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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.


Title + - • File Name + - • Date + - • Position + -
abingdon10.jpg
abingdon10.jpg348 viewsFrom the People's National Bank of Abingdon, VA.
abingdon1846.jpg
abingdon1846.jpg325 viewsThis sketch of Abingdon was first published in Henry Howe's 1846 Description of Virginia.
abingdon1846~0.jpg
Abingdon - Engraving from 1846298 viewsThis 1846 engraving is taken from Howe's History of Virginia.
abingdon1908~0.jpg
abingdon1908~0.jpg327 viewsThis is from a postcard mailed in 1908.
abingdon1909.jpg
abingdon1909.jpg354 viewsTaken from an old postcard
abingdon1909mainstreet.jpg
abingdon1909mainstreet.jpg301 viewsThis is a 1909 postcard of Abingdon's Main Street.
abingdon30.jpg
abingdon30.jpg348 viewsThis is taken from a 1930s postcard.
abingdon50.jpg
abingdon50.jpg325 viewsThis is taken from a 1950s postcard.
abingdonacademy.jpg
abingdonacademy.jpg310 viewsFrom a 1940s postcard.
abingdonbranch1.jpg
abingdonbranch1.jpg305 viewsAnother scenic view from the 1920s probably near Damascus.
abingdonbranch2.jpg
abingdonbranch2.jpg289 viewsThis view taken probably in the 1920s along Laurel Creek near Damascus, Virginia.
abingdonbranchsteam.jpg
abingdonbranchsteam.jpg338 viewsThis photo was taken in the early 20th century on the Abingdon branch of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.
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