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Crofter Collection

Pleasant Hill School

Photo of Pleasant Hill School

Pleasant Hill School photo was donated by Virgil Crofter. The school was on the southside … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Crofter Collection, Ivanhoe, Pleasant Hill School

1930 Model A Ford owned by Virgil Crofter

Photo of 1930 Model A Ford

1930 Model A Ford. This was Virgil Crofter’s first car purchased new at Rude Auto … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Crofter Collection, Ivanhoe, Mount Vernon High School

1933 Chevrolet owned by Virgil Crofter

Photo of 1933 Chevrolet

1933 Chevrolet. This was Virgil Crofter’s second car which he purchased from Zeke Benesh. Photo … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Crofter Collection, Ivanhoe

1930 Chevy bought at Kessler Chevrolet Garage , Solon, IA

Photo of 1930 Chevy

1930 Chevy bought at Kessler Chevrolet Garage , Solon, IA. This was my dad’s car. … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Crofter Collection, Ivanhoe, Pleasant Valley Farm

1927 Model T Ford

Photo of 1927 Model T Ford

1927 Model T Ford. It was a summer car. It would not start in the … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Crofter Collection, Ivanhoe

Model T Ford

photo of Model T Ford

1927 Model T Ford Date @1927

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Crofter Collection, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, The New Age

Tallest Corn

photo of Tallest Corn

Virgil won the contest with this entry — crofter farm is in the Ivanhoe area … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Crofter Collection, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Who am I?

Oliver Tractor

photo of Oliver Tractor

1937 Oliver Tractor with lugs (spikes on steel wheels) Date @1937

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

Road Near Cedar River

photo of Road Near Cedar River

Photo of a road that approaches going north from south side of Red Cedar River. … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Crofter Collection, Mount Vernon

1930 Black Chevy

photo of 1930 Black Chevy

1930 Chevy (black) at Crofter Farm Date @1930

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Crofter Collection, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, The New Age

Grain Threshing

photo of Grain Threshing

Early tractor and belt driven threshing machine — 1920s trucks but horses still primary power. … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Agriculture, Children, Crofter Collection, Fashion, Glass Negative, Home Life, Men, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, The New Age, Where is this?, Who am I?

Gas and General Store

photo of Gas and General Store

Gas station and general store; south side of the Red Cedar River across from Ivanhoe … Read more …

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