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Keyes

The Lions Club

photo of the Lions Club Charter document

Letter addressed to C.R. Keyes dated Nov 6, 1926 displaying the Mount Vernon Lions Club … Read more …

Categories Organizations Tags Keyes, The Lions Club

315 4th Avenue SW

Photo of Marsden Keyes at 315 4th Avenue SW

Marsden Keyes standing by house at 315 4th Avenue SW. Marsden died in 1902 so … Read more …

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Keyes, Mount Vernon

Karl, Charles & Haslow Keyes

Photo of Karl, Charles, Haslow Keyes

Karl, Charles, Haslow Keyes, 1907. 315 4th Avenue SW. Wood plank sidewalk.

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Keyes, Mount Vernon

Keyes Family Photo

Photo of Keyes family standing next to big pine tree

Keyes Family Photo taken at 315 4th Avenue SW, 1907. Left to right: Charles R. … Read more …

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Keyes, Mount Vernon

315 4th Avenue SW

Photo of house at 315 4th Avenue SW

315 4th Avenue SW. Late mud street with wood plank sidewalk. Keyes home.

Categories Cornell College District - Photos Tags Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Keyes, Mount Vernon

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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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