Cottonwood Farm was the Birkby homestead. Robert Birkby is on tractor next to barn at rear of photo. Evelyn Birkby was a radio homemaker for KMA. This photo appeared on the cover of Birkby's book Up a Country Lane.
Robert Birkby was the husband of KMA radio homemaker Evelyn Birkby. Looking out window to the right are Larry and Luanne Barnard, Dulcie Jean Birkby, and Bob Birkby.
Mayfair Auditorium was the home of KMA Radio. Women pictured are, from left, Bernice Currier, Doris Murphy, Evelyn Birkby, Ann Mason (visiting specialist from New York), Adella Shoemaker, and Edith Hansen.
Asahel Mann and his two brothers were soldiers in Company A of the 4th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry. Asahel enlisted in Aug. 1861 at age 18, was taken prisoner on Oct. 11, 1862 in Jones Lane, Ark., and was exchanged and returned to his company on Dec. 1,…
