Virginia photographs [manuscript], 1890, n.d.

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Virginia photographs [manuscript], 1890, n.d.

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Photographs of scenes in Big Stone Gap and Tacoma, Va. Photographs taken at Tacoma by Fritz & Rue, Big Stone Gap, Va., are of the site of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, a boarding house, a church, a saw mill, two old homes and the surrounding countryside. Photographs taken at Big Stone Gap by an unidentified photographer include the local police force, the arrival of the first train in 1890, a walnut logging crew, and the entrance to Natural Tunnel, Scott County, Va.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Norfolk and Western Railroad Company

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The Norfolk and Western Railroad originated with the 1838 chartering of the City Point Railroad, a line between Petersburg and City Point, Virginia. The line was purchased by the South Side Railroad in 1854, which, in turn, merged with the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad and the Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad, forming the Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad in 1870. The AM&O fell into bankruptcy and was purchased in 1881, the new owners incorporating under the name Norfolk and Wes...

Fritz and Rue.

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