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Lincoln Highway

Unidentified Women

photo of Unidentified Women-1915

2 unidentified women (students?) Date @1915

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fashion, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Who am I?, Women

Mount Vernon Aerial

photo of Mount Vernon Aerial-1976

200 Block of West First St at least six months after the Feb 1975 fire … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Aerial, Fire, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, The New Age

Lincoln Highway over Chicago Northwestern Railroad

photo of Lincoln Highway over Chicago Northwestern Railroad

Lincoln highway spanning Chicago northwestern railroad. Automobile traffic barred in the early 1970s. Historic reconstruction … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon

Car

photo of Car

Car passes through Mount Vernon: in front of City Hall of 1915 Date @1970s

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, The New Age

Mount Vernon Middle School

photo of Mount Vernon Middle School

Changes in first floor windows and main door. In the Perkins and Will style. Date … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Middle School, Mount Vernon

City Hall

photo of City Hall-1990

City Hall on Main Street – built in 1988 Picture from the 1990s Date @1990’s

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags 35mm Slide Collection, City Hall, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, The New Age

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?

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?

Fire Department

photo of Fire Department

Fire district number one housed in city hall (1915). Ralph Shoemaker Second row second from … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags City Hall, Fashion, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Men, Mount Vernon, Pastimes

Connecting Mount Vernon and Lisbon

photo of Connecting Mount Vernon and Lisbon-1910

East end bridge. Shows a small section of Mount Vernon’s 1st Street (Main Street) and … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, 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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