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Citation: 15.70.1 (Full image size: 55Kb)
Taken from color postcard. Between Kellogg and Douglas(s), looking at south side of Onondaga (Main) Street. Hart's Studio (G. T. Hart was longtime photographer in Ames) is shown at far right. Today (1992), the building is occupied by the Apothecary Shop. Most of the buildings shown here are still in use in 1992 but with modernized fronts. Next to Hart's is the Ames Savings Bank, built in 1903 by Andrew James Graves (building in 1992 occupied by Subway restaurant). This photo was taken before street paved (1910) or streetcar tracks laid (1907). (See also: 46.230.1-2)
Citation: 52.262.1-2 (Full image size: 77Kb)
South side of Onondaga Street showing Ames Savings Bank (founded in 1903 by Andrew James Graves). Graves came to Ames in 1864 and was the first official manager of the Iowa Agricultural College Farm. He later farmed in Story County. He was president of the bank from its founding until his death in 1911 at the age of 80. The bank was sold around 1913. Graves also founded a fire insurance association and was president of that for awhile. The Subway delicatessen is located [2000] where the bank was. The bank's vault is still intact and is used in the delicatessen as a storage closet.
AMES SAVINGS BANK
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