Completed in 1897, the second Oskaloosa High School was located at the corner of B Avenue and North First Street, which was only two blocks from the town square. The new high school was built on a bond valued at $30, 000. Later, the high school was…
Pictured in this photograph are seventy-five students from Oskaloosa High School in 1916. Of the thirty-two students pictured, twenty-three are boys and the other nine are girls. Based on historical patterns, these numbers are surprising, as in the…
Pictured in this photograph are seventy-five students from Oskaloosa High School in 1915. Of the seventy-five students pictured, thirty-two are boys and the other forty-three are girls. Based on historical patterns, these numbers are not…
Pictured in this photograph are the forty seniors from the Oskaloosa High School graduating class of 1914. Of the twenty-eight students pictured, sixteen are boys and the other twelve are girls. Based on historical patterns, these numbers are…
Pictured in this photograph are the forty seniors from the Oskaloosa High School graduating class of 1913. Of the forty students pictured, fourteen are boys and the other twenty-six are girls. Based on historical patterns, these numbers are not…
This is an image taken of students in the Oskaloosa High School library around 1940. By the traditional standards of the early 21st Century, libraries in the early 20th Century were very small and had little room, giving reason to the notion of…
Built in 1870, the old Oskaloosa High School consisted of eleven classrooms and housed 525 students. The first two floors held high school classes, but the third floor of the high school actually was the home of Jefferson Elementary School students.…
This is a photograph taken of the Oskaloosa Herald building around 1900. Located on historic Market Street in downtown Oskaloosa, Iowa, the Oskaloosa Herald was founded by John R. Needham and Hugh McNeely on July 2, 1850. Formerly called the Iowa…
This is a photograph taken of the Oskaloosa Fire Department in action in 1915. Note the old model engine used during the time and limited functions that all fire departments had during this time.
Getting to a fire in the early 1900's meant two things; you had a wait on your hands and you probably wouldn't have much left by the time the fire department arrived at the scene. Still, the fire department in those days did everything it possibly…
