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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.


Most viewed - Watauga County, NC
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wataugahouseca1912.jpg328 viewsThis is a circa 1912 postcard of an early tourist home in Blowing Rock.
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oldmabelmethodist.jpg323 viewsPhoto April 28, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Blowing Rock - Tweetsie Amusement Park323 viewsThis 1960s postcard shows an overview of the Tweetsie Amusement Park between Boone and Blowing Rock, NC.
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wataugacourthouse.jpg319 viewsThis structure is now gone, this photo from the late 1930s.
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galaxatblowingrock.jpg318 viewsThis is from an early 1900s postcard.
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100_1295.jpg317 viewsPhoto March 19, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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blowrock1925.jpg315 viewsThis image was taken from a postcard, circa 1925.
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mayviewmanor.jpg313 viewsThis is an aerial shot made in the 1940s.
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blowingrock40.jpg310 viewsThis is a 1940s postcard of Main Street in Blowing Rock.
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100_1290.jpg310 viewsSign at St. John the Baptist. Photo by Jeff Weaver, March 18, 2006.
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kingstreet1965.jpg310 viewsThis is a circa 1965 view of King Street facing west.
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Foscoe - Cabbage Field310 viewsIN the 1960s, Watauga County was home to a Kraut cannery, which generated several cabbage fields.
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