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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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DSC02572.jpg645 viewsPhoto September 29, 2005 by Don Smith. dsmith1043@comcast.net
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sodaashbulkloader1942.jpg645 viewsThis is a 1941-42 photo showing some of the industrial processes at Mathieson Alkali Works.
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altamonthospital.jpg645 viewsThis real photo post card dates from the early 1930s.
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Saltville - Golf Course645 viewsGOLF COURSE POND / SALTVILLE, VA. / JULY 27, 2007 / 2:17 P.M. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Perkins, Winnie645 viewsHere is Winnie Perkins. I would like to know more about her.
Courtesy of Cathy Bell cjbell47@goldenwest.net
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Wooden Primitive Baptist Church644 viewsFrom an old photograph
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Troutdale - Sunrise Over Troutdale644 viewsSunrise over Troutdale, Virginia (photo taken 7:10 a.m. on Fairwood road) by Jeff Weaver March 12, 2006. It was a very foggy morning.
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Anderson - William Reese Anderson and Sarah Jane Sturgess-Anderson, 1877 to 1900644 viewsWilliam Reese Anderson and Sarah Jane
Sturges-Andersons' best "couple" photos in my stash of albums. I'd just
title it:

William Reese Anderson and Sarah Jane Sturgess-Anderson, 1877 to 1900

The one in the pink frame is a 'tintype' from 1877, the earliest one
I've found of them. Since tintypes are mirror-imaged, I've reversed it.
[If any Anderson relative out there has a copy, that should be taken
into account.] All images have been enlarged, digitally repaired*, but
not much changed otherwise. These would be Maggie Anderson-Henegar's
oldest brother and her first sister-in-law, Daisy Schrader's aunt and
uncle from out in Washington.

The one with two of their grown children is a crop from a 1900 family
portrait, and the other is sometime between. Sarah Jane was 14 when they
married, and Reese 29. So she would be about 40 in the 'tintype', and 63
in 1900.

Their two children included in the crop from the 1900 family photo are
Fannie [Frances Estelle] age 29, and Ace [Asa Alexander], age 27.

Courtesy of Suze moreach@netzero.net

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ddcole.jpg644 viewsThis is a 1907 photo. Courtesy of Mary C. Blevins.
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FLATTOP009.jpg644 viewsLOOKING WEST FROM THE WHITE ROCKS ON FLAT TOP MT. NEAR SALTVILLE, VA. / NOVEMBER 26, 2006. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Lansing - Main Street644 viewsThe Wikipedia Article about Lansing has the bare bones esentials of Lansing's history. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 6, 2007.
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Saltville - Engine No. 4644 viewsNO. 4 AT WORK / OLIN / SALTVILLE, VA. / JULY 1971. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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