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2023 Treasure Play

2023 – Treasure – Play – Abbe Children and Olive Abbe

2023-Treasure Play-Emery Willems and Marlena Rodenberg as Abbe Children huddle together and Bradon Rood as Olive Abbe

2023 – Treasure – Play – Emery Willems and Marlena Rodenberg as Abbe Children huddle … Read more …

Categories 2023 Treasure Play, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Abbe Children, Braden Rood, Emery Willems, Marlena Rodenberg, Olive Abbe

2023 – Treasure – Play – Vera Wittemore and Martin Luther King Jr.

2023-Treasure Play-Kim Benesh as Vera Wittemore, housekeeper at the guest house prays with Deon Nelson as Martin Luther King Jr.

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Categories 2023 Treasure Play, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Deon Nelson, Kim Benesh, Martin Luther King Jr., Vera Wittemore

2023 – Treasure – Play – Mrs. Hahn and Daniel Hahn

2023-Treasure Play-Mary Morgan-Blacharsky as Mrs. Hahn links arms with Dennis Rodenberg as early settler Daniel Hahn

2023 – Treasure – Play – Mary Morgan-Blacharski as Mrs. Hahn carrying a baby links … Read more …

Categories 2023 Treasure Play, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Daniel Hahn, Dennis Rodenberg, Mary Morgan-Blacharski, Mrs. Hahn

2023 – Treasure – Play – Mary Abbe and William Abbe

2023-Treasure Play-Kim Benesh as Mary Abbe links arms with Larry Hansen as William Abbe

2023 – Treasure – Play- Kim Benesh as Mary Abbe joyfully links arms with Larry … Read more …

Categories 2023 Treasure Play, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Kim Benesh, Larry Hansen, Mary Abbe, William Abbe

2023 – Treasure – Play – Olive Abbe

2023 Treasure - Play - Olive Abbe. She has died from overwork.

2023 – Treasure – Play – Olive Abbe. She has died from overwork. Photo by … Read more …

Categories 2023 Treasure Play, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Braden Rood, Olive Abbe

2023 – Treasure – Play – William Abbe

An actor on stage portraying William Abbe during the 2023 production of the play Treasure. He is holding an incredibly long list.

2023 – Treasure – Play – An actor on stage portraying William Abbe during the 2023 … Read more …

Categories 2023 Treasure Play, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Larry Hansen, William Abbe
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2 years ago

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The MVHPC partnered with the Linn County Historic Preservation Commission and the Mount Vernon Lisbon Community Development Group on the placement of two new informational kiosks about the history of the Lincoln Hwy in Lisbon and Mount Vernon. There was a commemoration at the Kiosk in Lisbon on Oct. 6 with a poem created for the event by Poet Laureate Amanda Kibbie. The MV Kiosk is located in Prairie Park next to the Cornell football field. The MV kiosk faces one of the last remaining brick portions of the Lincoln Hwy and is near the 10th Avenue Overpass. The overpass was built in approximately 1910 as a part of the Lincoln Hwy. Credit to Steven Ciha of the LCHPC for images. ... See MoreSee Less

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2 years ago

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UPDATE!!! Thanks to Jay and Arlie Willems, the circa 1910 glass negatives are now in the Mount Vernon Archives. We are grateful to Arlie and Jay for transporting the negatives and to Joe Burkart of Crestview Florida for donating them.Photo collectors in Crestview Florida have glass plate negatives of a photographer named Hodson who worked in and around Mount Vernon in 1910. The collectors have offered the negatives to the MVHPC. The plates are fragile and very heavy, so shipping them is not a good option. Is anyone planning to travel by car to Florida anytime in the next year and willing pick up these negatives in the panhandle of the state? If so, please send a message on this site to the site administrator. ... See MoreSee Less
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Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission updated their status.

2 years ago

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