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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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doughtonrufus.jpg719 viewsSon of J. Horton Doughton and Rebecca Jones, served as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina.00000
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johnstonhg.jpg461 viewsPhysician and surgeon with a practice at Pearisburg in 1924. Born on November 18, 1877 at Pearisburg, son of dr. Harvey G. Johnston, Sr. and Mary Fowler Halsey.00000
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combsfh.jpg778 viewsBorn July 6, 1877 Lambsburg, Carroll County, VA. Trial lawyer. photo taken ca. 1922.00000
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bristolpo.jpg428 viewsFrom 1930-45 postcard.00000
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bristolcityhall.jpg508 viewsThis is a linen era (1930-45) postcard.00000
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pulaskiairport.jpg819 viewsThis view of the Pulaski airport was made probably in the 1940s.00000
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Radford - Radford Normal School449 viewsThis 1917 postcard shows the proposed location for the women's extension from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and that new school is now known as Radford University.00000
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Kingsport - Broad Street387 viewsThis early view of Broad Street is from a circa 1915 postcard.00000
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Kingsport - Rotherwood Farm422 viewsThis 1940s postcard shows the "Old Elm" and the Silk Mill on the banks of the North Fork of the Holston River.
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Kingsport - Church Circle401 viewsThis aerial view is from a 1954 postcard.00000
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Jonesborough - Robert Taylor Birthplace344 viewsThis 1907 postcard shows the birthplace of famous Tennessee senator Robert Taylor. 00000
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Milligan - Pardee Hall413 viewsThis image shows Pardee Hall on the campus of Milligan College. This is from a 1940s postcard.00000
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