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Home Life

Mount Vernon House

photo of Mount Vernon House

Unknown residence.

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

Wooden Structure

photo of Wooden Structure

Wooden structure — could be small barn or early home. Horse farming era. Assume this … Read more …

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

Unidentified Child

photo of Unidentified Child-1910

Unidentified infant. Note baby carriage. Date @1910

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

Women Outside of House

photo of Women Outside of House

Unknown women on porch of unknown house.

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

Mount Vernon House

photo of Mount Vernon House-1890

Victorian home at 117 3rd Ave NW. built in 1890s Gillett home for many years … Read more …

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

Unidentified Working Men

photo of Unidentified Working Men

Two unidentified men at work. Office environment? See lamp, stove pipe,book cabinet, chest, frame, etc. … Read more …

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

Mount Vernon Home

photo of Mount Vernon Home

Unidentified home and unidentified location. Seems to be a an duplex or double house. Owner … Read more …

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

Under-Porch Skirt Pattern

photo of Under-Porch Skirt Pattern

Under-porch skirt pattern Date @1969

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Home Life, Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon House

photo of Mount Vernon House-1912

Modest home. Note brick foundation, queen Anne windows small and large upper paine on first … Read more …

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

Unidentified Family

photo of Unidentified Family

Mother and three children; note picket fence, board sidewalk.

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

Unidentified Group of People

photo of Unidentified Group of People

Unidentified group of people. Unsure if this is a family or if it s group … Read more …

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

Unidentified family

photo of Unidentified Family

Date @1910

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