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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 - Surry County, NC
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Elkin - First United Methodist Church714 viewsThis 1960 Photograph shows the First Methodist Church of Elkin at night. From the collections of the Library of Congress.
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mtairymain1912.jpg700 viewsThis postcard shows covered wagons crowding the streets of Mount Airy, North Carolina, ca. 1910.
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1stbaptistmtaity.jpg694 viewsFrom a 1930-45 era postcard.
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1stmethmtaity.jpg690 viewsFrom a 1910-20 era postcard.
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mtairy1910.jpg680 viewsThis is another view of Main Street in Mount Airy from 1910.
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pilotmtn.jpg646 viewsFrom an early 20th century postcard. An 1859 bookFisher's River Scenes and Characters contains much local humor.
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pinnacleview.jpg628 viewsThis is the view from the top of Pilot Mountain
MartinMemHosp.jpg
MartinMemHosp.jpg623 viewsThis view is probably from the 1920s.
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ncgranite.jpg616 viewsThis ca. 1900-1910 postcard shows some of the quarry work going on around Mount Airy at that time.
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Mount Airy - Aerial View608 viewsThis aerial view of Mount Airy, North Carolina dates from 1968.
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mtairypresby.jpg606 viewsThis image was created about 1910.
elkinschool.jpg
elkinschool.jpg605 viewsThis is a pre-1920 image of the Elkin Public School
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