Browse Items (84 total) for Bank of Memories - Orient, Iowa Historical Collection

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Birthday Greeting with Pink and Green Flowers

This is a birthday greeting postcard printed in Germany.

Sow and Litter Sale

This is apublic notice in the Orient Independent newspaper
concerning an upcoming auction of spotted Poland China pigs at the E.J. Higgins Sale Pavilion in Orient, Iowa.

Cornpicker in the Field

This cornpicker was used by A.O and Floyd Strong, prbably in the early 1940's.

Tractor Pulling Contest

This is an announcement of the sixth annual tractor pulling contest to be held in Orient, Iowa on September 2, 1968

Leather Postcard

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

Blue Grass Drying at the Old High School

This photo shows blue grass drying at the old high school before the locker plant was built.

Blue Grass Drying

1901 Plat Map of Orient, Iowa

This is a plat map of the town of Orient, Iowa in 1901.

The Pumpkin Seed: History of Pumpkin Days

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

Pumpkin Festival in Orient, Iowa

This postcard shows a group of townspeople participating in the Orient, Iowa Pumpkin Festival

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