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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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firetower.jpg819 viewsThis is a 1930-45 era postcard.
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Benjamin Rush, M.D.819 viewsBenjamin Rush, M.D. (1745-1813) Life Engraving by Edwin, 1813
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abramsfalls.jpg818 viewsThis site, near Bristol, Virginia, was taken from an old real-photo postcard.
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zionlutheran1937.jpg818 viewsThis photo is from a 1930s Roanoke Times newspaper clipping.
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kingsportbroadstreet.jpg818 viewsThis is from a 1930s postcard.
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cards.jpg818 viewsFrom John Porter's photos from the late 1930s.
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Johnson City - Williams Library818 viewsThis is a circa 1930s postcard.
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chburgmain1920s.jpg818 viewsThis real photo postcard dates from the early 1920s.
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vc2.jpg817 viewsThis school building was built in 1940, and burned in 1968. The school sat on the state line. The center hall way was the stateline.
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100_1864.jpg817 viewsApproching the tunnel in the southbound lane of I-77. Photo November 4, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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saltvillepool.jpg816 viewsCourtesy of the Museum of the Middle Applachians.
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Minnie,Ossie,Wade,Ad,IdaBraySmith0001.jpg816 viewsThis is a photo of descendants of Mary Elizabeth Weaver Smith and James Latham Smith. I will give you their names, left to right, and their relationship to Mary and James.

Minnie Catherine Smith Peaks, b.9-29-1880, d.2-9-1953, daughter, buried at Weaver Union Church Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan County, TN
Ossie Belle Smith Thacker, b.8-1-1896, d.6-21-2004, granddaughter, buried at Otes Church Cemetery, Bulls Gap, Hawkins County, TN
Wade Palhoun Smith, b.2-6-1875, d.2-23-1944, son, buried in Bluff City, Sullivan County, TN
Darcus Adalaide Smith Cole, b.12-21-1871, d.2-14-1963, buried at Weaver Union Church Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan County, TN
Ida Bray Smith, wife of Wade Palhoun Smith (I don't have her birth/death dates at this time)

Mary Elizabeth Weaver Smith and James Latham Smith lived in the area known as Vance's Tank (Bristol area), Sullivan County, TN. Mary Elizabeth was born in Bristol, Sullivan County, TN. This is where their children were born.

I would guesstimate the photo is in the late 1930s or early 1940s, because Wade died in 1944.

Courtesy of Debi Coe
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