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When is this?

First Street

photo of First Street

Perhaps 1st Street west at 5th Ave looking west with campus on the left — … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, When is this?, Where is this?

Bauman’s Men’s Clothing for a Century

photo of Bauman's Men's Clothing for a Century

Note entrance for students along right wall; Lodge hall on second floor – shoe shine, … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, When is this?

Railroad Depot

photo of Railroad Depot

Opened January 1st 1902. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. {destroyed 1970s} Unusual for a very small … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Train Station, When is this?

Mount Vernon Gun Club

photo of Mount Vernon Gun Club

Note: Hodgson Studio on the print — local photographer — unknown location — all guns … Read more …

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

Bauman House

photo of Bauman House

Originally the Bauman House. Built between 1854 and 1857 with local bricks. Note the summer … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Ask R Thomas, Bauman House, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, When is this?, Where is this?

Mount Vernon Fire Station

photo of Mount Vernon Fire Station

Photograph of the Mount Vernon fire station.

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fire Station, Glass Negative, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Mount Vernon, The New Age, When is this?

Abbe Creek School

photo of Abbe Creek School

Photograph of Abbe Creek school, built approximately 1850. 2 miles East of Mount Vernon. Closed … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Abbe Creek School, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, When is this?

Abbe Creek School

photo of Abbe Creek School

Photograph of Abbe Creek school, built approximately 1850. 2 miles east of Mount Vernon. Closed … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Abbe Creek, Abbe Creek School, Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, When is this?

Lower Palisades Postcard

Post Card of private residence along the Red Cedar River in area that became the … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Mount Vernon, Palisades-Kepler State Park, Postcard, When is this?

Lower Palisades Postcard

photo of Lower Palisades Postcard

Postcard of “Flat Rock” in the lower Palisades. House is Bauman’s cottage. “Flat Rock” is … Read more …

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Mount Vernon, Palisades-Kepler State Park, Postcard, When is this?

Memorial Day Parade

photo of Memorial Day Parade

Probably Decoration Day (Memorial Day) parade coming from downtown up the hill near the cemetery.

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Fashion, Lincoln Highway, Main Street, Men, Mount Vernon, When is this?, Women

Mount Vernon Stone Quarry

photo of Mount Vernon Stone Quarry

Quarry in Mount Vernon (?)

Categories Mount Vernon's Historic Photos Tags Glass Negative, Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon Stone Quarry, When is this?
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