Skip to content

Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

Exploring the Stories and History of Mount Vernon, Iowa

Our Program
Historic Districts
Media
History
Contact Us

Mount Vernon

Fire Truck

photo of Fire Truck

Fire Truck parked in front of the 1915 City Hall Date @1950

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags City Hall, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, The New Age

Fire

photo of Fire-1967

Date @1967

Categories Commercial District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fashion, Fire, Mount Vernon, Where is this?

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

photo of Fire

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

Cornell College Graduation Class

photo of Cornell College Graduation Class

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, When is this?, Where is this?, Who am I?, Women

Cornell College Track Race

photo of Cornell College Track Race

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Sports, When is this?, Where is this?, Who am I?

Two Unidentified Cornell Students in Football Uniforms

photo of Two Unidentified Cornell Students in Football Uniforms

Date @1905

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Sports, Who am I?

Cornell College Orchestra Performance

photo of Cornell College Orchestra Performance

R Thomas: Are these Cornell students?

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Students, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, When is this?, Where is this?, Who am I?

Unidentified Cornell Students

photo of Unidentified Cornell Students

R Thomas: Are they on some sort of sports team? Cornell College students in front … Read more …

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, box, Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Sports, When is this?, Who am I?

Unidentified News Article

photo of Unidentified News Article

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?

Cornell College Track and Field Team

photo of Cornell College Track and Field Team

Date @1920

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Alumni Gym, Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Sports, Who am I?

King Chapel and Old Sem

photo of King Chapel and Old Sem

R Thomas: What date should go with this picture?

Categories Cornell College District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Cornell College, Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District, Glass Negative, King Chapel, Mount Vernon, Old Sem

← Previous Page1 … Page119 Page120 Page121 … Page149 Next →

Follow Our Facebook Page

[custom-facebook-feed]

Website by Market Street

© 2026 - Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission. All rights reserved.