1908

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   Citation: 103.564.3 (Full image size: 63Kb)

"The Magnificent New Passenger Station at Ames Almost Completed," stated the headline in the September 6, 1900 issue of "The Ames Times." The transportation hub of central Iowa, a foot subway, was added in 1917. After the demise of area passenger trains, the old depot was used for city offices from 1971 to March, 1990. Photo is from a postcard, postmarked May 27, 1908. (See also: 112.616.4)

   Citation: 96.518.1-3 (Full image size: 58Kb)

Travelers would stroll in the depot gardens (designed and maintained by ISC horticulturist Jerry Sexton). This 1908 photo was hand colored in Germany when the Ames depot was advertised as having the most beautifully landscaped gardens between Chicago and Denver.

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