This picture captures the appearance and stamina of people who perform physical labor all day long. These are brickyard workers from the Oskaloosa Brick Yard in 1900. One can tell that the men had already put in a full day's work, based on their…
This 1904 photograph depicts men performing telephone line repair after a major ice storm hit Oskaloosa in 1904. The workers are looking east on B Avenue in the picture.
This is a picture taken of men working on the construction of the new City Hall building in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in the Spring of 1912. It would be completed before the end of that year.
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.
From the middle of the 19th to the early 20th Centuries, women were organizing and discussing topics ranging from abolition to temperance. Literature was another topic many women enjoyed meeting together to discuss. Pictured here is Bernice Lacey,…
This is a photograph taken of the Oskaloosa mail carriers working for the United States Postal Service on June 2, 1935. Many of the men in the picture were long time carriers that had been with the office since the beginning of the century and used…
This is a photograph of men working at the Pomeroy Rock Quarry in Oskaloosa, Iowa. For a number of years, the quarry has supplied construction workers with the supplies they needed in order to achieve success in their line of work. This picture was…
This is a photograph of the paddy wagon used by the Oskaloosa Police Department back in 1918. Posing with the vehicle are a couple of officers from the department.
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…
This is a picture taken at the Southern Iowa Fair, held in Oskaloosa, in the early 1900's. The library took an active role in the fair by having a kids corner for reading and entertainment, allowing parents to go out and enjoy the fair.
