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Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission
Exploring the Stories and History of Mount Vernon, Iowa

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.
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Aerial photograph in a series of the city taken on May 12th 1975. View from … Read more …
May Music Festival – Chicago Symphony chartered train on siding in Mount Vernon. Players stayed … Read more …
Maybe high school activity? Possible a Maypole festivity. Any clue what is going on here? … Read more …
Modest home. Note brick foundation, queen Anne windows small and large upper paine on first … Read more …
Mount Vernon policemen. From left to right: Bob Hess, Tom Childs, and Earl Wolvers. Date … Read more …