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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 - Roanoke City and County, VA
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hotelroanoke.jpg1374 viewsHotel Roanoke
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hotelroanoke2.jpg1016 viewsHotel Roanoke, late 1920s
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Roanoke - U.S. 11963 viewsIn the days before Interstate 81 was built, U.S. 11 was the main North-South thoroughfare in western Virginia. Many New River familues traveled this road to cities in the north looking for work during the Great Depression and World War II eras.
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jeffstparade1911.jpg828 viewsParade on Jefferson Street, Roanoke, ca. 1911
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Roanoke - Catawba Sanitarium472 viewsThis 1930s postcard shows the dining hall at the Catawba Sanitarium, a facility for tuberculosis patients located near Roanoke.
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Roanoke City - J. B. Fishburne House430 viewsThis 1950s postcard shows the J. B, Fishburne house, which was donated to the city and at the time this image was made housed the city's department of parks and recreation.
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12oclockknob.jpg428 viewsPostcard view of this local landmark.
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crystalspgs.jpg401 viewsCyrstal Springs, Roanoke County, ca. 1915
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2ndvainf.jpg401 viewsThis is a post card from the 1910-1917 era.
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Roanoke - Belmont Christian Church394 viewsThis is a real photo postcard from the 1940s.
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campbellave1911.jpg393 viewsThis is a 1911 postcard.
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campbellave1935.jpg388 viewsView of Campbell Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia, ca. 1935
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