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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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hicks9.jpg682 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk
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100_1577.jpg682 viewsThis view of the North Fork of New River was taken looking north from the Weaver's Ford Bridge. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 16, 2006.
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6870AND71122.jpg682 viewsR. B. WORTHY HIGH SCHOOL SHAKER BAND / SOUTHEASTERN BAND FESTIVAL / BRISTOL, VA.-TN. / OCT. 1968. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville - Willys Knight Car on the 4th of July682 viewsJULY 4th IN SALTVILLE, VA. / CIRCA 1925



THE CAR IS A 1924 WILLYS KNIGHT COUNTRY CLUB (DELUXE TOURING.)

THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT A JULY 4th CELEBRATION IN SALTVILLE, VA. CIRCA 1925.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IS IN THE BACKGROUND.

WILLYS KNIGHT WAS MANUFACTURED BY OVERLAND FROM 1914 TO 1933.

THE CAR WAS OWNED BY JOHN CAMPBELL WHO LIVED ON EASY STREET.

THE YOUNG LADY DRIVING IS IRENE ROGERS WHO ALSO LIVED ON EASY STREET.

THE PHOTOGRAPHER IS UNKNOWN BUT WAS PROBABLY C. L. TOTTEN, TOM TOTTEN'S DAD, WHO HAD A PHOTO SHOP ACROSS THE STREET AT THE TIME. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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Wytheville - Wythe County Copurt House682 viewsThis is a 1913 postcard view of the Wythe County Court House.
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Holdaway, Roscoe, et.al.682 viewsHere is Roscoe Holdaway and his wife Lizzie Perkins Holdaway with a lady named Minnie and possibly her daughter Yvonne. All are from Grayson county VA.
Roscoe is the son of John Dodson Holdaway and Elvira Perkins. Lizzie may be a daughter of Gordon Perkins and Kate Jones-not sure. She has a brother named Clarence. Courtesy of Cathy Bell cjbell47@goldenwest.net
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Marion - Virginia House Restaurant682 viewsFrom a late 1950s postcard.
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wythech1913.jpg681 viewsThis is a 1913 view.
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spencervictor.jpg681 viewsVictor Franklin Spencer, son of William Troy and Alice Osborne Spencer and husband of Melinda Jane Weaver, in his WW1 uniform. Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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spencerisaac.jpg681 viewsHigher resolution image of this couple.
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Weaver, Elihu Family681 viewsLeft to right: Wilburn, Curtis, Elihu, Sophronia, and Vilenia. Elihu Weaver was the son of Clayborn Monroe and Martha Litisha Phipps Weaver. Sophronia was the daughter of Wilburn Kilby. This photo dates to about 1932 and was taken at thier home at Wolf Knob in western Grayson County. From Jeff Weaver's collection.
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Wythevillemain40s.jpg680 viewsFrom a 1940s era postcard
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