This is an image taken of students in the Oskaloosa High School library around 1940. By the traditional standards of the early 21st Century, libraries in the early 20th Century were very small and had little room, giving reason to the notion of…
Completed in 1897, the second Oskaloosa High School was located at the corner of B Avenue and North First Street, which was only two blocks from the town square. The new high school was built on a bond valued at $30, 000. Later, the high school was…
Pictured in this photograph are seventy-five students from Oskaloosa High School in 1916. Of the thirty-two students pictured, twenty-three are boys and the other nine are girls. Based on historical patterns, these numbers are surprising, as in the…
Pictured in this photograph are seventy-five students from Oskaloosa High School in 1915. Of the seventy-five students pictured, thirty-two are boys and the other forty-three are girls. Based on historical patterns, these numbers are not…
Pictured in this photograph are the forty seniors from the Oskaloosa High School graduating class of 1914. Of the twenty-eight students pictured, sixteen are boys and the other twelve are girls. Based on historical patterns, these numbers are…
Pictured in this photograph are the forty seniors from the Oskaloosa High School graduating class of 1913. Of the forty students pictured, fourteen are boys and the other twenty-six are girls. Based on historical patterns, these numbers are not…
After the second Oskaloosa High School was constructed in 1897, it did not take long before the school population needed additional space. Therefore, in 1917 an addition was made to the northeast corner of the building. In 1937, a northwest wing…
Completed in 1897, the second Oskaloosa High School was located at the corner of B Avenue and North First Street, which was only two blocks from the town square. The new high school was built on a bond valued at $30,000. Later, the high school was…
Built in 1870, the old Oskaloosa High School consisted of eleven classrooms and housed 525 students. The first two floors held high school classes, but the third floor of the high school actually was the home of Jefferson Elementary School students.…
