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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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PICT0017.JPG297 viewsThis school is in western Watauga County, near the Johnson County, TN line. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 28, 2006.
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Blowing Rock - Lake Chetola297 viewsThis image is from a 1920s postcard.
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Blowing Rock - The Palace at Tweetsie296 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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blowingrockepiscopal.jpg295 viewsThis is from the 1930-45 era.
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dbooneinn.jpg294 viewsThe Daniel Boone Inn was located in the town of Boone. This image is from a mid-20th century post card.
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Blowing Rock - Blowing Rock294 viewsThis postcard with a copyright date of 1909 shows an early horseless carriage attempting to climb Blowing Rock.
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100_1257.jpg293 viewsI lived in this dormatory when I was a freshman at ASU (Jeff Weaver). Bowie Dormatory, Appalachian State University Campus, March 12, 2006.
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stringfellowestate.jpg293 viewsThis is from a circa 1905 postcard.
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sunshineinn.jpg291 viewsThis is a 1910-20 era postcard.
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Blowing Rock - Country Club291 viewsFrom a 1940s post card.
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Aho - Julian Price Park Dam290 viewsFrom the collection of the Library of Congress.
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100_1254.jpg288 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 12, 2006.
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