The New Age Archives - Page 4 of 9 - Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

Grain Threshing

Early tractor and belt driven threshing machine — 1920s trucks but horses still primary power. … Read more …

Fire

Fire reaches the entire building (east end) Businesses: Chez Rolan, Strand Theater, American Legion and … Read more …

House Details

First and second floor porches — details, overhang (appropriate paint colors) Date @1976

Electric Siren

Reported to be the first electric siren. City siren a top of the wolfe block … Read more …

Electric Generator

Electric generator/motor. Could be the one the city of Mt Vernon bought and used to … Read more …

Moving Wolfe Brother’s Office

First few yards of the move Date @1990. On March 22, 1990 the Wolfe building … Read more …

Barnstormer

Flight — part of a series of a barnstormer — another flight picture, crowds, landing … Read more …

Lisbon

LISBON (Lincoln Highway – late 1920s – early 1930s; Interurban Date @1930

Moving Visitors Center

Loaded and moving on to First Street. Date @1990

Farm Field Landing Strip

Note cloth top cars – farm field landing strip – assumed Mt Vernon area. Date … Read more …

Railroad Quarry

Perhaps in Upper Palisades railroad quarry used by Chicago Northwestern Railroad (additional picture). Date @1915

Train

Photograph of historic steam engine that visited Mount Vernon on Sept. 1982. Date @1982

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2 years ago

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

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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