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Ask R Thomas

Group of Men

photo of Group of Men
Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, When is this?, Where is this?, Who am I?

Picnic and Games

photo of Picnic and Games

Large group of people

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Sports, When is this?, Where is this?, Who am I?, Women

Unidentified Women

photo of Unidentified Women

R Thomas: Are they in the sports center at Cornell?

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Cornell College, Cornell Students, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Where is this?, Who am I?

An Unknown Home

photo of An Unknown Home

An unidentified, non-Mount Vernon, home? Date @1910

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Where is this?

Three Unidentified People Behind Fence

photo of Three Unidentified People Behind Fence

Not in Mount Vernon? Date @1910

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Glass Negative, Home Life, Mount Vernon, Where is this?, Who am I?

Unidentified Building

photo of Unidentified Building-1910

Not in Mount Vernon? Date @1910

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Where is this?

Unidentified Street

photo of Unidentified Street-1910

Not in Mount Vernon? Date @1910

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Where is this?

Unidentified House

photo of Unidentified House-1910

Not in Mount Vernon? Date @1910

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Where is this?

Unidentified Woman by a Cliff on the Cedar River

photo of Unidentified Woman by a Cliff on the Cedar River

Sutliffe bridge is in the background Date @1910

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Fashion, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Pastimes

Unidentified Women by a Fence

photo of Unidentified Women by a Fence

By Abbe Creek? Date @1910

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Fashion, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Where is this?, Who am I?, Women

Nine Unidentified Women on a Porch

photo of Nine Unidentified Women on a Porch

R Thomas: Are they on a porch of a house that you showed us? Date … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Fashion, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Where is this?, Who am I?

Methodist Church

photo of Methodist Church
Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Mount Vernon, When is this?, Where is this?
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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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