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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.


altizerbridge.jpg
altizerbridge.jpg696 viewsThis is the bridge over Route 8 at the Floyd-Montgomery County line.
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Copper Valley - Fantasy Postcard583 viewsThis is a fantasy postcard from Floyd County, VA mailed in 1949.
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floydarsenicmine.jpg701 viewsGeneral View of the milling plant and mines of the United States Arsenic Mines Company. Photo circa. 1905.
floydnikelmines.jpg
floydnikelmines.jpg638 viewsGeneral view of the main opening for nickel ore on Lick Fork, near Hemlock, Floyd County, Virginia. Owned by the Virginia Nickel Corporation. Photo circa. 1905.
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Floyd - Hotel Brame743 viewsThis postcard with a 1912 postmark shows Hotel Brame, a summer resort in Floyd, Virginia.
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Floyd - Hotel Floyd circa 1910863 viewsThis view f teh Hotel Floyd is from a circa 1910 postcard.
mabrymillblacksmithshop.jpg
mabrymillblacksmithshop.jpg654 viewsMore information can be found at this brief website about Mabry Mill. This is from a 1970s sytle postcard.
maybrymill.jpg
maybrymill.jpg794 viewsThis is a depression era photo of the Maybry Mill in Floyd County, VA.
pinetavern.jpg
pinetavern.jpg705 viewsThis postcard dates from about 1950.
puckettcabin.jpg
puckettcabin.jpg589 viewsThis is from a 1972 postcard.
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Tuggle Gap - Blue Ridge Parkway517 viewsFrom a 1950s photo from the Library of Congress Collection.
zionlutheran1937.jpg
zionlutheran1937.jpg610 viewsThis photo is from a 1930s Roanoke Times newspaper clipping.
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