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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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Blwong Rock - Lake on the Cone Estate262 viewsPostmarked August `1930, this postcard shows the lake on the Moses Cone Estate near Blowing Rock.
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conemansion.jpg244 viewsThis is from a 1960s postcard.
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Blowing Rock - The Palace at Tweetsie259 viewsThis 1960s postcard shows the dance hall girls at Tweetsie's "The Palace." On a visit there in the early 1960s one of these girls planted a big old kiss on my Dad causing him no little amount of grief, although he had nothing to do with it.
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danielbooneinn.jpg234 viewsPhoto April 27, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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dbooneinn.jpg246 viewsThe Daniel Boone Inn was located in the town of Boone. This image is from a mid-20th century post card.
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dutchcreekfalls1938.jpg232 viewsThis is from a 1938 postcard.
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galaxatblowingrock.jpg273 viewsThis is from an early 1900s postcard.
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glenburneyfalls.jpg235 viewsThis is from the 1930-45 era.
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Blowing Rock - Glen Burnie Falls243 viewsThis is from a postcard which was mailed in 1911.
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Blowing Rock- Tweetsie315 viewsThis 1960s postcard shows the Golden Nuget Saloon at the Tweetsie Railroad Amusement Park.
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grandfather1908.jpg249 viewsThis view of Grandfather Mountain from Blowing Rock is taken from a 1906 postcard.
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greenpark.jpg263 viewsThis image from the early 20th century is taken from an old postcard.
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