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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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Saltvo;;e - Well Fields727 viewsWELL FIELDS AND TOWN. SALTVILLE, VA.

SEPTEMBER 7, 1969. 135MM TELE. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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wolfknobsch1901.jpg726 viewsThis school group is not a complete picture, but it is all I have.
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wythevillepowerplant.jpg726 viewsThis is from a 1909 postcard.
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Saltville - Hobart Smith Music festival726 views"HOPPY" HOPKINS PERFORMS AT THE HOBART SMITH MUSIC FESTIVAL.

R. B. WORTHY H. S. AUDITORIUM / SALTVILLE, VA. / JULY 1972

CHARLES SLATE PHOTO. Courtesy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net


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Konnarock - Lutheran Training School726 viewsFrom a 1940s postcard.
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wolf1910.jpg725 viewsFrom Jeff Weaver's family collection.
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Hotel Wilkes725 viewsThis is a 1910s view of the lobby of the Hotel Wilkes.
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blacksburgmain.jpg725 viewsThis is from a 1940s postcard.
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Grandma Medley725 viewsGrandma Medley (Margie Alice Carpenter) with Ernest Everett Medley, Baby Clema Frances Caudle and Rose Emma Caudill, taken in 1916.

Grandpa Medley (Thomas Jefferson) made the picket fence and they are in front of a huge Pampas grass plant that he got somewhere in his travels and planted in the yard. Mom said that he took really good care of his yard. This was on Mitchell's River, inside what is now the Reynolds Estate ...Mom said neighbors would get the "flowers" from the Pampas Grass to use for dusters..
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scan0005.jpg725 viewsThese two children are Clarence & Elbert Pool who sent their photograph to their teacher Mae Thomas in 1913 at Carsinsville, VA.. Mae married John William Baldwin in 1915. Courtesy of Irene Baldwin ibaldi@erols.com
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pic 001.jpg725 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver May 2006.
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Allred, Steve725 viewsthis picture is that of Steve Allred. He was a son of Thomas C. Allred and Julina Frost, and brother to Minnie Allred. I believe this picture is taken on a road overlooking Galax. Courtesy of Mike Marshall mmarshall13@triad.rr.com
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