Crofter Collection Archives - Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

Blanche & Wesley Crofter’s Wedding Day

Blanche & Wesley Crofter’s Wedding Day. Virgil Crofter’s parents

Frank, Clarence, Mamie Pitlik

L-R: Frank, Clarence, Mamie (Crofter) Pitlik

Mamie & Frank Pitlik with friends

Mamie & Frank Pitlik (couple in the middle) with unidentified friends.

Crofter brothers

Crofter brothers L-R: Thomas, Frank, Wesley (Virgil Crofter’s father)

Virgil Crofter’s Aunts

Virgil Crofter’s Aunts. The six Crofter sisters, daughters of Thomas and Barbara Crofter. Bottom row … Read more …

Thomas and Barbara Crofter

Thomas and Barbara Crofter, Virgil Crofter’s grandparents

Farm Boys @ 1940s

Left-right: Don Fergerson, John Walton, Bill Hoffman, Don Walton

Bill Connel @1940s

Bill Connel @1940s. They were renting the Pisarik farm on the river. Blanche Crofter is … Read more …

Downtown @ 1940s

In the 1940s Saturday night was the big night for downtown. All the Main Street … Read more …

White Rock Chickens

Mother always raised chickens. The grape vines were used to make wine.

This is my Model A Ford in the winter of 1936

This is my Model A Ford in the winter of 1936. I was snowed in … Read more …

Three Crofter Brothers with Wives

Photo of 3 Crofter brothers with their wives

Lft-rt: Jim and Kate, Joe in middle, Tom and Barbara Crofter

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Today's photo is not a mystery, but instead a significant event in Mount Vernon and Cornell College history - a visit from Martin Luther King Jr. on October 15, 1962. With today being MLK Day, we thought it only appropriate to share the entire file on Martin Luther King Jr.'s visit from the Cornell College archive. MLK gave a lecture to a packed house at King Chapel and the college archive has preserved photographs, programs, and letters from Dr. King's time on campus. ... See MoreSee Less

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With a new year starting, take a look back at the winners of the 2021 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards. Each winner demonstrated an excellence in preservation on a historic American building. ... See MoreSee Less

A Sense Of Place: The Winners Of The 2021 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards | National Trust for Historic Preservation

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Projects in Washington D.C., Milwaukee, and New York City took top honors in this year's Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards.

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How did you ring in the New Year? Were you in bed before midnight or did you celebrate with friends like the subjects of today's Mystery Monday photo? While we don't know the occasion for such lively festivities, we'd certainly love to join the party with these unidentified merry-makers in this glass negative from 1915. ... See MoreSee Less

Party - Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

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Share with your friendsPossible party with a group of friends. Possibly Cornell College students or ... Read more ...

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