albums
• Photographs
• Shenandoah River (Va. and W. Va.) -- History
• Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History
• State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History
• Staunton (Va.) -- History
• Winchester (Va.) -- History