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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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radfordpo.jpg
radfordpo.jpg360 viewsFrom a 1930-45 era postcard.Jun 22, 2006
salttheater2.jpg
salttheater2.jpg582 viewsFROM A SALT KETTLE THEATRE PRODUCTION ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE OLD MATHIESON GENERAL STORE BUILDING IN 1972.

FROM LEFT...LINDA TOLBERT, TIM DENTON, WAYNE AUSTIN, AND DEBBIE DEBORD

CHARLES SLATE PHOTO. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
Jun 21, 2006
cooperbf.jpg
cooperbf.jpg794 viewsB. F. Cooper was a physician who lived near Old Town in the 19th century. He was also the Captain of the Grayson County, Virginia Confederate Home Guard during the Civil War.Jun 21, 2006
bluefieldcollege.jpg
bluefieldcollege.jpg477 viewsThis is a 1936 postcard view of Bluefield College.Jun 21, 2006
firstgalaxfair.jpg
firstgalaxfair.jpg533 viewsThis photo was taken at the first Galax Fair, circa 1906.Jun 21, 2006
brownlow.jpg
brownlow.jpg219 viewsNative of Wythe County, Virginia, Parson Brownlow made his mark on history as firely abolitionist Methodist minister in Knoxville, Tennessee; and reconstruction governor of Tennessee.Jun 19, 2006
HonakerSights006.jpg
Honaker - New Garden Primitive Baptist Church735 viewsThis photo by Janice Busic (janice_b@verizon.net), shows this old church which was probably used as a hospital during the civil war.Jun 19, 2006
damascus1908.jpg
damascus1908.jpg336 viewsThis is a general view of Damascus, Virginia from a 1908 postcard.Jun 19, 2006
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Lebanon - Farming Scene ca. 1932838 viewsThis is a 1932 postcard showing men stacking oats.Jun 19, 2006
brittsrestaurant.jpg
brittsrestaurant.jpg305 viewsPhoto from 1960s postcard.Jun 19, 2006
galaxmethodist.jpg
galaxmethodist.jpg317 viewsFrom a 1930s postcard.Jun 19, 2006
waddellhospital.jpg
waddellhospital.jpg374 viewsFrom 1950s postcard.Jun 19, 2006
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