This is a view of the Oskaloosa Post Office as it appeared circa 1940. To the left in the picture was Mercy Hospital. Today, the building is used as headquarters for the Democratic Party.
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 key to the 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…
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.
This is a photograph taken of the officers from the Oskaloosa Police Department in 1911. Pictured from left to right are the following officers; Front Row; William Cratty, Fred Green, and A.W. Walls, Back Row: R.W. Myers, E.A. Allender, Marion…
This is a photograph taken during the Oskaloosa Parade sometime in the early 1930's, based on the cars being used. In the foreground is the car entered by the St. James Episcopal Church. In the background is the Central Methodist Church.
This is a view of the Oskaloosa National Bank as it appeared in 1896. Banks in Oskaloosa have come and gone, but the location of the banks in this community until the past few decades have remained within a block or two of this bank's location here;…
Pictured here is a meat packing plant on the southwest side of Oskaloosa, Iowa, as it appeared in 1884. At this time, the plant would process over one thousand hogs per day, making it a thriving operation at the time. The processed meat would then…
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 view of the Oskaloosa Hospital as it appeared in 1896. Today, this hospital is known as the Mahaska Hospital and Health Partnership. The original hospital was located where the current hospital is, but was of much smaller proportion on C…