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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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oldoakenbucket.jpg295 viewsFrom a 1940s postcard.
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Glade Spring - Main Street295 viewsClick here for the Wikipedia article on Glade Spring. Photo May 23, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 185~0.jpg295 viewsPhoto July 4, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Blowing Rock - The Palace at Tweetsie295 viewsThis 1960s postcard shows the dance hall girls at Tweetsie's "The Palace." On a visit there in the early 1960s one of these girls planted a big old kiss on my Dad causing him no little amount of grief, although he had nothing to do with it.
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kellyschapel2.jpg294 viewsAnother view. Photo April 2006 by Jerry W. Catron.
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plasterco2.jpg294 viewsThis is a circa 1905 photo of the Plaster works at Plasterco.
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emorybyarshouse1908.jpg294 viewsThis 1908 postcard shows the Byars House at Emory.
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alex1presby294 viewsThis structure was erected in 1774. This post card dates from about 1930.
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etsu1940s.jpg294 viewsThis 1940s post card shows a portion of the campus of the precursor of East Tennessee State University.
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countryclub.jpg294 viewsThis is from a 1929 postcard.
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wranglerelectric1914.jpg294 viewsThis 1914 postcard shows Jefferson Street and Wrangler Electric Company at night.
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Richard Henry Lee294 viewsPortrait of Richard Henry Lee (1732-1796) Signer of the Declaration of Independence, by Charles Wilson Peale
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