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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.


allsaintsch.jpg
allsaintsch.jpg719 viewsThis photo post card was made in the 1950s/1960s.
avery.jpg
avery.jpg528 viewsName sake of Avery County, NC
averyfair.jpg
averyfair.jpg301 viewsThis image, courtesy of Julia Kodak Williams shows a hot air ballon at the Avery County fair in 1913.
balsam.jpg
balsam.jpg493 viewsThis view is an early 20th century photograph of a planting of balsam firs near Grandfather Mountain.
bannerelk.jpg
bannerelk.jpg291 viewsThis is from a 1950s postcard.
bannerelkfishing.jpg
bannerelkfishing.jpg487 viewsThis image was made in 1941 and shows a man fishing in the rapids of the Elk River.
bannerelkgrandfather.jpg
bannerelkgrandfather.jpg272 viewsThis image was made in 1941.
bannerelkpresby.jpg
bannerelkpresby.jpg271 viewsThis is from an early 20th century postcard.
beechmountain.jpg
beechmountain.jpg298 viewsThis is from a late 1960s/early 1970s postcard.
crossnoreschool1932.jpg
crossnoreschool1932.jpg321 viewsThis is a 1932 postcard view of the mission school.
eseeolalodge.jpg
eseeolalodge.jpg286 viewsOne of the many tourist lodging establishments in the mountains.
gfchildrenshome.bmp
Banner Elk - Grandfather Children's Home294 viewsThis is from a 1950s postcard.
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