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Mount Vernon’s Historic Photos

Photo of 213 Tenth Avenue SW

Here you will find the Commission’s extensive collection of photographs. Perhaps you are searching for pictures of previous year’s Chalk the Walk festival or wondering what the inside of the old Neff Furniture Store used to look like. Maybe you’re just here to browse. Whatever the reasons, just know that these photos capture the spirit of Mount Vernon.


Cornell Football Team

photo of Cornell Football Team-1914

In front of Alumni Gym (now McWethey Art) Date @1914

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Alumni Gym, Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Faculty, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Sports, Who am I?

Cornell Track and Field Team

photo of Cornell Track and Field Team

In front of Alumni Gymn – undated – see ROYAL Purple @ 1915 Date @1915

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Alumni Gym, Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Faculty, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Who am I?

Cornell Football Team

photo of Cornell Football Team

In front of Alumni Gymn (McWethey) Date @1920

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Alumni Gym, Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Faculty, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Sports, Who am I?

President William Fletcher King

photo of President William Fletcher King

In front of Alumni Gymn (McWethy Art)– last building under King just before he retired … Read more …

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Alumni Gym, Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Faculty, Fashion, Men, Mount Vernon, Welcome Page Slider

Orchestra Group

photo of Orchestra Group

King Chapel Date @1914

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Students, Fashion, King Chapel, Men, Mount Vernon, Who am I?, Women

Students in front of Carnegie Library

photo of Students in front of Carnegie Library

In front of Carnegie Library (Norton) Date @1920

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Students, Fashion, Men, Mount Vernon, Norton Geology Center and Anderson Museum, Who am I?

King Chapel

photo of King Chapel-1960

King Chapel on Cornell College campus. Date @1960

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Glass Negative, King Chapel, Mount Vernon, Welcome Page Slider

King Chapel

photo of King Chapel

King Chapel on the Cornell College campus. Date @1910

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Glass Negative, King Chapel, Mount Vernon

Dance Class

photo of Dance Class

Inside Alumni Gym Date @1910

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Alumni Gym, Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Students, Fashion, Mount Vernon, Sports, Who am I?, Women

Main Street

photo of Main Street

Looking west from 5th Ave and 1st St W. board sidewalk. dirt streets Date @1910

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon

Cornell Students in Lab

photo of Cornell Students in Lab

Lab appears to be in lower floor of Aumni Gym. (McWethey Art) Date @1915

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Alumni Gym, Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Who am I?, Women

Lover’s Lane

photo of Lover's Lane

Lover’s Lane is to South and West of the chapel (behind the College Commons – … Read more …

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Glass Negative, King Chapel, Lover's Lane, Mount Vernon
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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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2 years ago

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