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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.

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This morbid photo taken in the 1890s somewhere in Smyth County shows a dead baby.  It was common in the days before photography was widespread to have portraits of dead children made.  This is one of these photos.  Courtesy of Rick Davidson.

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This morbid photo taken in the 1890s somewhere in Smyth County shows a dead baby. It was common in the days before photography was widespread to have portraits of dead children made. This is one of these photos. Courtesy of Rick Davidson.

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