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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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uschem4.jpg688 viewsA facility built in Saltville, Virginia to produce poison gas for World War I. Demolished in 1919. From an old postcard.
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ussprucelumber1908.jpg647 viewsThis 1908 postcard shows the lumber yards for the U.S. Spruce Lumber Company at Marion, VA.
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Marion - Virginia House Restaurant619 viewsFrom a late 1950s postcard.
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vancecompany.jpg603 viewsThis 1930s photo shows the Vance Company, a hardware and farm supply store in Chilhowie, Virginia.
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va_saltville1.jpg590 viewsThe town's golf course is seen here in a 1930s era postcard.
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va_saltville2.jpg627 viewsAlso known as the "Bucket Line", shown here in operation, probably in the 1930s.
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victorytheater.jpg717 viewsThe Victory Theater, located at the corner of Main Street and Palmer Avenue in Saltville is seen in this circa. 1925 photograph. Courtesy of the Museum of the Middle Appalachians.
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viewrvrside.jpg563 viewsThis is a 1930s photo of the area of St. Clair's Bottom known as Riverside. Courtesy of Mary C. Blevins.
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wagonfactry.jpg628 viewsThis is a 1907 photo. Courtesy of Mary C. Blevins.
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Saltville - Waiting for the Governor815 viewsWAITING FOR GOV. LINWOOD HOLTON / SALTVILLE, VA. / SEPTEMBER 1971. Courtsy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville - Walker Mountain730 viewsSharp wooded hills of Walker Mountain (looking southwest from C 30). Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date, but circa 1910. From the U.S. Geological Survey.
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wellfields1.jpg552 viewsPhoto summer 2003 by Jeff Weaver
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