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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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Emory - Emory & Henry College Campus517 viewsPhoto by Don Smith October 27, 2010.
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Gamble, Ersa Dell Sturgill516 viewsErsa Dell Sturgill Gamble is shown here at her home in Kennett Square, PA. She was the daughter of James Estil Sturgill and Ella Ingram.
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Cumberland Knob - View into Surry County516 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver May 20, 2007.
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Johnson City - Main Street516 viewsFrom a 1922 postcard.
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Roanoke - Catawba Sanitarium516 viewsThis 1930s postcard shows the dining hall at the Catawba Sanitarium, a facility for tuberculosis patients located near Roanoke.
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Weaver, Elize and Ashbury516 views Elize and Ashbury Weaver May 1918. Courtesy of Roy Weaver royweaver@bellsouth.net
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lester42.jpg515 viewsOnly three identified. First row next to the far right, Simon Thomas, far right, William Lester; Backrow far right Bower Thomas.
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Osborn, Rush Floyd515 viewsRush Floyd "Colonel" Osborn b 1 Feb 1866 Grayson Co. VA, d 26 Jun 1943 Alliance, NE, buried in Mullen, NE. This picture was taken Sept 17, 1939 at Halsey, NE. Courtesy of Donna (Collier) Dietrich dietricd@fyi.net
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100_1874.jpg515 viewsPhoto November 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Fox - Fox Creek Primitive Baptist Church Historical Marker515 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, May 30, 2007.
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