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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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scan0008.jpg453 views Here is a postcard that was written on 7 Dec. 1951 Top of Card: Bowie Apartments-Rooms for Overnight Guests - on Rt 58 - near US 58 Bottom of card: 401-405 N.Main St, Galax, Virginia (on back of card it says that Dr. & Mrs. Bowie was Managing Owner.
Courtesy of Irene Baldwin ibaldi@erols.com
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pics 074.jpg453 viewsPhoto September 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Abingdon - Engraving from 1846453 viewsThis 1846 engraving is taken from Howe's History of Virginia.
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Rocky Hollow - Barn and Silo453 viewsOnce common, many are in disrepair. Note the tree growing out of the silo. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 8, 2007.
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Haw Orchard - Haw Orchard Baptist Church453 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver June 13, 2007.
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mwashinn.jpg452 viewsBuilt in the 1840s for Francis Preston, it became a Civil War Hospital, then a Methodist College for Women, and is now a very elegant hotel in downtown Abingdon. From a 1940s era postcard.
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graysonseal.jpg452 viewsEnough said.
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100_1686.jpg452 viewsPhoto Sunset, April 23, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Clinchburg - Trestle452 viewsThis is the trestle at Tin Bridge Hollow. Photo by Jeff Weaver, January 12, 2007.
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abingdonbranch1.jpg451 viewsAnother scenic view from the 1920s probably near Damascus.
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june2006pic 028.jpg451 viewsPhoto June 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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holstonconfcem.jpg451 viewsThis is a 1908 postcard.
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