Skip to content

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.

Most viewed
christepsicopalroanoke.jpg
christepsicopalroanoke.jpg243 viewsThis is from a mid-20th century postcard.
flourmill.jpg
flourmill.jpg243 viewsThis is from 1 circa 1910 postcard.
pinnacleinn~0.jpg
pinnacleinn~0.jpg243 viewsBanner Elk was a playground for lowlanders from a very early date. This postcard is circa 1915.
stonewallcollege~1.jpg
stonewallcollege~1.jpg243 viewsThis is a circa 1918 postcard showing the west wing of Stonewall College in Abingdon.
cystalsprings1902.jpg
Roanoke - Crystal Springs243 viewsThis is from a very early color postcard, perhaps circa 1905.
looprr.jpg
Johnson City - Loop Railroad243 viewsThis a circa 1920s postcard. This website has more information.
Longwood.jpg
Longwood.jpg242 viewsLongwood This Victorian Mansion built by Thomas Henry Cooper Cicra 1904. Destroyed by fire Nov. 19, 1968. Couresy of Robert Weaver leeann18@msn.com
crystalspring.jpg
crystalspring.jpg242 viewsThis is a 1907 postcard.
roanokefarmer.jpg
roanokefarmer.jpg242 viewsThis 1940 photo from the files of the Library of Congress shows a "typical" farmer of the era.
100_1931.jpg
Abingdon - First Baptist Church242 viewsPhoto January 12, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
meadowsjt.jpg
Meadows, John Tyler241 viewsBorn Dec. 15, 1866 in Giles County, VA. Later President of the First National Bank of Roanoke when this photo was taken in the 1920s.
asuquad.jpg
asuquad.jpg241 viewsThis is from a 1930-45 linen postcard.
4754 files on 397 page(s) 379