This is a photograph taken of an invitation to dedicate the new public library opening in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The date of the ceremony was September 7, 1903.
This is an image capturing head librarian, Elizabeth Michener, reading to a group of children at the Oskaloosa Public Library, circa 1940. Ms. Michener worked as head librarian at the public library for several decades, demonstrating her charisma…
This is a picture taken of the Oskaloosa Public Library's circulation desk in 1940. At this point, a new ceiling and new lights were added to this section of the library.
This is a picture taken outside of the Oskaloosa Public Library of boy scouts involved in a kids reading crusade circa 1950. The scouts would go out and try to get other kids interested and involved in reading.
This is a photograph taken in the fall of 1912 of former President Teddy Roosevelt campaigning in downtown Oskaloosa. Roosevelt went on to lose the race that year to Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat.