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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.


Last additions - Virginia Counties
Wythevillemain40s.jpg
Wythevillemain40s.jpg677 viewsFrom a 1940s era postcardJan 26, 2006
ruralretreat.jpg
ruralretreat.jpg793 viewsThis scenic postcard was mailed in 1924.Jan 26, 2006
hillsvillemethodist.jpg
hillsvillemethodist.jpg925 viewsFrom a 1940s-1950s postcard.Jan 26, 2006
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000_0723.JPG594 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, June 2005.Jan 26, 2006
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000_0715.JPG564 viewsThis is a shot of the train shed in downtown Saltville which covers two historic engines. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 2005.Jan 26, 2006
troutdalecem.jpg
troutdalecem.jpg368 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, Winter 2003.Jan 26, 2006
bridleckboardinghouse.jpg
bridleckboardinghouse.jpg658 viewsThis image was made circa. 1900. Courtesy of the Grayson County Historical Society, Independence, Virginia.Jan 26, 2006
groupatbethel.jpg
groupatbethel.jpg573 viewsThis photo was taken at the Amos Parks farm in the Bethel community about 1915. According to my aunt, a version of it was published in The Declaration in Dec. 1963. I can ID a few people but most of them I don't know. I don't even know the occasion for the photograph. A cousin of mine has the original of this one and she has given me permission to share it out.
Courtesy of Rod Coates
Jan 26, 2006
gcch2.jpg
gcch2.jpg488 viewsThis structure was used from 1863 until 1907.Jan 26, 2006
gcch4.jpg
gcch4.jpg395 viewsJan 26, 2006
galaxvapc.jpg
galaxvapc.jpg408 viewsThis postcard was dated 1915.Jan 26, 2006
graysonstgalax1913.jpg
graysonstgalax1913.jpg456 viewsThis image of Galax's Grayson Street is from a 1913 postcard.Jan 26, 2006
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