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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.

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nrgiles38.jpg1302 viewsPhoto by the Virginia Department of Agriculture 1938.
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691.jpg1301 viewsThis is my mother (Sue Lee Phipps) and grandmother. This photo was taken in 1935. From Jeff Weaver's collection.
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000_0834.jpg1295 viewsMother and son, at Jeff Weaver's home, Saltville, VA. Austin was home on leave from Kuwait and Iraq. Photo February 2006.
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sarahhash.jpg1283 viewsSarah Hash, daughter of Robert Hash and Dollie Hart, lived at Weaver's Ford, Ashe Co., NC.
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afw2.jpg1281 viewsFront row, left to right, Arthur Jackson Weaver, Hazel Weaver Poole, Fannie Blevins Weaver, Mary Weaver Blevins, Maxine Weaver Blevins; back row, left to right, Mattie Weaver Waddell, J. Clayborn Weaver, George Weaver, Dillard Weaver. Photo taken March 13, 1982 at Grassy Creek, NC by Jeff Weaver, on the occasion of the funeral of Clarence Edward Weaver.
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deadbaby1.jpg1270 viewsThis morbid photo taken in the 1890s somewhere in Smyth County shows a dead baby. It was common in the days before photography was widespread to have portraits of dead children made. This is one of these photos. Courtesy of Rick Davidson.
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100_1571.jpg1269 viewsThis view of New River is looking south back into Ashe County from the sliver of Alleghany County west of New River. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 16, 2006.
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ALLENH.jpg1269 viewsThis is Allen Hash, son of John Hash and Sarah Hash. They lived at Chestnut Hill in Ashe County, NC.
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976.jpg1268 viewsFamous as a musician. This photo was taken at the Haw Orchard Cemetery Decoration in 1978 by Jeff Weaver
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Whitetp - Upper Helton Seperate Baptist Church1261 viewsPhoto Summer 2005 by Jeff Weaver. This church is located near Whitetop.
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yellowsulphursps.jpg1259 viewsThis painting was created in 1855.
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182.jpg1258 viewsWith Children.
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