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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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100_1673.jpg551 viewsPhoto April 23, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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winebargermill.jpg551 viewsThis is from a 1960s postcard.
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undertakersgroceryposchool.jpg551 viewsThis ca. 1910 photo shows the Galax Post Office and other businesses.
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100_1714.jpg551 viewsThis photo taken October 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver, shows the Palmer Mill Theater. This facility is a recreation of the old Palmer Mill, but now hosts theatrical and musical events rather than grinding wheat and corn.
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Galax - Galax Fair Ad551 viewsThis postcard advertizes the 1911 Galax Fair. I think it is hillarious.
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Andrew Franklin Phipps551 viewsThis is a picture of Andrew Franklin Phipps and his wife, Matilda Jane Kendrick. They raised a family on Cutter's Creek. The Phipps family arrived in Dickenson County around 1850. The Kendricks arrived later, after 1900. Desta Elliott
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100_1368.jpg550 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 30, 2006.
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Picture 130.jpg550 viewsPhoto May 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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sebastianruth1966.jpg550 viewsMiss Ruth Sebastian is shown here teaching math to second graders at Virginia-Carolina in 1965.
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abingdon1909mainstreet.jpg550 viewsThis is a 1909 postcard of Abingdon's Main Street.
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warmemorialhallvpi.jpg550 viewsThis is War Memorial Hall on Virginia Tech Campus from a 1930s postcard.
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hinesbrchurch.jpg549 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, Summer 2004.
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