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Unidentified Women and Children Wading in a Stream

photo of Unidentified Women and Children Wading in a Stream
Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags box, Children, Fashion, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, When is this?, Where is this?, Who am I?, Women

Spring Hollow

photo of Spring Hollow

Cedar River in the Palisades

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags box, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Palisades-Kepler State Park, Spring Hollow, When is this?

Rock View Tavern, Lower Palisades, Mt. Vernon, Iowa

Photo of Rock View Tavern, Lower Palisades, Mt. Vernon, Iowa

Rock View Tavern, Lower Palisades, Mt. Vernon, Iowa

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags box, Glass Negative, Lower Palisades, Mount Vernon

Unidentified Cornell Students

photo of Unidentified Cornell Students
Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags box, Cornell College, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, When is this?, Where is this?, Who am I?, Women

Unidentified Cornell Baseball Game

photo of Unidentified Cornell Baseball Game
Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags box, Cornell College, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Sports, When is this?, Where is this?, Who am I?

Unidentified Family Photo

photo of Unidentified Family Photo
Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags box, Children, Family, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, When is this?, Where is this?, Who am I?, Women

High Water in Palisades-Kepler State Park

photo of High Water in Palisades-Kepler State Park

Date @1915

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags box, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Palisades-Kepler State Park, Who am I?

R. E. Gearhart’s Veterinary Hospital

photo of R. E. Gearhart's Veterinary Hospital
Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags box, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, When is this?, Where is this?, Who am I?

Unidentified Street with Cars

photo of Unidentified Street with Cars
Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags box, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, The New Age, When is this?, Where is this?

Unidentified Man

photo of Unidentified Man
Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags box, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Where is this?, Who am I?

Lower Palisades

photo of Flat Rock Residence at Lower Palisades

Flat Rock Residence at Lower Palisades

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags box, Glass Negative, Palisades-Kepler State Park, When is this?

Cemetery Boardwalk

photo of Cemetery Boardwalk
Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags box, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, When is this?
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Archaeologist, historian and historic preservationist Leah Rogers has spent decades uncovering and often literally digging up countless stories from Iowa’s p...

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Continuing our highlight of photographs of unidentified Cornell students, today's Mystery Monday photo is of a young Cornellian in a smart dark suit c.1915. With Wednesday being the last day of the academic calendar, and commencement scheduled for Sunday, it's always exciting to look back and consider the lives and pursuits of these historical members of our photo archive. If this alumnus looks familiar, let us know in the comments below. ... See MoreSee Less

Unidentified Cornell Student

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Portrait of an unknown Cornell student. Date @1915
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