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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 - Carter County, TN
bemberg.jpg
bemberg.jpg478 viewsThis is a 1948 postcard showing the American Bemberg Plant in Elizabethton, TN.
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nathanieltaylorhouse.jpg461 viewsThis 1936 photograph is from the files of the Library of Congress.
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Elizabethton - Bird's Eye View460 viewsThis is from a 1910 postcard.
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Elizabethton - Main Street447 viewsAnother view of Main Street from a late 1950s postcard.
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elizcoveredbridge.jpg434 viewsThis 1965 photo is from the files of the Library of Congress.
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elizabethtonsnow.jpg433 viewsThis 1944 photo shows Jim Fletcher cleaning his windshield in a snowstorm in Elizabethton, Tennessee.
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Elizabethton - Main Street429 viewsThis is from an early 1960s postcard.
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Elizabethton - Doe River Bridge415 viewsThis 1940s postcard shows the Doe River Bridge in Elizabethton at night.
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wilburdam.jpg414 viewsThis 1950s postcard shows the Wilbur Dam under construction.
hardinhall.jpg
hardinhall.jpg412 viewsFrom a circa 1940 linen postcard.
sinkingcreekbaptistchurch.jpg
sinkingcreekbaptistchurch.jpg363 viewsFrom a 1970s postcard.
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Milligan - Garden on Milligan College Campus356 viewsThis is from a 1940s postcard. Click here for their website.
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