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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.


1910 – Glass Negatives – Children’s Parade

1910 - Glass Negatives - Children's Parade - Girls in white dresses and hats and nicely-dressed boys with caps walk down main street.

1910 – Glass Negatives – Children’s Parade – Girls in white dresses and hats and … Read more …

Categories 1910 Glass Negatives, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negatives, Hodgson, Joe and Gloria Burkart, Main Street

1910 – Glass Negatives – Interurban Railway

1910 - Glass Negatives - Interurban Railway - A man sits in an automobile in the trench containing the railway for the interurban. One man wearing overalls stands on the rails while another stands on the lip of the trench on the right side.

1910 – Glass Negatives – Interurban Railway – A man sits in an automobile in … Read more …

Categories 1910 Glass Negatives, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negatives, Hodgson, Interurban, Joe and Gloria Burkart

1910 – Glass Negatives – Ice-covered Water Tower

1910 - Glass Negatives - Ice-covered Water Tower - The water tower is frozen with ice in the winter and in the background some of Mount Vernon is visible as well as the surrounding countryside.

1910 – Glass Negatives – Ice-covered Water Tower – The water tower is frozen with … Read more …

Categories 1910 Glass Negatives, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negatives, Hodgson, Joe and Gloria Burkart, Water Tower, Winter

1910 – Glass Negatives – Horse and Buggy

1910 - Glass Negatives - Horse and Buggy - A woman in a hat and coat sits in a buggy drawn by a white horse on a road lined with trees and houses.

1910 – Glass Negatives – Horse and Buggy – A woman in a hat and … Read more …

Categories 1910 Glass Negatives, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negatives, Hodgson, Joe and Gloria Burkart

1910 – Glass Negatives – Horse and Buggy (2)

1910 - Glass Negatives - Horse and Buggy (2) - Two men wearing hats are riding a horse and buggy on a dirt road with some trees, houses, and a field in the background.

1910 – Glass Negatives – Horse and Buggy (2) – Two men wearing hats are … Read more …

Categories 1910 Glass Negatives, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negatives, Hodgson, Joe and Gloria Burkart

2023 – Treasure – Play – Zeke with townspeople

2023-Treasure Play-Chris Childers as narrator Zeke speaks in front of actors Trevor Baty, Dennis Rodenberg, Chester Rood, and Deon Nelson

2023 – Treasure Play – Chris Childers as narrator Zeke speaks in front of actors … Read more …

Categories 2023 Treasure Play, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Chester Rood, Chris Childers, Dennis Rodenberg, Trevor Baty, Zeke

2023 – Treasure – Play – William Abbe

2023-Treasure Play-Larry Hansen as William Abbe

2023 – Treasure – Play – Larry Hansen as William Abbe. Photo by Len Struttmann. … Read more …

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

2023 – Treasure – Play – Reading letter by Mrs. Benjamin Ford

2023-Treasure Play-Tiyah Western reads letters home of from early settler Mrs. Benjamin Ford

2023 – Treasure – Play – Tiyah Western reads letters home of from early settler … Read more …

Categories 2023 Treasure Play, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Mrs. Benjamin Ford, Tiyah Western

2023 – Treasure – Play – Playwright Joe Jennison, Musician Catherine Kennedy, with Playwright and Director Amy White

2023-Treasure Play-Playwright Joe Jennison, Musician Catherine Kennedy, with Playwright and Director Amy White

2023 – Treasure – Play – Playwright Joe Jennison, Musician Catherine Kennedy, with Playwright and … Read more …

Categories 2023 Treasure Play, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Amy White, Catherine Lawson Kennedy, Joe Jennison

2023 – Treasure – Play – Mrs. J. M. Ruff and James Ruff

2023-Treasure Play-Tiyah Western as restauranteur and baker Mrs. J. M. Ruff links arms with Deon Nelson as barber James Ruff

2023 – Treasure – Play – Tiyah Western as restauranteur and baker Mrs. J. M. … Read more …

Categories 2023 Treasure Play, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Deon Nelson, James Ruff, Mrs. J. M. Ruff, Tiyah Western

2023 – Treasure – Play – Mary Fellows

2023-Treasure Play-Mary Morgan-Blacharsky as Mary Fellows.

2023 – Treasure – Play – Mary Morgan-Blacharski as Mary Fellows. Photo by Len Struttmann. … Read more …

Categories 2023 Treasure Play, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Mary Fellows, Mary Morgan-Blacharski

2023 – Treasure – Play – Historic Mount Vernon Scene

2023-Treasure Play-Historic Mount Vernon Downtown Scene by Mark Benesh

2023 – Treasure – Play – Historic Mount Vernon Downtown Scene painted by Mark Benesh. … Read more …

Categories 2023 Treasure Play, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Historic Mount Vernon Scene, Mark Benesh
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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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