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 asuhospital.jpg409 viewsThis postcard dates from circa. 1945.
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 pics 097.jpg409 viewsPhoto Spring 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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 Aho - Julian Price Park Dam409 viewsFrom the collection of the Library of Congress.
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 Blwong Rock - Lake on the Cone Estate408 viewsPostmarked August `1930, this postcard shows the lake on the Moses Cone Estate near Blowing Rock.
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 tweetsie.jpg407 viewsTheme park near Blowing Rock using the old East Tennessee and Western North Carolina railroad equipment. The ET&WNC is locally known as the "Eat Taters and Wear No Clothes Railroad"
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 stringfellowestate.jpg407 viewsThis is from a circa 1905 postcard.
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 Boone - Bird's Eye View407 viewsThis is a hand water-colored postcard showing Boone and Howards Knob, executed about 1910.
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 Boone - Black Bear Trail407 viewsFrom a 1930s postcard. This is now US 321 from Boone to Blowing Rock.
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 booneadventistch.jpg406 viewsTaken from a 1950s era post card.
mabelbaptist.jpg
 mabelbaptist.jpg406 viewsPhoto April 28, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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 PICT0017.JPG406 viewsThis school is in western Watauga County, near the Johnson County, TN line. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 28, 2006.
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 appstjpg.jpg404 viewsFrom a mid-20th century postcard.
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