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Mrs. Harold Bageant Collection

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

1430 WFCHS

Scope and Content: This collection contains a scrapbook with newspaper photographs and laminated newspaper photographs of Winchester, VA history. Also among this collection are three photographs of a Winchester and Western Railroad coach and engine, Apple Blossom Festival fireman’s parade, and the Sarah Zane Volunteer Fire Company building. The photos are kept in the Archives photo file.

(1 box) Last updated 07/04.

Biographical/Historical: Mrs. Harold Bagaent is the compiler of this collection and a Winchester, VA resident.

Cite As: Mrs. Harold Bageant Collection 1430 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

Organization:

Box 1

Scrapbook - newspaper photographs of Winchester history, 50 leaves, 1965

Laminated newspaper photographs of Winchester history, 21, no date

Photographs

Winchester & Western Railroad Company engine and coach, 8 x 10" b/w glossy, Accession #1430-1

Apple Blossom Festival fireman's parade, 8 x 10" color, Accession #1430-3

Sarah Zane Volunteer Fire Company building, 310 North Loudoun Street, 9 1/2 x 7 3/4", Accession #1430-2