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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.


adminetsu.jpg
adminetsu.jpg285 viewsFrom a 1940s postcard.
apphospital.jpg
apphospital.jpg278 viewsThis is a 1930s postcard view.
centralbaptist.jpg
centralbaptist.jpg265 viewsFrom a 1930s postcard.
cobbhouse.jpg
cobbhouse.jpg319 viewsThis is a 1933 photo from the files of the Library of Congress showing the Cobb House near Johnson City, Tennessee. The core of this structure dates from circa 1770.
colonialhoteljct.jpg
colonialhoteljct.jpg291 viewsThis is a 1915 postcard view.
countryclub.jpg
countryclub.jpg291 viewsThis is from a 1929 postcard.
devaulttavern.jpg
devaulttavern.jpg419 viewsThis photo shows the Devault Tavern at Leesburg, northeast of Jonesborough. Construction began in 1819 and was completed in 1821. From the files of the Library of Congress. This photo was created in 1983 for the Historic American Buildings Survey.
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Johnson City - Devil's Looking Glass375 viewsThis 1930s postcard shows a rock formation known as the Devil's Looking Glass with the CC&O Railroad in the foreground.
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Johnson City - Dixie Drive In363 viewsFrom a 1950s era postcard.
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dormetsu.jpg307 viewsEast Tennessee State Normal School was the precursor of East Tennessee State Teacher's College and East Tennessee State University. This postcard is from the 1930s.
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Johnson City - East Tennessee Electric Company348 viewsThis circa 1910 postcard shows the East Tennessee Electric Company's hydo facility near Johnson City.
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etsu1940s.jpg293 viewsThis 1940s post card shows a portion of the campus of the precursor of East Tennessee State University.
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