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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 - Grayson County and City of Galax, VA
galax1907.jpg
galax1907.jpg696 viewsFrom a real-photo postcard, dated 1907.
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whitetopmusic.jpg695 viewsThis photo was taken at one of the Music Festivals on Whitetop Mountain in the 1930s.
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fries1909a.jpg693 viewsThis is from a postcard mailed in 1909.
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andersonharveyellis.jpg693 viewsMy father, Harvey Ellis Anderson, is second from the left in the front row. It has always been my impression that he was the teacher at this school in Majors. I am not sure of his age at the time, but wonder how he qualified as a teacher. I have no idea where he might have attended school although I believe he briefly attended college at Valpairoso College or University somewhere in the midwest as he was returning to Grayson County from Washington State. (The only information I have about his time in Washington was that he and several friends climbed Mount Baker which he reported to a newspaper in Grayson. I have a copy of his "letter to the editor." Several of his siblings are also present in the picture and their names are underlined. Claude Testerman is also shown who married Harvey's sister, Laura. Courtesy of R. David Anderson rdandy1@cfw.com
unkbandwhitetop1933.jpg
unkbandwhitetop1933.jpg693 viewsThis photo was taken at the 1933 Whitetop Music Festival.
blizzardhole.jpg
blizzardhole.jpg691 viewsOnce famous swimming hole on Elk Creek. This photo is from the early 1960s.
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galax4.jpg690 viewsFrom an old real-photo postcard.
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faithlutheran.jpg690 viewsThis is a shot of Faith Lutheran Church from the Cole cemetery, near Mount Rogers School. Photo by Jeff Weaver, summer 2003.
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roosevelteleanor.jpg690 viewsThis photo shows Eleanor Roosevelt and musicians at the 1933 Whitetop Music Festival.
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Fries - Washington Inn690 views(Historic) Washington Inn, Town of Fries, Providence District, Grayson. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnolddavid-arnold@comcast.net
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Comers Rock - Elk Creek Community Center690 viewsFormerly the Machine shop for the Elk Creek High School, photo by Jeff Weaver March 21, 2008.
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Mouth of Wilson - Potato Creek Methodist Church Cemetery686 viewsCourtesy of Misty Martin
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