The time was 1915 and a young man, Rube Eatinger was making a call at the Farmers & Merchants State Bank in Orient. The man in the center was J.F. Kingery, cashier and Ross Coffman, right, was bookkeeper.
Pumpkin Days started in 1906 in Orient, Iowa as a fall festival and has continued through the years. This is a short history of the event that later became the Pumpkin Festival
This is the back and front of a leather postcard from 1906.
The golden age of postcards was from 1907-1930.
The telephone replaced the postcard as a way to keep in touch and thus was the end of the 'GOLDEN AGE' of post cards
