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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.


altizerbridge.jpg
altizerbridge.jpg703 viewsThis is the bridge over Route 8 at the Floyd-Montgomery County line.
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Copper Valley - Fantasy Postcard588 viewsThis is a fantasy postcard from Floyd County, VA mailed in 1949.
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floydarsenicmine.jpg709 viewsGeneral View of the milling plant and mines of the United States Arsenic Mines Company. Photo circa. 1905.
floydnikelmines.jpg
floydnikelmines.jpg645 viewsGeneral view of the main opening for nickel ore on Lick Fork, near Hemlock, Floyd County, Virginia. Owned by the Virginia Nickel Corporation. Photo circa. 1905.
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Floyd - Hotel Brame770 viewsThis postcard with a 1912 postmark shows Hotel Brame, a summer resort in Floyd, Virginia.
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Floyd - Hotel Floyd circa 1910871 viewsThis view f teh Hotel Floyd is from a circa 1910 postcard.
mabrymillblacksmithshop.jpg
mabrymillblacksmithshop.jpg662 viewsMore information can be found at this brief website about Mabry Mill. This is from a 1970s sytle postcard.
maybrymill.jpg
maybrymill.jpg798 viewsThis is a depression era photo of the Maybry Mill in Floyd County, VA.
pinetavern.jpg
pinetavern.jpg710 viewsThis postcard dates from about 1950.
puckettcabin.jpg
puckettcabin.jpg594 viewsThis is from a 1972 postcard.
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Tuggle Gap - Blue Ridge Parkway522 viewsFrom a 1950s photo from the Library of Congress Collection.
zionlutheran1937.jpg
zionlutheran1937.jpg616 viewsThis photo is from a 1930s Roanoke Times newspaper clipping.
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