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Large crowd congregating outside Quaker meeting house

March 6, 2024
Written by Landslide Creative

Outdoor view of the Quaker Meeting House in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The thin cdv paper implies a date in the 1860s. The card is backed on cardboard and inserted into a cardboard frame with an oval window cut in the cardboard,...

Studio portrait of middle-aged Black woman, head and shoulders

Written by Landslide Creative

front photo shows the bust of a middle-aged Black woman. Bottom of the front says “Elite Studio 109 West High Street, Oskaloosa, Iowa.”

Black man in suit, in Iowa studio, full-length portrait

Written by Landslide Creative

Full length photo of a Black man in a suit, in a studio with a painted backdrop of a window sill with plants. Under the image “W.A. Duncan. Oskalossa, IA.” See other photograph by WA Duncan for a photograph of...

Portrait of a Black man, Iowa, Border Indicates He Is Deceased.

Written by Landslide Creative

Photo of distinguished Black man in suit and tie, glasses, set in a border that indicates he has died. The studio name and address: “W.A. Duncan photography studio, 214 & 216 Wes High Ave, Oskaloosa, Iowa,” is written under the...

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