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Glass Negative

Interior Décor

photo of Interior Décor

Décor – curtains, wall covering, favorite plants and plant stands, small pillow, vases. Date @1915

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negative, Home Life, Mount Vernon, Pastimes

Decoration Day

photo of Decoration Day-1915

Decoration Day celebration at Mount Vernon cemetery Date @1915

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Children, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon Cemetery, Women

Fruit in a Dish

photo of Fruit in a Dish

Fine domestic scene — fruit and dish and table — wallcovering

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negative, Home Life, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, When is this?

Mail Carrier

photo of Mail Carrier

Fred Blaine, an early rural mail carrier. Date @1930

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, The New Age

Unidentified Group

photo of Unidentified Group-1920

early automobile – cloth sides Date @1920

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Children, Family, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, The New Age, Where is this?, Who am I?, Women

310 Second Avenue NW

photo of 310 Second Avenue NW

310 Second Avenue NW Defective negative

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

Turner’s Service Station

photo of Turner's Service Station

Early gas station. Note brick street, “Turner’s Service Station”; overhead street light. Date @1926

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Mount Vernon, The New Age, Where is this?

Unidentified Group

photo of Unidentified Group-2

Friends, students, family? 2 photos of this group in this collection Second photo of this … Read more …

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

Playing in the Snow

photo of Playing in the Snow

Early snow clothing. Unidentified child in the snow. Date @1910

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

Unidentified Group

photo of Unidentified Group-2

Friends, students, relatives? Note furnishings and wall coverings. Second photo of this group:

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, When is this?, Who am I?, Women

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?

Main Street Demolition

photo of Main Street Demolition

Demolition of 108 First Street SE (new building constructed) (late 1950s?)

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, When is this?
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