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Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

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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.


Sun Photos in the 1980s and 90s – June Silliman

June Silliman, amateur archaeologist, helps to sift soil at an archaeology dig in a photo … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos, Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s Tags June, Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun, Sift, Sifting, Silliman, Sun Photos, Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s

Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s – Dr. Robert Sautter

Dr. Robert Sautter poses for a photo in an edition of the Sun. This image … Read more …

Categories Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s Tags Dr. Robert Sautter, Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun

Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s – Rick’s FS

Rick Schwiebert stands in front of a gas pump at his business, Rick’s FS, in … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos, Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s

Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s – Sid Schweitzer

Sid Schweitzer delivers mail on a snowy day in a photo from the January 14, … Read more …

Categories Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s Tags 1/14, 1/14/1981, 1/14/81, 1980s, January, Mail, Mount Vernon Post Office, Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun, Post, Post office, Schweitzer, Sid, Sid Schweitzer, Snowy Day, Sun Photos

Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s – Sid Schweitzer

Sid Schweitzer sorts mail in the post office in a photo from the Sun. This … Read more …

Categories Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s Tags Mail, Mount Vernon Post Office, MV Mail, MV Post Office, Office, Post, Post office, Sid, Sun Photos

Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s – John Niederhauser

John Niederhauser reaches for some plates at J-Bo’s in a photo from the September 17, … Read more …

Categories Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s Tags 1980s, 1981, 9/17, John, John Niederhauser, Niederhauser, September, September 17, Sun Photos, Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s

Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s – Ed Neff

Ed Neff poses behind the counter of a bar in a photo from the August … Read more …

Categories Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s Tags 8/20, August, August 20, Ed, Ed Neff, Kitchen, Neff, Restaurant, Sun Photos

Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s – Todd Neal

Todd Neal, 10 years old, stops to catch his breath after winning the 1-mile race … Read more …

Categories Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s Tags 10 years, 1980, 1980s, Sun Photos, Todd Neal

Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s – Gordon Neal

Gordon Neal poses with a bag of his seed corn in a photo from a … Read more …

Categories Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s Tags Gordon Neal, Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun, Neal's Corn, Neal's Open Pollinated Seed Corn, Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s

Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s – John Niederhauser

John Niederhauser poses with his frisbee golf trophies in a photo from the May 14, … Read more …

Categories Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s

Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s – Beverly and John Moser and Bob Wolfe

Beverly and John Moser talk with Bob Wolfe in a photo from the January 21, … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos, Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s Tags 1982, Beverly, Bob, Bob Wolfe, John Moser, Sun Photos, Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s, Wolfe

Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s – John Moser

John Moser stands at the desk in the Mount Vernon Post Office in a photo … Read more …

Categories Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s Tags 1980s and 90s, John, John Moser, Moser, Mount Vernon Post Office, Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun, Post office, Sun Photos, Sun Photos from the 1980s and 90s
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