1908
Citation: 11.47.4 (Full image size: 40Kb)
Onondaga Street, looking west from Duff Avenue corner. Ames Hotel is at right, Lynn Morris Livery, beyond hotel, around 1908. Note the "College Bus" (horse-drawn hack).
Citation: 212.1208.2-4 (Full image size: 100Kb)
New York-to-Paris, via Ames, Iowa! The year was 1908, and six cars lined up near Time Square in New York City for the start of the first international automobile race ever held. Promoted by the fledgling Automobile Club of America, it drew attention across the country. The Italian car, Zust, arrived in Ames on March 3, 1908, missing the big banquet and celebration held in the Ames Hotel on Onondaga (Main) Street the day before. This photo was taken of the Zust when it was in the Morris Livery on Main Street in Ames where was completely washed and serviced. Note the advertisement on the wall for FLINT'S POWDERS for horses and cattle. For more information on the race, see Chapter 12, "Ames in Word and Picture: Further Tales and Personal Memories," by Farwell T. Brown, 1999. (Photo is courtesy of Carl W. Allen, Nevada, Iowa.)
Citation: 49.241.4 (Full image size: 81Kb)
The old brick hotel on the northwest corner of Duff and Onondaga (Main). Earlier known as the Davis House. In use into the 1920's.
Citation: 74.380.4-5 (Full image size: 56Kb)
Looking west down Onondaga (Main) Street from Duff Avenue intersection in 1908. The Interurban streetcar, which began service in Ames in 1907, is in the center of the photo. Most of the vehicles seen on the business street are horse-drawn.
Looking west down Onondaga (Main) Street from Duff Avenue intersection in 1908. The Interurban streetcar, which began service in Ames in 1907, is in the center of the photo. Most of the vehicles seen on the business street are horse-drawn. The Lynn Morris Livery Stable is on the right beyond the Ames Hotel on the corner. Horse-drawn hack parked on the street was probably the "College Bus" used to transport students to and from the ISC campus.
Citation: 9.35.1 (Full image size: 48Kb)
Onondaga in 1908 (Main Street, after 1910) looking west from Duff Avenue. Morris Livery at right. Also, old Ames Hotel, near right. first paved in 1910.
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