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Children

Unidentified Girl

photo of Unidentified Girl-1915

Studio setting Date @1915

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Children, Fashion, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Who am I?

Downtown Mount Vernon

photo of Downtown Mount Vernon-1930

Three gas stations and two auto garages evident. Lincoln Highway as US.  Is this really … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Children, Crofter Collection, Fashion, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon

Unidentified Infant

photo of Unidentified Infant

Studio setting. It is undetermined wether this child is male or female. Date @1910

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Children, Family, Fashion, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Who am I?

Unidentified Girls

photo of Unidentified Girls

Three unidentified girls. It is unsure wether they are sisters, friends, or a mix of … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Children, Family, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Who am I?

Unidentified Family

photo of Unidentified Family

Unidentified family – spendid example of the well appointed middle class home of the pre-WWI … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Children, Family, Fashion, Glass Negative, Home Life, Men, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Where is this?, Who am I?, Women

Man Helping Girl Ride Horse

photo of Man Helping Girl Ride Horse

Unidentified farmer helping a young girl, who might possibly be his daughter, ride a horse, … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Agriculture, Children, Family, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Where is this?, Who am I?

Unidentified Girl

photo of Unidentified Girl

Unidentified young girl Date @1910

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Children, Fashion, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Who am I?, Women

Group of Children

photo of Group of Children

Top Row: Angela Pirkle, Helen Broulik, Francis Cejka, Charlotte Pavelka, Henriatti Broulik, Mildred Cejka. Bottom … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Children, Crofter Collection, Fashion, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon

Family with Horse

photo of Family with Horse

A mother and small child on a horse. Date @1910

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Agriculture, Children, Family, Fashion, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Where is this?, Who am I?, Women

Women Riding Wagon

photo of Women Riding Wagon

Women and female child with team and wagon – perhaps at a rural construction site. … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Children, Family, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Where is this?, Who am I?, Women

Unidentified Child Playing in the Snow

photo of Unidentified Child Playing in the Snow

Unknown child in snow – early snow clothing — Date @1910

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Children, Family, Fashion, Glass Negative, Home Life, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Where is this?, Who am I?

Unidentified Infant

photo of Unidentified Infant-1915

Two pictures of same child Date @1915

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Children, Family, Fashion, Home Life, Mount Vernon, Who am I?
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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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