Agriculture Archives - Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

Unidentified Farm

photo of Unidentified Farm

Date @1910

513 First Street SE

513 First Street SE

513 First Street SE @ 1915 Thanks to Jonathan Reed for locating this unidentified photo.

Unidentified Farmer

photo of Unidentified Farmer

Date @1915

Unidentified Farm House

photo of Unidentified Farm House

Unidentified Location

photo of Unidentified Location

Oliver Tractor

photo of Oliver Tractor

1937 Oliver Tractor with lugs (spikes on steel wheels) Date @1937

Barnstormer Demonstration

photo of Barnstormer Demonstration

Another in a series on barnstormer or flying demonstration. Plane (as yet hardly seen) is … Read more …

Steam Tractor

photo of Steam Tractor

A photo of a steam tractor plowing a field. Date @1910

Stone Building

photo of Stone Building

Building of stone barn or house. 2 in series of 3. Wooden end added to … Read more …

Child in Front of Stone Building

photo of Child in Front of Stone Building

Building of stone barn or house; 3 in series of 3. Probably second photo in … Read more …

Stone Barn

photo of Stone Barn

Building of stone barn. One in series of three pictures of this property. Note: apparent … Read more …

Farm Home

photo of Farm Home

Farm home and front yard of a successful farmer. Date @1915

Cover for Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

3 days ago

It's almost back-to-school time, so we thought we'd share this picture of Mount Vernon High School from 1927. The many windows were characteristic of the prairie-style architecture so popular at the time. The building now houses several shops, and even hosts our local farmers' market. ... See MoreSee Less

Mount Vernon High School

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Among the historic resources found in Mount Vernon is the 1927 High School Building. This building holds not only memories for citizens who may have attended school there, but also it offers a treasur...

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Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

2 weeks ago

Happy Monday, everybody! Today we'd like to share with you a postcard from 1914. Pictured is Palisades-Kepler State Park--you can see there are several men and a woman getting ready for (or just departing from) a trip down the Cedar River. The postcard is addressed to Mr. James Nixon of Waynetown, Indiana. ... See MoreSee Less

Postcard of Cedar River at Palisades Kepler State Park @1914

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Postcard of Cedar River at Palisades Kepler State Park @1914

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Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission is in Mount Vernon, Iowa.

3 weeks ago

Today's Mystery Monday photograph features a lone woman in a white dress, taken in 1900. This picture was taken in Mount Vernon's, most likely at Fisher's Studio, which used to reside where Mount Vernon Bank & Trust currently sits. If this woman looks familiar, drop us a comment down below! ... See MoreSee Less

Unidentified Woman in a White Dress

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Head shot of this woman is also in this collection Backdrop from a photographer's studio in Mount Vernon, IA Date @1900

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