This is a photograph taken of downtown Oskaloosa, Iowa in the late 1800's along South Market Street and 1st Avenue East. Market Street is also known as Iowa Route 63 and serves as one of Oskaloosa's main two roads, the other one being A Avenue…
Pictured here are F.E. Green and N.J. Bentley from the Green and Bentley Drug Company in 1896. It was common for business owners to pose outside of their stores to promote their place of business during this time period. The Drug Co. was…
Pictured here is the corner of High Avenue East and South 1st Street around 1895 in Oskaloosa, Iowa. This corner was one of the busier corners in the community, as many businesses were conducted on these two roads. Diagonally across the street was…
Pictured here is the Oskaloosa Drug Company with its staff standing outside of the building around 1895. Pharmacies in the 19th Century did not solely sell drugs to patrons, but carried other marketable goods as well in order to pick up a shortfall…
This is a picture of North Market Street looking south towards the downtown of Oskaloosa, Iowa, around 1895. Note the methods of transportation being used in the image; bicycles and horse and buggies.
This is an image of John C. Williams, the city solicitor of Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1896. Williams came to Oskaloosa in 1872 and graduated from Penn College in 1877. After passing the bar exam in 1881, Williams practiced law for several years and became…
This is a picture of Colonel John H. Pickett taken in 1896. Pickett is known in Oskaloosa for Pickett's Drug Store, which opened in December of 1888. Pickett was a devout Republican and served on the Iowa State Board of Pharmacy three consecutive…
This image portrays the Blackford Feed Company situated in Oskaloosa, Iowa around 1890. Feed was an essential element to cattle farms, as they still are much today. The farmer would take his horse and wagon into the feed store and pick up several…
Pictured here is a postcard exhibiting the qualities of the Downing Hotel, located opposite the town square in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Postcards from the late 19th Century and early 20th Century display the very best sites and scenes available that the…
Pictured here is Company F of the 51st Iowa Infantry in training at the Presidio in California prior to departing for combat in the Spanish-American War. The Spanish-American War was fought in the spring and summer 1898 and saw battles on more than…
