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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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marionscalehouse.jpg1058 viewsfrom the mid-20th century,
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marionva1915.jpg937 viewsThis postcard was mailed in 1915.
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mathieson1920.jpg881 viewsThis is another view of the Mathieson operations ca. 1920.
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mathieson1920a.jpg1102 viewsThis view is circa. 1920.
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MATHIESONSERVICESTATION1962001.jpg6394 viewsTHE MATHIESON SERVICE STATION WAS BUILT IN 1922. IT STOOD ON WHAT IS NOW THE RITE AID PROPERTY. IN AUGUST OF 1962 THEY RAZED IT. IN THE PICTURE YOU CAN SEE WHERE SOME OF THE TILE ROOFING HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE STATION LASTED 40 YEARS.

Courtesy of DON SMITH dsmith1043@comcast.net
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maw07.jpg915 viewsThis ca. 1937 photo shows the Episcopal priest at St. Paul's Episcopal church in Saltville.
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maw13.jpg723 viewsThis 1938 John Porter photo shows a biplane flying over southern Smyth County.
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maw1905.jpg1192 viewsThis 1905 photo is described as a "General view of salt wells and valley at Saltville."
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Saltville - Mathieson Alkali Works1158 viewsThis ca.1910 image from the U.S.Geological Survey shows the Mathieson Alkali Works ca. 1910.
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maw1910sb.jpg1503 viewsThis postcard is from the 1910s.
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Saltville - Mathieson Alkali Works1139 viewsThis 1930s postcard shows an aerial view of the main Mathieson Alkali Works facilities along the banks of the North Fork of Holston River in Saltville.
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maw36.jpg939 viewsThis is a John Porter photo taken in the late 1930s of his children playing in the lake at Hungry Mother State Park.
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