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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
hardinhall.jpg
hardinhall.jpg1545 viewsFrom a circa 1940 linen postcard.
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Elizabethton - Main Street1381 viewsThis is from an early 1960s postcard.
wilburdam.jpg
wilburdam.jpg1282 viewsThis 1950s postcard shows the Wilbur Dam under construction.
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elizabethtonsnow.jpg1198 viewsThis 1944 photo shows Jim Fletcher cleaning his windshield in a snowstorm in Elizabethton, Tennessee.
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Elizabethton - Bird's Eye View1107 viewsThis is from a 1910 postcard.
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Milligan - Pardee Hall1085 viewsThis image shows Pardee Hall on the campus of Milligan College. This is from a 1940s postcard.
boysdormilligan.jpg
boysdormilligan.jpg915 viewsThis is a circa 1945 postcard.
sinkingcreekbaptistchurch.jpg
sinkingcreekbaptistchurch.jpg878 viewsFrom a 1970s postcard.
bemberg.jpg
bemberg.jpg849 viewsThis is a 1948 postcard showing the American Bemberg Plant in Elizabethton, TN.
nathanieltaylorhouse.jpg
nathanieltaylorhouse.jpg769 viewsThis 1936 photograph is from the files of the Library of Congress.
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Elizabethton - Main Street754 viewsAnother view of Main Street from a late 1950s postcard.
elizabethtonpo.jpg
elizabethtonpo.jpg743 viewsThis is from a 1930-45, linen era, postcard.
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