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 w4.jpg853 viewsThis postcard dates from 1923.
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 000_0655.JPG852 viewsPhoto summer 2005 by Jeff Weaver.
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 wythevillerestaurant.jpg850 views1930s Restaurant in Wytheville.
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 nunnbjracing.jpg850 viewsB. J. NUNN RACING TEAM HEADING FOR THE HUDSON, N. C. DRAGSTRIP.

THE CITIES SERVICE IN THE BACKGROUND IS WHERE TODD'S IS NOW.

THE RED CAR WAS A '62 CHEVY WITH A 409 ENGINE AND FACTORY FOUR IN THE FLOOR.

A WARM SEPTEMBER EVENING IN 1963. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 waltonfurnace.jpg850 viewsWalton Furnace (Walton Furnace Rd., East Piney Community), Wythe County, VA. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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 Wytheville - 1846 Engraving850 viewsThis engraving of Wytheville is taken from Howe's History of Virginia, published in 1846.
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 Walton Furnace - Tree in a Silo850 viewsThis photo is courtesy of David Arnold
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 000_0082.jpg849 viewsMusuem piece on display in Saltville, built in 1894 in Rhode Island.
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 Saltville - Fire Truck849 viewsPhoto by John Porter in the late 1930s.
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 saltwells1910.jpg849 viewsThis 1910 postcard shows the well fields in Saltville which were the points where brine was pumped for the various chemical applications at Mathieson Alkali Works. This postcard was published by G. P. Phipps of Glade Spring, VA.
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 cannon.jpg849 viewsTHIS IS WHERE THE CANNON ON THE TOWN HALL LAWN USED TO BE. IT WAS MOVED WHEN OLIN BUILT THE COMPUTER CENTER WHICH NOW HOUSES THE BANK OF MARION. THE MOVE TOOK PLACE IN JUNE OF 1967. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 Walton Furnace849 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford, courtesy of David Arnold daviv.arnold@adelphia.net
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