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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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mont10cent.jpg702 viewsThis is an 1862 ten cent note issued by Montgomery County, Virginia.
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Anderson - William Reese Anderson and Sarah Jane Sturgess-Anderson, 1877 to 1900702 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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pics 085.jpg702 viewsThis church was organized in 1788. This photo was taken September 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Rich Valley - Girls Basketball Team702 viewsThis is the 1946 Rich Valley High School Girls Basketball Team.
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Marion - Hungry Mother State Park702 viewsThis 1957 postcard shows the beach at Hungry Mother State PArk, near Marion.
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GHS CLASS OF 1928.jpg701 viewsCourtesy of Judy Alley.
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wellfields2.jpg701 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, Summer 2003.
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EastMainandEasy-April15,2006-Cropped.jpg701 viewsThis Don Smith Photo taken April 15, 2006 shows the neighborhood between East Main Street and Easy Street between 2nd Avenue and Highway 107.
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CCJAQARO.JPG701 viewsThis Civilian Conservation Corps was located at Sugar Grove. Photo courtesy of Mary C. Blevins.
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FLATTOP009.jpg701 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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jonescharlie2~0.jpg701 viewsCourtesy of Viola Shentons shentons@thevillages.net
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Lansing - Lansing High School701 viewsThis is the old Lansing High School, later elementary school. Photo by Jeff Weaver May 9, 2007
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