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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 - Montgomery County, VA
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Radford - Radford Normal School605 viewsThis 1917 postcard shows the proposed location for the women's extension from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and that new school is now known as Radford University.
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Blacksburg - War Memorial603 viewsThis 1960s postcard shows the War Memorial on the Virginia Tech campus.
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facultyaptsvpi.jpg600 viewsThis is from a mid-20th century postcard.
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Blacksburg - Virginia Tech Faculty Row598 viewsThis postcard was mailed in 1909.
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techmotel.jpg596 viewsThis is from an early 1960s postcard.
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Blacksburg - Hokie Nation589 viewsIn Memoriam to the 32 students killed April 16, 2007.
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Blacksburg - Virginia Tech Campus589 viewsThe prominent building in this 1960s postcard is Davidson Hall.
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Radford - St. Albans School587 viewsThis postcard is from the first 1/3 of the 20ths century, probably from the 1920s.
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radfordhighlanderband1961.jpg586 viewsThis postcard image is from 1961.
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radfordbarn1940.jpg582 viewsThis is an October 1941 photo of a barn near Radford in Montgomery County, VA. From the files of the Library of Congress.
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barracks2vpi.jpg574 viewsThis is a 1916 postcard showing Barracks #2 on campus.
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Blacksburg - Barracks 1 and 2573 viewsThis 1917 postcard shows VPI Barracks 1 and 2 in the early stages of American involvement in World War I.
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