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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 - Virginia Counties
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buchananbrosfarm.jpg899 viewsBUCHANAN BROTHERS FARM / BLACK HILL / SMYTH COUNTY, VA. / SEPTEMBER 1963 / LEM. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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wytheville.jpg898 viewsTaken from a 1940s era postcard.
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MGSWORKERS21968001.jpg897 viewsTHE LAST EMPLOYEES OF THE MATHIESON GENERAL STORE IN SALTVILLE, VA. BEFORE IT CLOSED IN 1968.

L-R- CLAUDE CUDDY, RICHARD NUTTER, EVELYN VENABLE, HUBERT VENABLE, ARCH HARPER, BRUCE WIMMER, AND EARL ANDERSON

Photo courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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J. Calvin Lee897 viewsThis grave marker for J. Calvin Lee shows the Confederate Iron Cross.
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eleanorrooseveltmarion.gif896 viewsThis is a 1933 image of First lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, on her way to the Whitetop folk music festival.
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ruralretreat.jpg895 viewsThis scenic postcard was mailed in 1924.
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pinetavern.jpg895 viewsThis postcard dates from about 1950.
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davisclaudeetal.jpg895 viewsThis photo dates from 1910-11. left to right Front row, Alice Thompson, Lucy Hart, Sissy Lyles, Blanche Hart, Claude Davis, Bert Ball, and Jim Thomas. Back row: Tom Dunn, Jake Ball,m Gil Smith, Jess Ball, Jim Terry, and Albert Thomas. Courtesy of Pauline Haga.
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Huddle - Huddle School895 viewsSchool located in Huddle Community of Wythe Co., VA. Photo by David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net

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greystonemanor.jpg893 viewsThis 1920s postcard shows the rear view of the Greystone Manor, home of C. C. Lincoln.
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Laurel Fork - John Carroll Historical Marker893 viewsPhoto by David Allen Rutherford. Courtesy of David Arnold david-arnold@comcast.net
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Saltville - Walker Mountain892 viewsSharp wooded hills of Walker Mountain (looking southwest from C 30). Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date, but circa 1910. From the U.S. Geological Survey.
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