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Ask R Thomas

Main Street Demolition

photo of Main Street Demolition

Demolition of 108 First Street SE (new building constructed) (late 1950s?)

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, When is this?

Hillcrest Country Club

photo of Hillcrest Country Club

Hillcrest Country Club. 9 hole course south of Mount Vernon cemetery Date @1956

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

Fire Station

photo of Fire Station-1980

Fire Station (First Street West) about the time of the Wolfe Block Fire Date @1980’s

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Fire, Mount Vernon, Wolfe Block

City Hall

photo of City Hall

Destruction of original City Hall (date and location unknown – could be east 100 block … Read more …

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

Interior Post Office

photo of Interior Post Office

Interior of post office (probably Mt Vernon) on Main Street (105 First St. NW). Date … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Fashion, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon Post Office, Who am I?

Lime Kiln

photo of Lime Kiln-1910

Evidence of local brick and tile business. Located in the draw below the Main Street … Read more …

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

First Street

photo of First Street

Perhaps 1st Street west at 5th Ave looking west with campus on the left — … Read more …

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

Military Road Marker Stone

photo of Military Road Marker Stone

Marker stone – Military Road Date @1937

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

Bauman’s Men’s Clothing for a Century

photo of Bauman's Men's Clothing for a Century

Note entrance for students along right wall; Lodge hall on second floor – shoe shine, … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, When is this?

Johnson Manufacturing Company

photo of Johnson Manufacturing Company

Photograph of the Johnson Manufacturing Company building located at 616 1st Ave. N. Date @1960

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Glass Negative, Johnson Manufacturing Company, Mount Vernon, The New Age

Bauman House

photo of Bauman House

Originally the Bauman House. Built between 1854 and 1857 with local bricks. Note the summer … Read more …

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

3rd Grade Classroom

photo of 3rd Grade Classroom

Photograph of 3rd grade class @ 1915-20 of the Mount Vernon Ward School. Identifications: 1 … Read more …

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