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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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stny1925b.jpg
stny1925b.jpg428 viewsAustin - Stony Ridge School
Class photo from about 1925, mainly of younger children. Many students need to be identified. Courtesy of Jason Duncan jmduncan@statesville.net
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Anderson & Kids428 viewsAnderson family portrait, Hazel Dell, WA, 1900. "Left to Right Katharine, George, Minnie, Marilla, Fannie, William Reese, Asa, Sarah Jane, Charles, Audrey, Robert, Estelle and Edward" .
Names written on the back by grandmother Marilla Anderson-Gardner.

Courtesy of Suze moreach@netzero.net
radfordcollege1936.jpg
radfordcollege1936.jpg428 viewsThis is a 1936 postcard.
thompsonmotelshawsville.jpg
thompsonmotelshawsville.jpg428 viewsFrom a circa 1950 postcard.
myersmoteltexaco.jpg
myersmoteltexaco.jpg428 viewsThis post card is from the 1960s.
grayston1942.jpg
grayston1942.jpg428 viewsThis 1942 postcard shows some of the guests on the lawn.
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Francis_Sturgill_Cemetery3.jpg428 viewsGrave of Rebecca Hash Sturgill. Courtesy of Harold Hash.
grahamcoaling1910.jpg
grahamcoaling1910.jpg428 viewsThis is from a 1913 postcard.
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100_1844.jpg428 viewsPhoto November 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
galax1928.jpg
galax1928.jpg428 viewsThis is 1928 view of Galax by Boaz Studios, Galax, Virginia.
techmotel.jpg
techmotel.jpg428 viewsThis is from an early 1960s postcard.
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Mount Airy - Granite Quarry428 viewsA very early (1910) postcard view of the granite quarry near Mount Airy, NC.
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