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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 - Tennessee Counties & People
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Elizabethton - Main Street745 viewsAnother view of Main Street from a late 1950s postcard.
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Picture 058.jpg739 viewsThe world's shortest tunnel. Photo April 29, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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elizabethtonpo.jpg735 viewsThis is from a 1930-45, linen era, postcard.
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soldiershome1910.jpg733 viewsThis is a 1910 postcard view of the facility which was the precursor of the Veterans Hospital.
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Worley_scasket.jpg730 viewsCourtesy of Linda Viel viel@comcast.net
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stjohnsjohnsoncity.jpg727 viewsFrom a 1930-45 era linen postcard.
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municipalbldg.jpg723 viewsThis is from a 1916-1917 postcard.
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Weaver,MaryM2.jpg721 viewsThis is Isaac's wife, Mary M. Humphrey Weaver. We haven't been able to find much on her but the info we do have indicates she was born about 1821 and died about 1911. Courtesy of Debi Coe repunzul@tampabay.rr.com
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backbonerock1940.jpg721 viewsThis photo is circa 1940.
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bigcreekpark.jpg720 viewsThis is a circa 1905 postcard of Big Creek Park in Bristol, TN.
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netherlandinn.jpg711 viewsThis is from a 1930s photograph in the Library of Congress collection.
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Elizabethton - Doe River Bridge708 viewsThis 1940s postcard shows the Doe River Bridge in Elizabethton at night.
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