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Early Cabin Court

Home Sweet Home Tourist Court

photo of Home Sweet Home Tourist Court
Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Early Cabin Court, Glass Negative, Home Sweet Home Tourist Court, Mount Vernon, When is this?

Home Sweet Home Tourist Court

photo of Home Sweet Home Tourist Court-1950

Home Sweet Home Tourist Court cabins. 2 miles West of Mount Vernon on Lincoln Highway. … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Early Cabin Court, Glass Negative, Home Sweet Home Tourist Court, Mount Vernon

Home Sweet Home Tourist Court

photo of Home Sweet Home Tourist Court

Home Sweet Home Tourist Court west of Mount Vernon on old Lincoln Highway picture is … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Early Cabin Court, Glass Negative, Home Sweet Home Tourist Court, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon

Home Sweet Home

photo of Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet home Tourist court. Location is 2 miles west of Mount Vernon on the … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Early Cabin Court, Home Sweet Home Tourist Court, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon

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Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

2 weeks ago

Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission
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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