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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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july2006pic 021.jpg551 viewsThis is the J. F. Fletcher Chapel on the Campus at Oak Hill. Photo July 14, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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undertakersgroceryposchool.jpg551 viewsThis ca. 1910 photo shows the Galax Post Office and other businesses.
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hinesbrchurch.jpg550 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, Summer 2004.
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abingdon1909mainstreet.jpg550 viewsThis is a 1909 postcard of Abingdon's Main Street.
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whitesmillabingdon.jpg549 viewsThis is from a 1950s/1960s era postcard.
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Picture 037.jpg549 viewsPhoto April 29, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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glade1860.jpg548 viewsThis wood cut purports to show the village of Glade Spring ca. 1840. The mountain in the background is Whitetop, perhaps exaggerated.
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100_1546.jpg548 viewsPhoto April 14, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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100_1681.jpg548 viewsThis Iron Bridge spans the North Fork of Holston River on Ridgedale Road. This type bridge, once common, is fast disappearing from the landscape. Photo April 23, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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radfordunivdining.jpg548 viewsThis is from a 1930s era postcard.
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100_1834.jpg548 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, November 1, 2006.
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Gold Hill - Making Hay548 viewsThe foreground shows cut hay being raked into "wind rows." After this is done the bailer comes along and makes bales of hay. Photo June 8, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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