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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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gfm4.jpg331 viewsFrom 1950s postcard.
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roancityhosp1914.jpg331 viewsRoanoke City Hospital, ca. 1914
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millmtninclinerailroad.jpg331 viewsFrom a 1900-1910 postcard.
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asuquad.jpg331 viewsThis is from a 1930-45 linen postcard.
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mcafeesknob.jpg331 viewsThis is a 1907 postcard.
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The North Fork of the New River near Weaver's Ford, Ashe County, North Carolina: 331 viewsView is looking to the northwest from the east bank of the river
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Salem - Lutheran Orphanage330 viewsFrom a 1930-45 era postcard.
christepsicopalroanoke.jpg
christepsicopalroanoke.jpg330 viewsThis is from a mid-20th century postcard.
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roanoketrolly1910.jpg330 viewsThis is a circa 1910 postcard showing a trolly passing over a stream "near Roanoke."
broadstreetmethodist.jpg
broadstreetmethodist.jpg330 viewsThis is from a 1930s era postcard. Click here for the church's website.
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nwtrainroanoke.jpg330 viewsThis 1960s postcard shows Diesel engine 132 in the Roanoke yards.
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Emily Frances (Scott) Cornett visiting Galveston, TX - 1921330 viewsEmily (William Washington Cornett's 2nd wife) came from Alton, KS a few years after William's death to stay the winter with her Son, John Winton Cornett and his sons in El Campo, TX. Here she is seen with William Delany Cornett and his girlfriend in front of the Galveston seawall, built after the 1900 storm that ravaged the town.
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