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.
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
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