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New River Notes Photo Gallery

A Collection of historic and current photos mostly covering the upper New River area of southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina.


Most viewed - Virginia Counties
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mariondepot1910.jpg650 viewsThis is a circa 1910 postcard view of the Norfolk and Western Depot in Marion, VA.
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Plasterco - Trestle at Tin Bridge Hollow.649 viewsNEW BRIDGE WAS REPLACING OLD ONE ON RIGHT / TIN BRIDGE / NEAR PLASTERCO, VA. / CIRCA 1907. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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View of the Appalachian Trail near the Grayson Smyth County Line at Route 600649 views
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pics 181.jpg648 viewsThis photo shows salt-making 1860 style. Jim Boardwine was kind enough to do this demonstration for this event, September 30, 2006.
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eleanoratwhitetop.jpg648 viewsThis photo from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library was taken on August 12, 1933, shows Eleanor Roosevelt at the Whitetop Folk Music Festival.
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100_1922.jpg648 viewsAnother December 8, 2006 shot of AEP moving a massive transformer through the streets of Saltville.
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Blacksburg - Virginia Tech Faculty Row648 viewsThis postcard was mailed in 1909.
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Mouth of Wilson - Potato Creek Methodist Church Cemetery648 viewsCourtesy of Misty Martin
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PLEASANTHEIGHTS3...APR.1966001.jpg647 viewsThis Don Smith photo from March 1966 shows the Pleasant Heights subdivision west side, looking southeast. dsmith1043@comcast.net.
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ponds3311972.jpg647 viewsTHE PONDS / WELL HOUSE / WEST MAIN / SALTVILLE, VA. / MARCH 31, 1972. Coutesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Radford - Radford Normal School647 viewsThis 1917 postcard shows the proposed location for the women's extension from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and that new school is now known as Radford University.
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Blacksburg - War Memorial647 viewsThis 1960s postcard shows the War Memorial on the Virginia Tech campus.
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