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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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Longwood.jpg
Longwood.jpg241 viewsLongwood This Victorian Mansion built by Thomas Henry Cooper Cicra 1904. Destroyed by fire Nov. 19, 1968. Couresy of Robert Weaver leeann18@msn.com00000
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12oclockknob.jpg
12oclockknob.jpg316 viewsPostcard view of this local landmark.00000
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salemmain1910s.jpg
salemmain1910s.jpg212 viewsThis postcard view of Main Street in Salem was made circa 1920.00000
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oxcartwilkes.jpg
oxcartwilkes.jpg819 viewsFrom a 1914 postcard.00000
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mtairybank.jpg
mtairybank.jpg325 viewsFrom a 1915-30 era postcard.00000
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meadowsjt.jpg
Meadows, John Tyler240 viewsBorn Dec. 15, 1866 in Giles County, VA. Later President of the First National Bank of Roanoke when this photo was taken in the 1920s.00000
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Henderson,Waynefjpg.jpg674 viewsWayne Henderson, s/o John Wesley Henderson & Rosa Ellen Ratcliffe. Courtesy of Jack Hockett.00000
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phippsolaetc~0.jpg932 viewsThis 1918 photo shows the survivng chiildren of Benjamin Franklin Phipps and Cora Lee Richardson, standing front, Paul Jones Phipps (1917-1982), back Mary Annie Lou Phipps (1910-2002), Ola Mae Phipps (sitting) (1906-1997) and Winnie Emaline Phipps (1913-1987). 00000
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kingsportdepot.jpg
kingsportdepot.jpg325 viewsFrom an early 20th century postcard.00000
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tricitiesairport.jpg
tricitiesairport.jpg334 viewsFrom a 1950s postcard.00000
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lester43.jpg
lester43.jpg542 viewsLeft to right: Shirley Bowers, Juanita Hawthorne, Charles Lester, Mary Folden, Eliza Folden.00000
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LESTER44.jpg
LESTER44.jpg573 viewsA glamour shot from the early 20th century.00000
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