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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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adminetsu.jpg231 viewsFrom a 1940s postcard.
apphospital.jpg
apphospital.jpg231 viewsThis is a 1930s postcard view.
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centralbaptist.jpg230 viewsFrom a 1930s postcard.
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cobbhouse.jpg275 viewsThis is a 1933 photo from the files of the Library of Congress showing the Cobb House near Johnson City, Tennessee. The core of this structure dates from circa 1770.
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colonialhoteljct.jpg247 viewsThis is a 1915 postcard view.
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countryclub.jpg252 viewsThis is from a 1929 postcard.
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devaulttavern.jpg359 viewsThis photo shows the Devault Tavern at Leesburg, northeast of Jonesborough. Construction began in 1819 and was completed in 1821. From the files of the Library of Congress. This photo was created in 1983 for the Historic American Buildings Survey.
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Johnson City - Devil's Looking Glass322 viewsThis 1930s postcard shows a rock formation known as the Devil's Looking Glass with the CC&O Railroad in the foreground.
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Johnson City - Dixie Drive In293 viewsFrom a 1950s era postcard.
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dormetsu.jpg249 viewsEast Tennessee State Normal School was the precursor of East Tennessee State Teacher's College and East Tennessee State University. This postcard is from the 1930s.
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Johnson City - East Tennessee Electric Company288 viewsThis circa 1910 postcard shows the East Tennessee Electric Company's hydo facility near Johnson City.
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etsu1940s.jpg238 viewsThis 1940s post card shows a portion of the campus of the precursor of East Tennessee State University.
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