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.
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![Littlewoodcarsocks.jpg
The Littlewood's first car, which would take them as far north as Providence, RI, visiting their East Coast relatives during the 1920s, was purchased with profits from their government contract for making woolen socks for the army during WW I. Jack Littlewood, the only son of Herbert and Hannah Haigh Littlewood, apparently festooned the new machine with socks as a tribute. How DID they drive on those roads!?!?
Courtesy of Emily Kilby [email]erk44@verizon.net[/email]](albums/userpics/10001/normal_Littlewoodcarsocks.jpg "Click to view full size image
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Littlewoodcarsocks.jpg
The Littlewood's first car, which would take them as far north as Providence, RI, visiting their East Coast relatives during the 1920s, was purchased with profits from their government contract for making woolen socks for the army during WW I. Jack Littlewood, the only son of Herbert and Hannah Haigh Littlewood, apparently festooned the new machine with socks as a tribute. How DID they drive on those roads!?!?
Courtesy of Emily Kilby [email]erk44@verizon.net[/email]")
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