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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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powersstore.jpg444 viewsLocated in Sturgill's near the Primitive Baptist Church, this store was photographed in July 1978. At that time the store was used for storage. Photo by Jeff Weaver
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100_1312.jpg444 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 22, 2006.
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Nelia Sexton (Courtesty of Heather Sexton)444 views
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Carlheim Hotel, Lenoir, ca. 1910444 views
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John Paul Jones444 viewsPortrait of John Paul Jones (1747-1792) by Charles Wilson Peale
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whitetop.jpg443 viewsThis is a 1940s era postcard of Whitetop Mountain. The X marks the point where North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia come together at one point.
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greengable4.jpg443 viewsFormer service station, now a junk yard. Photo by Scott Trent, 2004.
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Bristol - Mayor Preston's Conference Room at Bristol Caverns443 viewsThis image is from a 1960s era postcard. Click here for their website.
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pics 085~0.jpg443 viewsThis factory, located on the North Fork of the New River, makes electrolytic capacitors. It was formerly known as Sprague Electric Company. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 13. 2007
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Spencer White Warren and Margaret J Roberts.443 views
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bristolstation.jpg442 viewsThe postcard view here is fom the mid to late 1920s.
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greengable3.jpg442 viewsVictorian era house at Volney. Photo by Scott Trent.
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