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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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wilkesmeparsonage.jpg490 viewsFrom a 1900-1910 postcard.11111
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Thomas Caudill House710 viewsThe House of Thomas Caudill, still standing in 2003. Built ca. 1865.
Courtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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wilkesbororr.jpg520 viewsThis scene of the railroad is just east of Wilkesboro. This photo postcard is circa. 191011111
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Piney Grove Cemetery682 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn00000
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Mount Airy - Aerial View385 viewsThis aerial view of Mount Airy, North Carolina dates from 1968.00000
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1stbaptistmtaity.jpg393 viewsFrom a 1930-45 era postcard.00000
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smootandsonstannery.jpg550 viewsFrom a 1900-1910 postcard.00000
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Elkin - First United Methodist Church405 viewsThis view shows the First United Methodist Church of Elkin from the northeast. The image was created in 1960. From the collections of the Library of Congress.00000
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Elkin - First United Methodist Church382 viewsThis 1960 Photograph shows the First Methodist Church of Elkin at night. From the collections of the Library of Congress.00000
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mtairyquary.jpg370 viewsGranite stone, in particular grave makers, are made from granite quarried near Mount Airy. This is a 1930-45 era postcard. 00000
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Mulberry - Mount Lawn Memorial Park548 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 200700000
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Mount Airy - Granite Quarry417 viewsA very early (1910) postcard view of the granite quarry near Mount Airy, NC.00000
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