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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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Virginia High School426 viewsThis image is from a 1955 postcard.00000
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Roanoke - Elmmwood Park257 viewsThis view of Elmwood Park is from a 1920s postcard.00000
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Totten, Bill and Sanders, Frank781 viewsTWO OF SALTVILLE'S FORMER MAYORS...BILL TOTTEN, LEFT, AND FRANK SANDERS

THIS WAS AT THE STUART HOUSE DEDICATION ON WEST MAIN STREET IN SALTVILLE, VA. IN JUNE OF 1973. CCourtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@cokmcast.net
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Johnson City - Veterans Administration Flag267 viewsThis is an early (circa 1907) color postcard of the flag pole at the Old Soldiers Home in Johnson City, Tennesse.00000
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Orange -St. Thomas Episcopal Church277 viewsFrom a 1960 postcard.00000
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Orange - Zachary Taylor Birthplace370 viewsThis 1930 postcard shows a marker for the birthplace of U.S. President Zachary Taylor.00000
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Worth, David885 viewsThis is an apparent circa 1865 image of David Worth, of Creston, Ashe County, NC who was born in 1801 and died in 1888.00000
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Roanoke - Offices of the Norfolk & Western Railroad249 viewsFrom a 1930s postcard.00000
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Pearisburg - Pearisburg Methodist Episcopal Church401 viewsThis is a 1910 color postcard.00000
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Blacksburg - Virginia Tech Campus609 viewsThis 1909 color postcard shows a panorama of the Virginia Tech Campus.00000
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Blacksburg - Barracks 1 and 2428 viewsThis 1917 postcard shows VPI Barracks 1 and 2 in the early stages of American involvement in World War I.00000
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DeBoard, Bob and Alma Blevins.952 viewsBob and Alma Blevins Debord
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My grandfather used to run some kind of place that made corn meal. Courtesy of Mary Testerman marytest@comcast.net
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