tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949302811233582240.post1290128925844962830..comments2024-01-24T10:15:51.317-05:00Comments on Teresa's Tangled Roots: Those Places Thursday -"Early 30's Garage - Mt. Vernon, IL"Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949302811233582240.post-14238139934900317672010-10-29T14:29:40.067-04:002010-10-29T14:29:40.067-04:00No, the building is long gone. The garage was move...No, the building is long gone. The garage was moved to a different location by the 1940's. Robert Smith, my great-grandfather was a mechanic in a garage as early as 1920 as this was listed as his occupation in the 1920 Jefferson County, IL census.Teresa Wilson Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5949302811233582240.post-48620200120848326802010-10-28T23:00:45.316-04:002010-10-28T23:00:45.316-04:00What a great photograph. I'm thinking that at...What a great photograph. I'm thinking that at that time people were still transitioning from horse-drawn transportation to automobiles. And yet the mechanics had probably long forgotten horses and were experts at what they did. I wonder if the building where this was photographed still stands.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.com