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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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vc1.jpg716 viewsThis is a ca. 1916 view taken from a distance.
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Christiansburg - Church of the Brethren716 viewsFrom a 1970s postcard.
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Saltville - Asiatic Lillies716 viewsAt the home of Jeff Weaver, Saltville, vVA, spring 2006.
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marionmain09.jpg715 viewsThis view of Marion was taken from a 1909 postcard.
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fries1909a.jpg715 viewsThis is from a postcard mailed in 1909.
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houndsears.jpg715 viewsThis is from a 1960s era postcard.
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Rt19pisgahswva.jpg715 viewsThis is from a 1938 postcard.
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andersonharveyellis.jpg715 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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johnstonhg.jpg714 viewsPhysician and surgeon with a practice at Pearisburg in 1924. Born on November 18, 1877 at Pearisburg, son of dr. Harvey G. Johnston, Sr. and Mary Fowler Halsey.
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hmbeach.jpg714 viewsThis is from an early 1950 postcard.
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grayston1942.jpg714 viewsThis 1942 postcard shows some of the guests on the lawn.
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pics 225.jpg714 viewsMaking music at the October 8, 2006 Whitetop Molasses festival. Photo by Jeff Weaver.
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