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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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gfm1.jpg217 viewsYet another view of Grandfather Mountain from the Banner Elk area.
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gfm2.jpg230 viewsThis view of a cloud capped Grandfather Mountain was made in the 1930-45 era.
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gfm3.jpg212 viewsThis night view was made 1930-45.
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gfm4.jpg214 viewsFrom 1950s postcard.
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gfm5.jpg210 viewsFrom a 1930-45 linen postcard, view at night.
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Linville - Golf At Esseola Inn218 viewsThis circa 1920 postcard shows some early tourists enjoying Golf in the mountains.
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gracehosp.jpg441 viewsThis image appears to be from the first third of the 20th century.
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Banner Elk - Grandfather Mountain214 viewsCourtesy of rel1@bellsouth.net
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Banner Elk - Observation Post on Grandfather Mountain208 viewsThis postcard was mailed from Furches, NC in 1946. Courtesy of rel1@bellsouth.net
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leesmcrae1910.jpg237 viewsThis is from a circa 1910 postcard. Lees McRae Institute was the precursor to Lees McRae College.
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linville1915.jpg480 viewsFrom a postally used postcard, dated 1915.
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Linville - Linville Caverns225 viewsThis is from a 1940s postcard. You may explore further at the Linville Caverns website.
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