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Pastimes

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

Child with Cats

photo of Child with Cats

Photo of a child sitting with cats on grass. Clothing style around 1915 Date @1915

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Children, Family, Fashion, Glass Negative, Home Life, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Who am I?

City Council

photo of City Council

City Council from 1978-79. Identified left to right: Al Athenton, Dale Sargent, Cecil Dam, Richard … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags City Hall, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Women

Mount Vernon Home

photo of Mount Vernon Home-1915

A home on a corner – dirt street and board sidewalk. Two people stand by … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fashion, Glass Negative, Home Life, House, Men, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Where is this?, Who am I?

Family Reunion

photo of Family Reunion

Could be at a farm home – family reunion? Date @1915

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Children, Family, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Where is this?, Who am I?, Women

Unidentified Man

photo of Unidentified Man-1915

Could be student’s room in rooming house — see boater hat — Note desk and … Read more …

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

Unidentified Couple

photo of Unidentified Couple-1910

Couple in Horse and Buggy in town. Note barn on the immediate right. Date @1910

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Who am I?, Women

Family Fishing

photo of Family Fishing

Father and son fishing. Their identity and location is still unknown.

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Children, Family, Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, When is this?, Where is this?, Who am I?

Interior Décor

photo of Interior Décor

Décor – curtains, wall covering, favorite plants and plant stands, small pillow, vases. Date @1915

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negative, Home Life, Mount Vernon, Pastimes

Fruit in a Dish

photo of Fruit in a Dish

Fine domestic scene — fruit and dish and table — wallcovering

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negative, Home Life, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, When is this?

Unidentified Group

photo of Unidentified Group-2

Friends, students, family? 2 photos of this group in this collection Second photo of this … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Who am I?, Women

Playing in the Snow

photo of Playing in the Snow

Early snow clothing. Unidentified child in the snow. Date @1910

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Children, Fashion, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Pastimes, Where is this?, Who am I?
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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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