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Tommy Rhomberg

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Tommy Rhomberg has always been an inventor. So, it was no surprise that he turned … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos, Newsletters & Articles Tags Derecho, Mount Vernon

Jap Bloom @ 1957

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Jap Bloom, proprietor of Bloom’s bookstore, Mt. Vernon’s oldest businessman, was presented a paid-up life … Read more …

Categories Commercial District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Commercial Historic District, Mount Vernon

117 1/2 First Street West

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Bloom Bookstore Over the same threshold and through the same door, like their grandparents, three … Read more …

Categories Building Genealogies Tags Commercial Historic District, Mount Vernon

Silver Spider & Palisades Café @2019

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Silver Spider & Palisades Café @2019

Categories Commercial District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags 117 1/2 First Street West, Commercial Historic District, Mount Vernon

Bloom’s Orchestra @1903-1905

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Bloom’s Orchestra @1903-1905.

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Mount Vernon

Jasper Bloom

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Jasper W. “Jap” Bloom was the proprietor of Bloom’s bookstore and Mount Vernon’s oldest businessman.

Categories Commercial District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Commercial Historic District, Mount Vernon, Wolfe Block

Dewey Humphries with Dorothy Johnson @ 1945

Photo of Dewey Humphries with Dorothy Johnson @ 1945

Dewey Humphries with Dorothy Johnson Humphries @ 1945. Dorothy was one of 500 nurses the … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Battle of the Bulge, Mount Vernon

Dorothy Johnson Nurse in the Army @1945

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Dorothy Johnson Humphries, Nurse in the Army @1945. One of 500 nurses the army recruited … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Battle of the Bulge, Mount Vernon

Dorothy Johnson @ 1945

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Dorothy Johnson Humphries @ 1945. One of 500 nurses the Army recruited for the Battle … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Battle of the Bulge, Mount Vernon

Operation Democracy: Mount Vernon, Iowa to Diekirch, Luxembourg

Photo of two paintings of Diekirch, Luxembourg, 1949

On March 12, 2020, Carine Welter, Director of the Museum of Histories Diekirch, Luxembourg, contacted … Read more …

Categories Newsletters & Articles Tags Diekirch Luxembourg, Mount Vernon, Operation Democracy

Ada Herring Caraway

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Ada Herring Caraway. Photo donated by Carey Cox. Ada was the sister to Ray Herring. … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Mount Vernon

606 Eighth Avenue NW-Interior

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606 Eighth Avenue NW-Interior @2020

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