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The New Age

Mount Vernon Community and Welcome Center Being Moved

photo of Mount Vernon Community and Welcome Center Being Moved

The building arrives at the memorial park and is moving into position. Previously was the … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fashion, Men, Mount Vernon, The New Age, Who am I?, Wolfe Brother's Office

Mount Vernon Community and Welcome Center Lifted Off Foundation

photo of Mount Vernon Community and Welcome Center Lifted Off Foundation

Building being lifted off foundations; no cracks in the building. Previously was the Office of … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fashion, Mount Vernon, The New Age, Who am I?, Wolfe Brother's Office, Women

Visitor’s Center

photo of Visitor's Center

Building in original location across the street south from the City Hall (shown on right) … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fashion, Men, Mount Vernon, The New Age, Who am I?, Wolfe Brother's Office

Car

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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

City Hall

photo of City Hall-1990

City Hall on Main Street – built in 1988 Picture from the 1990s Date @1990’s

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags 35mm Slide Collection, City Hall, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, The New Age

President Harding Funeral Train

photo of President Harding Funeral Train

Crowd awaits the arrival of the President Harding Funeral Train at Mount Vernon Depot as … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, The New Age, Train Station

Gary’s

photo of Gary's

Dave and Gary’s Super Value opened in late 1950s Highway 1 and US #30 Date … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Gary's Foods, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, The New Age

Wolfe Block Fire

photo of Wolfe Block Fire-1975

Earliest picture as the fire becomes evident, roof flames. Date @1975

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fashion, Fire, Men, Mount Vernon, The New Age, Wolfe Block

Wolfe Block Fire

photo of Wolfe Block Fire-1975

Fire begins at west end of the Wolfe Block and spreads east. fighting to save … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fire, Mount Vernon, The New Age

Mail Carrier

photo of Mail Carrier

Fred Blaine, an early rural mail carrier. Date @1930

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fashion, Glass Negative, Men, Mount Vernon, The New Age

Unidentified Group

photo of Unidentified Group-1920

early automobile – cloth sides Date @1920

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

Turner’s Service Station

photo of Turner's Service Station

Early gas station. Note brick street, “Turner’s Service Station”; overhead street light. Date @1926

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Mount Vernon, The New Age, Where 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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