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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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photoshootL5.jpg345 viewsFrank Huffman, a native of Glade Spring, VA, flying over central California. Courtesy of Frank Huffman. For more information see http://www.frazierlake.com.
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100_1704.jpg345 viewsOne of the businesses in Chilhowie, VA. Photo April 26, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 075.jpg345 viewsThis is Laurel Gap Mountain. Photo September 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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johnfainbarn.jpg345 viewsThis photo is from the files of the Library of Congress. The original photograph was produced by the National Park Service in 1976.
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wheelerboatdock.jpg345 viewsThis July 1973 aerial photo is courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Stuart, Henry C.345 viewsBorn in Wytheville in 1855, moved to Russell County, VA, became one of the largest stock raisers in the United States. Member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1901 and served as Governor of Virginia from 1914 unil 1918. Died in Russell County, VA in 1933.
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Roanoke - Catawba Sanitarium345 viewsThis 1930s postcard shows the dining hall at the Catawba Sanitarium, a facility for tuberculosis patients located near Roanoke.
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Bell's Reaping Machine 1826345 views
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Wilkes General Hosptial, ca. 1935345 views
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abingdondepot.jpg344 viewsThis image was probably made in the 1940s.
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100_1666.jpg344 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, April 23, 2006.
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loomhouse.jpg344 viewsTaken from a circa 1910 postcard.
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