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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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100_1413.jpg433 viewsPhoto April 2, 2006, by Jeff Weaver. This building was formerly a school.
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Picture 130.jpg433 viewsPhoto May 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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royaloak.jpg433 viewsFrom a 1930s era postcard.
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Spring Valley - Historical Store433 viewsCourtesy of David Arnold davod-arnold@comcast.net
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100_1423.jpg432 viewsThis old school building, once the Ezelle School, is next to the Ezelle Methodist Church. Photo April 2, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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newmanlibrary.jpg432 viewsThis is Newman Library on the Virginia Tech Campus as seen in a 1950s/1960s postcard.
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100_1763.jpg432 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, October 18, 2006. Identification by Trula Fay Purkey.
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busiccleaners.jpg432 viewsThis is an early 1960s photo of a business in Galax.
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Baywood - Hampton Lodge432 viewsBuilt in 1947 at the confluence of Little River and New River. This photo courtesy of Wade Weekes weekesh@earthlink.net
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brushcreekbaptist.jpg431 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, summer 2003.
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shedonspencerbranch.jpg431 viewsThis shed was located on Spencer Branch road just across the Grayson county line from Helton in Ashe County, when this snapshot was taken in June 1978. This construction design is fairly common in this part of Appalachia.
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feesridge1.jpg431 viewsThis is the general view from the top of Fees Ridge, Grayson County, VA. Photo by Jeff Weaver 1978.
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