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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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PRESTONHOUSEPALMERINNSCHOOLHOTEL234.jpg578 viewsThis April 1972 photograph is courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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cherryhillcoffeeshop.jpg578 viewsThis is an advertising card from the 1940-50 period.
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wilkesbuscenter.jpg578 viewsThis 1938 postcard shows the downtown area of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
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andersonharveyellis.jpg578 viewsMy father, Harvey Ellis Anderson, is second from the left in the front row. It has always been my impression that he was the teacher at this school in Majors. I am not sure of his age at the time, but wonder how he qualified as a teacher. I have no idea where he might have attended school although I believe he briefly attended college at Valpairoso College or University somewhere in the midwest as he was returning to Grayson County from Washington State. (The only information I have about his time in Washington was that he and several friends climbed Mount Baker which he reported to a newspaper in Grayson. I have a copy of his "letter to the editor." Several of his siblings are also present in the picture and their names are underlined. Claude Testerman is also shown who married Harvey's sister, Laura. Courtesy of R. David Anderson rdandy1@cfw.com
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boxingmatch.jpg578 viewsFrom the late 1930s photography of John Porter.
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Tuggle Gap - Blue Ridge Parkway578 viewsFrom a 1950s photo from the Library of Congress Collection.
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Laurel Bed Lake - Laurel Bed Lake578 viewsPhoto July 15, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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blackseagrass.jpg577 viewsThis is a photo of black sea grass taken in the well fields, Saltville, Virginia, summer 2003 by Jeff Weaver
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wolfknobgroup1.jpg577 viewsThis group of young people posed for this photo near Wolf Knob circa 1915.
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holytrinity.jpg577 viewsThis is the famous church of the frescoes.
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greenechapel.jpg577 viewsPhoto May 3, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. This church is sometimes called Howell Hill Baptist Church.
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CHURCHANDSCHOOL290.jpg577 viewsThis view from inside the Preston House was taken in February 1976. Photo courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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