This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Looking at life as it used to be in Tripoli
A compact slice of life from Tripoli, recalling 110 teams on the streets, local millinery updates with Mable Meier and Mrs. Goodenbour, wartime market prices from 55 years ago, and a series of anniversary notices, local meetings, and transport changes across decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Mable Meier
F. C. Schultz
Peter Goodenbour
Kelly
St. Paul
Mercantile Millinery
Vina Panzer
Ambrose
Louis Neuendorf
Amos Belknap
C. C. Eichmann
J. F. Keough
C. A. Stewart
Fremont Township
Douglas Township
Robert Moeller
Seattle
Wash
B. F. Moeller
Paul Sommerfelt
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Crane Creek
Em. Fuch
Waterloo Stages
Decorah
Waterloo
Iowa Thoroughbred Horse Racing Association
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Tripoli Town Hall
Paul Rettig
Highway 93
Lavern Tegtmeier
Risen Savior
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ed Lohmann
Tripoli Creamery Co
Mervyn Ormston
Carl Oltrogge
Readlyn
Wapsipinicon
Fred Smith
NEA
Detroit
Carol Zwanziger
Frederika
Chicago
National Youthpower Congress
Charles H. Smith
James Klemp
Waverly
Kaiser Furniture