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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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Mystery PhotosA collection of unidentified photos.
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Mystery Photos


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A collection of unknown images.

12 files, last one added on Sep 19, 2013
Album viewed 10222 times

 

1 albums on 1 page(s)

New River Notes Photographs and ImagesThis category is for photos and images associated with pages on NRN.
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Agriculture


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[Note this article appeared in an 1874 issue of Harper's Montly Magazine]

There is no apology needed for beginning our review with farming implements. However disinclinded a citizen my be to blister his hands by chopping fire wood or mauling rails, he freely admits the respectability of the employment and its ancient fame. Admitting then, the precedence of the husbandman, we will first look at the principal agricultural tool--the plow.

This tool has never outgrown its resemblance to the forked limb which was first used as a hoe and then as a plow. With such tools as they could muster, men shaped the tough limbs and crotches of trees into implements. The forked piece (A) was trimed and became the hoe (B), a thong binding the handle and blade portions to prevent their splitting apart. We give pictures ) of two ancient Egyptian hoes now in the Berlin Musuem. A similiar one may be seen in the Abbott Musuem, New York. Two suitable sticks (D) were notched and lashed together. Two other resources of a people desititute of metal are shown (E, F), one, of the South Sea Islanders, the blade of a scapula, the other made of a walrus tooth on a handle. It is show (G, H, I) how men made plows from similar materials, one limb formed the share, the other the beam; or (as in I) one the beam and the other the handle and sole, with a point which forms the share.

14 files, last one added on Mar 14, 2013
Album viewed 11800 times

Maps


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1 files, last one added on Sep 16, 2013
Album viewed 1050 times

Portraits of the Founders of America


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These images were published in The Journal of American History in 1910.

38 files, last one added on Jan 06, 2014
Album viewed 2730 times

 

3 albums on 1 page(s)

New River Valley PeoplePeople of the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia
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Alleghany County, NC People


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29 files, last one added on Oct 20, 2007
Album viewed 8927 times

Ashe County, NC People


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268 files, last one added on Apr 15, 2008
Album viewed 12781 times

Carroll County, VA People


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16 files, last one added on Oct 08, 2007
Album viewed 3702 times

Grayson County, Flatridge Area


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2 files, last one added on Jul 22, 2020
Album viewed 3164 times

Giles County, VA People


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4 files, last one added on Feb 14, 2007
Album viewed 1613 times

Grayson County and City of Galax, VA People


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Photos of people who live or lived in Grayson County, VA or the City of Galax, Virginia.

339 files, last one added on Sep 18, 2013
Album viewed 27311 times

Montgomery County, VA People


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2 files, last one added on Jul 23, 2007
Album viewed 2015 times

Pulaski County, VA People


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35 files, last one added on Feb 18, 2013
Album viewed 2316 times

Smyth County, VA People


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102 files, last one added on Nov 10, 2010
Album viewed 10158 times

Surry County, NC People


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5 files, last one added on Apr 01, 2006
Album viewed 2776 times

Tazewell County, VA People


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8 files, last one added on Sep 26, 2006
Album viewed 2708 times

Washington County, VA People


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64 files, last one added on Mar 24, 2008
Album viewed 3119 times

15 albums on 2 page(s) 1

Family AlbumsThis category contains collections of photos from families of the upper New River Valley area.
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Anderson


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5 files, last one added on Sep 11, 2013
Album viewed 927 times

Cantor - Whittaker Families


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21 files, last one added on Sep 11, 2013
Album viewed 4130 times

Cornett


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2 files, last one added on Mar 14, 2022
Album viewed 109 times

Matney


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Miscellaneous Matney Family Photographs

The following photographs are courtesy of Victoria Stewart, and are of unknown individuals believed to be members of the Matney Family of Watauga County, North Carolina. If you are able to identify any of these individuals, please contact Victoria Stewart. Many thanks.

6 files, last one added on Sep 18, 2013
Album viewed 482 times

Sexton


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5 files, last one added on Sep 11, 2013
Album viewed 750 times

Smitteel


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The following photographs were provided by the Bookhouse, 805 N. Emerson St., Arlington, Virginia 22205. Phone 703-527-7797 Natalie Hughes, Proprietor. - Many thanks

Only four of these photos are identified. Most are 1/9th plate tin types, although a few are cart-de- visitie type (paper) photographs. One of the unidentified photos has a backmark stating that it was made by "Wilson & Welsh, Photographers, Summerfield, Grayson Co., Va."

21 files, last one added on Sep 18, 2013
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Warren


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4 files, last one added on Sep 11, 2013
Album viewed 605 times

Andrew Weaver Family Photo Album



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Welsh


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Courtesy of Roderick Coats

2 files, last one added on Sep 18, 2013
Album viewed 708 times

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10 albums on 1 page(s)

North Carolina CountiesContains images from the North Carolina Counties of the Upper New River Valley
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Alleghany County, NC


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110 files, last one added on Apr 15, 2008
Album viewed 995 times

Ashe County, NC


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386 files, last one added on Sep 18, 2013
Album viewed 5303 times

Caldwell County, NC


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17 files, last one added on Sep 19, 2013
Album viewed 9374 times

Surry County, NC


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44 files, last one added on Oct 15, 2007
Album viewed 1988 times

Watauga County, NC


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116 files, last one added on Apr 16, 2008
Album viewed 1759 times

Wilkes County, NC


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67 files, last one added on Sep 18, 2013
Album viewed 3372 times

6 albums on 1 page(s)

Tennessee Counties & PeopleImages of neighboring Tennessee Counties
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Carter County, TN


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18 files, last one added on Nov 12, 2007
Album viewed 575 times

Johnson County, TN


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56 files, last one added on Jun 20, 2007
Album viewed 715 times

Sullivan County, TN


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48 files, last one added on Nov 10, 2010
Album viewed 782 times

Sullivan County, TN People


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14 files, last one added on Feb 06, 2007
Album viewed 1642 times

Washington County, TN


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53 files, last one added on Nov 12, 2007
Album viewed 714 times

 

5 albums on 1 page(s)

User GalleriesThis category contains albums that belong to and uploaded by New River Notes Photo Gallery users.
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Virginia CountiesContains images from the Virginia Counties of the Upper New River Valley
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Bland County, VA


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12 files, last one added on Feb 20, 2007
Album viewed 1117 times

Carroll County, VA


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52 files, last one added on Feb 19, 2008
Album viewed 2562 times

Dickenson County, VA


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9 files, last one added on Sep 19, 2013
Album viewed 615 times

Grayson County, VA, Western Communities


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4 files, last one added on Feb 16, 2013
Album viewed 1649 times

Floyd County, VA


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12 files, last one added on Jul 28, 2007
Album viewed 1015 times

Giles County, VA


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26 files, last one added on Oct 09, 2007
Album viewed 918 times

Grayson County and City of Galax, VA


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Photos of physical features from Grayson County, and the City of Galax, Virginia.

631 files, last one added on Mar 28, 2015
Album viewed 4418 times

Montgomery County, VA


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109 files, last one added on Mar 08, 2008
Album viewed 1608 times

Pulaski County, VA


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48 files, last one added on Mar 08, 2008
Album viewed 8370 times

Smyth County, VA


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948 files, last one added on Nov 17, 2010
Album viewed 48481 times

Tazewell County, VA


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56 files, last one added on Nov 17, 2010
Album viewed 1798 times

Washington County, VA


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269 files, last one added on Nov 17, 2010
Album viewed 2856 times

14 albums on 2 page(s) 1

4,754 files in 72 albums and 8 categories with 4 comments viewed 2,563,787 times

Western North Carolina


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11 files, last one added on May 21, 2007
Album viewed 80 times

 

13 albums on 2 page(s) 2

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saltvillestore.jpg701 viewsThis store was built in 1894 and served Saltville until 1970. This view is from about 1925.
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Baywood Store613 viewsThis photo summer 2005 by Jeff Weaver.
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Harrison and Martha Bare374 views
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Potter, Conley and Myrtle Fae Byers376 viewsThis is a picture of my grandparents Conley Potter and Myrtle Fae Byers. My grandfather was born May 9,1893 at Zionville, Watauga County. His parents were Reuben Potter Jr. and Martha V. Lewis. After moving to Oregon he married Myrtle Fae Byers July 16,1917. Conley Potter died Jan. 29.1961 at Walla Walla, Wa. and he is buried at Fossil, Wheeler Co., Or. Mrytle Fae Byers died Sept. 4,1928 at Wasco Co. Or. and she is buried at Wasco, Or. Courtesy of Izzy izetta815@yahoo.com


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Emily Frances (Scott) Cornett visiting Galveston, TX - 192167 viewsEmily (William Washington Cornett's 2nd wife) came from Alton, KS a few years after William's death to stay the winter with her Son, John Winton Cornett and his sons in El Campo, TX. Here she is seen with William Delany Cornett and his girlfriend in front of the Galveston seawall, built after the 1900 storm that ravaged the town.Mar 14, 2022
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William WashingtonCornett visiting Grayson in 191267 viewsWilliam Washington Cornett, along with his daughter from his first marriage, Leona Mitchell Cornett (left), her daughter Bertha Nuckolls (right), and Bertha’s nephew (William’s great grandson) Glen Pless, taken in Grayson County 1912. William was living in Fairport, Kansas at the time. William had enlisted with the Confederate army and fought at the first battle of the war, at Manassas, aka Bull Run.Mar 14, 2022
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John Jay514 viewsJohn Jay (1745-1829) First Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Life Engraving by Leney, 1814Jan 06, 2014
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Benjamin Rush, M.D.498 viewsBenjamin Rush, M.D. (1745-1813) Life Engraving by Edwin, 1813Jan 06, 2014