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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.


Most viewed - North Carolina Counties
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100_1297.jpg389 viewsPhoto March 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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mayviewmanor~0.jpg389 viewsThis is from a 1930-45 era postcard.
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kingstreet1965.jpg388 viewsThis is a circa 1965 view of King Street facing west.
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pics 170.jpg388 viewsFounded in 1891, this photo was taken September 27, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Blowing Rock - The Palace at Tweetsie388 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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wataugahouseca1912.jpg387 viewsThis is a circa 1912 postcard of an early tourist home in Blowing Rock.
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mabelbaptist.jpg385 viewsPhoto April 28, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Blwong Rock - Lake on the Cone Estate385 viewsPostmarked August `1930, this postcard shows the lake on the Moses Cone Estate near Blowing Rock.
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100_1255.jpg384 viewsAppalachian State University Campus, March 12, 2006.
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pics 171.jpg384 viewsPhoto September 27, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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boone1930.jpg383 viewsThis view of Boone is taken from a 1930s era postcard.
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Boone - Bird's Eye View382 viewsThis is a hand water-colored postcard showing Boone and Howards Knob, executed about 1910.
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