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Photograph of Jack Graybeal of Christiansburg, VA wearing his Air Force flight suit overalls with leather helmet and googles standing next to an automobile while in service during World War II.

Newspaper clipping of commission announcement for Hazel L. Caldwell of Christiansburg, VA. She was an ensign in the U.S. Navy Reserves and was assigned to the Bureau of Navy Personnel in Washington, D. C. during World War II. The clipping is…

Buy Defense Saving Stamps Here poster; red, white, and blue with image of patriot and plow of the type displayed during World War II

Railroad magazine clipping of a photo of the Norfolk & Western Railway Radford Division work crew in 1894. Caption lists the names of the men as: Temp Fuller, C. T. Woolwine, Mr. Albert, T. S. Philpott, Ballard Thompson, Robert Thornhill, Jim George,…

Small program booklet for the dedication of the Montgomery County War Memorial on the town square in Christiansburg on 31 May 1953. The names of those who died during World War I, World War II and the Korean War are listed inside along with the…

Newspaper clipping of obituary for Clarion Reed of Christiansburg, VA. He was killed in Germany during World War II. The clipping is contained in one of two scrapbooks with information about the World War II period in Christiansburg and Montgomery…

1917 pass card for William M. King, Signal Fitter, for the Norfolk & Western Railroad.

1920 pass card for William M. King, Signal Fitter and his Helper, for the Norfolk & Western Railroad.

1923 pass card for William M. King, Helper, for the Norfolk & Western Railroad.

Page from a spiral bound scrapbook made by Robertine Hughes Jordan in 1941-43. Includes information from her senior year at Christiansburg High School and her marriage to a World War II serviceman.

Photograph of Camp Comfort, which was located near the intersection of Radford Road and College Street in Christiansburg. It opened in 1928 and was one of the first motor courts to be built in the county. It was constructed by Morris C. Miller. The…

Photograph on mat of Patrick Henry Price and classmates at the Prices Fork School in 1913. Prices Fork developed during the mid-nineteenth century in an area settled by the Price family in the mid-1700s.

Photograph of the Prices Fork School as it appeared c. 1915. Prices Fork developed during the mid-nineteenth century in an area settled by the Price family in the mid-1700s. There were several other schools built in this design about 1910 in…

Newspaper Articles (possibly from the Montgomery News Messenger) relating to World War I pasted to a card stock page. "12th Regiment U. S. Marines Reported Arrived in France"

Scrapbook page containing a telegram from Kenneth M. Frost and newspaper clippings about servicemen from Montgomery County, VA during World War II. The clipping is contained in one of two scrapbooks with information about the World War II period in…

Feature sheet from 1929 Virginia Polytechnic Institute yearbook, The Bugle, for senior Patrick Henry Price. The sheet has his photograph and a list of his activities, and a photo of his mother, Elizabeth Snider Price, as an inset.

War Ration Book One for Emily Allen of Christiansburg, VA. Ration books were required during World War II to purchase a variety of goods such as sugar, meat, etc.