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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
millmtn.jpg
millmtn.jpg409 viewsMill Mountain, Roanoke County, ca. 1900
n-wroanoke.jpg
n-wroanoke.jpg409 viewsNorfolk and Western Railroad Offices, Roanoke, ca. 1900
hotelroanoke~0.jpg
Roanoke - Hotel Roanoke409 viewsThis is a very early color postcard, circa 1905.
garstdairy.jpg
garstdairy.jpg408 viewsThis late 1930s postcard shows the Garst Dairy delivery fleet in Roanoke.
elkshome1906.jpg
elkshome1906.jpg406 viewsThis postcard dates to about 1906-7.
elksclub.jpg
elksclub.jpg405 viewsElks Club, Roanoke, Virginia, ca. 1918
scan0001_(2).jpg
scan0001_(2).jpg405 viewsCourtesy of Robert Weaver leeann18@msn.com.
bittlelibrary.jpg
bittlelibrary.jpg404 viewsThis is from a circa 1930 postcard.
carversch.jpg
carversch.jpg403 viewsCarver Consolidated School for Negroes, Salem, Virginia, ca. 1945
roanokechildlabor.jpg
roanokechildlabor.jpg402 viewsThis 1911 photo was taken in an effort to persuade Congress to stop child labor.
hollinscollege.jpg
hollinscollege.jpg401 viewsHollins College ca. 1940
stricklandbldg1910.jpg
stricklandbldg1910.jpg401 viewsThis is from a circa 1910 postcard.
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