This is a picture of men working in the small farming community of Lacey, Iowa, in 1894. Lacey was a town named after Congressman John F. Lacey, who brought the railroad past this point named after him. The men pictured here look to be involved in…
This picture shows the hard work that went on in machine shops during the late 19th Century. This image was taken inside Seever's Mfg. Co. of men inside a machine shop. Seever's Mfg. Co. specialized in creating iron bridges, water heaters, and…
The Women's Rights Movement was not just a scene in big cities like New York or Chicago in the early 1900's, but rather it was a movement that reached all parts of the country. From big cities to rural America, the voices of women could be heard by…
The American school system would not be where it is today unless individuals advocated for its improvement over the course of American history. In this photograph, women in downtown Oskaloosa, Iowa are showing their desire for Oskaloosa to improve…
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,…
Fashion is an ever-evolving concept that makes others ponder over why people wore certain clothes or adopted a certain clothing style during a particular time era, especially in the United States. This image depicts the style worn by women in the…
In the 1920's, it was not uncommon to see women on the golf course, as seen in this particular image. Prior to the 1920's though, it would have been extremely uncommon to see women playing golf, as it was a sport solely made available to men. This…
This was the how the downtown of Oskaloosa, Iowa appeared in the early 1900's. Brutal winters in Iowa made travel very difficult and almost remote at times, even if it was just to travel to the downtown area to pick up something from a store. Note…
This is a picture of Wilfred M. Bauder, a bugler for Company H in the 168th Iowa Infantry, who was killed in action along the Ourcq River in France during World War I on July 28, 1918. Bauder was born on December 23, 1899, in Grinnell, Iowa, but…
