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 photograph taken in the fall of 1912 of former President Teddy Roosevelt campaigning in downtown Oskaloosa. Roosevelt went on to lose the race that year to Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat.
This is a picture taken of the Oskaloosa Public Library in 1908. The library officially opened on September 7, 1903. This image was used as a post card in that year, which was common in those days, as towns would make post cards of buildings they…
This is a picture taken of the reverse side of an Oskaloosa Public Library post card from 1908. The library officially opened on September 7, 1903. This image was used as a post card in that year, which was common in those days, as towns would make…