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Cornell Track and Field

Cornell Track and Field

Cornell track and field meet. Date @1915

Categories Ash Park District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ash Park Historic District, Cornell College, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Sports

Mount Vernon Power Plant

Mount Vernon Power Plant

Description Possibly the location of the Mt Vernon City Power Plant – generator for limited … Read more …

Categories Ash Park District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ash Park Historic District, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Where is this?

Cornell Football and Track Field Postcard

Cornell Football and Track Field Postcard

Description Postcard of Cornell College new field. Date @1930

Categories Ash Park District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ash Park Historic District, Cornell College, Cornell Students, Fashion, Men, Mount Vernon, Postcard, Sports

Student Gathering on Ash Park

Student gathering on Ash Park

Description A student gathering, possibly a football game, on Ash Park.

Categories Ash Park District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ash Park Historic District, Cornell College, Cornell Students, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Sports

Track meet

Track meet

Description Probably one in a series of track met in this collection Date @1910

Categories Ash Park District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ash Park Historic District, Cornell College, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Sports

Commencement Speech

Commencement Speech

Description Speaker is Bishop Hugh Stutz (former pastor of the Mt Vernon Methodist Church and … Read more …

Categories Ash Park District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ash Park Historic District, Cornell College, Cornell Faculty, Cornell Students, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Welcome Page Slider, Women

Football Team in Action

Football Team in Action

Description Sports Date @1910

Categories Ash Park District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ash Park Historic District, Cornell College, Cornell Students, Fashion, Men, Mount Vernon, Sports

Cornell Football Team

Cornell Football Team

Description See ROYAL Purple yearbook to identify the exact year and membership of this team … Read more …

Categories Ash Park District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ash Park Historic District, Cornell College, Cornell Students, Fashion, Men, Mount Vernon, Sports

My House by Larry Covington

Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission Logo

Description Student ReportWilliam Abbe Creator Larry Covington Date @1988

Categories High School History Reports Tags Mount Vernon

Main Street

Main Street

Description Mount Vernon Main Street looking East to West Date @1907

Categories Commercial District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Commercial Historic District, Glass Negative, Main Street, Mount Vernon

Hack

Hack

Description “Hack” which ran back and forth from the railroad station to the hotels at … Read more …

Categories Commercial District - Photos, Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Commercial Historic District, Glass Negative, Main Street, Mount Vernon

Main Street

Main Street

Description Note: excellent photo of this block before demolition and uniform set-back. (@1915) The third … Read more …

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