Mine was picked from someplace in the midwest US in the 1970s. It was in an antique dealer's inventory then they divorced and it stayed with the husband who had a furniture refinishing business. He resurfaced the work surface, then set a paint can on it and never got to the rest of it, thank goodness, so most of the original oiled finish was spared.
The husband was suffering from alzheimers and eventually passed away. The inventory went to the daughter of the couple and it all sat untouched in a warehouse for the next 20 years, which is why the wood was light colored and dry. Finally, the daughter put most of the warehouse up on Craigslist and started selling it off, which is how I found it. They had about six Hoosiers in various states of completion.
I fell in love with this one immediately, and it continues to be one of my favorite pieces of furniture and one of the most useful. It has had a lot of additions since the photo above.
I keep wineglasses in the upper cupboards, spices in the drawers, my collection of antique cookbooks are at the back of the work surface under the cupboards and the old bowl with all my functional antique kitchen gadgets is at the front of the work surface. Hubby owns rights to the bins and has his favorite treats in those. The antique apple peeler is on the opposite end from the grinder and the pie carrier sits beneath it. These look great and are super useful.