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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 - Floyd County, VA
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Floyd - Hotel Floyd circa 1910941 viewsThis view f teh Hotel Floyd is from a circa 1910 postcard.
maybrymill.jpg
maybrymill.jpg864 viewsThis is a depression era photo of the Maybry Mill in Floyd County, VA.
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Floyd - Hotel Brame836 viewsThis postcard with a 1912 postmark shows Hotel Brame, a summer resort in Floyd, Virginia.
pinetavern.jpg
pinetavern.jpg778 viewsThis postcard dates from about 1950.
altizerbridge.jpg
altizerbridge.jpg763 viewsThis is the bridge over Route 8 at the Floyd-Montgomery County line.
floydarsenicmine.jpg
floydarsenicmine.jpg763 viewsGeneral View of the milling plant and mines of the United States Arsenic Mines Company. Photo circa. 1905.
mabrymillblacksmithshop.jpg
mabrymillblacksmithshop.jpg723 viewsMore information can be found at this brief website about Mabry Mill. This is from a 1970s sytle postcard.
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floydnikelmines.jpg703 viewsGeneral view of the main opening for nickel ore on Lick Fork, near Hemlock, Floyd County, Virginia. Owned by the Virginia Nickel Corporation. Photo circa. 1905.
zionlutheran1937.jpg
zionlutheran1937.jpg667 viewsThis photo is from a 1930s Roanoke Times newspaper clipping.
puckettcabin.jpg
puckettcabin.jpg651 viewsThis is from a 1972 postcard.
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Copper Valley - Fantasy Postcard637 viewsThis is a fantasy postcard from Floyd County, VA mailed in 1949.
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Tuggle Gap - Blue Ridge Parkway576 viewsFrom a 1950s photo from the Library of Congress Collection.
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