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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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boonepo.jpg225 viewsThis postcard is from 1930-45.
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boonepresby.jpg224 viewsFrom a 1960s postcard.
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Blowing Rock - Blowing Rock254 viewsThis postcard with a copyright date of 1909 shows an early horseless carriage attempting to climb Blowing Rock.
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Blowing Rock - Country Club247 viewsFrom a 1940s post card.
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Blowing Rock - View of Village258 viewsThis view of the village of Blowing Rock was taken from the Moses Cone Estate in 1930.
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brhorseshow.jpg249 viewsThis is a postcard from the 1938 Blowing Rock Horse Show.
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Blowing Rock - Horse Show242 viewsThis image of the annual Blowing Rock horse show is from 1959.
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brpresby.jpg245 viewsThis is from a circa 1910 postcard.
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Foscoe - Cabbage Field273 viewsIN the 1960s, Watauga County was home to a Kraut cannery, which generated several cabbage fields.
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Blowing Rock - Camp Yonolosse323 viewsThis circa 1915 real photo postcard shows a group of early tourists riding horseback at Camp Yonolosse, near Blowing Rock.
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chairlift7devils.jpg255 viewsThis image is from the 1970s.
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coneestate.jpg239 viewsFrom a 1930-45 era postcard.
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