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Lincoln Highway

Movie Theatre Remains

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Remains of the Strand Movie Theatre in the 200 block of West Main Street after … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fire, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, Movie Theater

Armistice Day

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South-side 100 block west. Goldberg Groceries and Ready to Ware. Armistice Day (evening) Nov 11, … Read more …

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

Ford Model A

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The ten millionth of the Ford Model “A”. Cross country tour of restored automobile in … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Fashion, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Men, Mount Vernon, The New Age, Welcome Page Slider, Who am I?

Downtown Mount Vernon

photo of Downtown Mount Vernon-1930

Three gas stations and two auto garages evident. Lincoln Highway as US.  Is this really … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Children, Crofter Collection, Fashion, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon

Strand Theater

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The LAST Audience at the STRAND Theater — The last show was spectacular! Date @1975

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags 35mm Slide Collection, Ask R Thomas, Fire, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, Wolfe Block

Mount Vernon Bank & Trust Company

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Mount Vernon Bank

Categories Commercial District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon Bank & Trust Company, Welcome Page Slider, When is this?

People in Front of Mount Vernon Post Office

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Unidentified shoppers in front of the Mount Vernon Post Office and Bank. Date @1910

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

Unidentified Women Standing in Front of Building

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Unidentified group of young women and girls. (Standing outside of 109 West Main Street) Would … Read more …

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

Mount Vernon Hotel

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Very large house with brass numbers on rooms on second and third floors. Large comfortable … Read more …

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

Fire

photo of Fire-1975

Date @1975

Categories Commercial District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fire, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon

Fire

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Photo taken by John Shackford Date @1975

Categories Commercial District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fashion, Fire, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Men, Mount Vernon

Unidentified News Article

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Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags box, Commercial Historic District, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, When is this?
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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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