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Looking at King Chapel from the town

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200 Block of West First St at least six months after the Feb 1975 fire … Read more …

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Aerial photograph taken in a series of the city on May 12th 1975. return – … Read more …

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A skyline view of either Cedar Rapids or Iowa City. Date @1915

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Image taken by Robert A. J. Photography. Photo taken on May 12, 1975. Right street … Read more …

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Note church — appears to be the be the Methodist Brick Church replaced in 1900 … Read more …

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Note: Before demolition of Altoona Hall (next to former water tower – also destroyed) and … Read more …

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Picture before construction of West Hall in 1976. Cornell campus from 5th Ave SW to … Read more …

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Aerial photograph in a series of the city taken on May 12th 1975. View from … Read more …

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Immediate house is Platner House (west First Street west (1892); house to the east is … Read more …

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2 years ago

Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission
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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