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Title
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Bob's Tip-Top Restaurant, Ames, Iowa, Tip Top Lounge, Bob's Tip Top Lounge
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Description
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"Restaurant at Junction of U.S. Highways 30 and 69, Ames, Iowa."--t.p. verso. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones opened Bob's Tip Top Sandwich Shop in 1949, a popular restaurant along the Lincoln Highway. It was later purchased by Jim Overturg, who dropped the Bob from the name and transformed it into a lounge. It is now a popular hangout for both college students and Ames residents. Located at 201 E Lincoln Way, Ames, Story County, Iowa. 1955 postmark.
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Date Created
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1955
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PID
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grinnell:14253
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Colo Cabin Camp at junction of Hi-Ways 30 & 65, Colo, Iowa, Colo Motel, Colo Cabin Camp at junction of Highways 30 & 65, Colo, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northeast at a one-story motel. Throughout most of the 1920’s, Charlie Reed allowed travelers to pitch tents on open land at this site. Beginning in 1928, however, that camping space was filled by the Colo Cabin Camp, which was also known by the late 1940’s as the Colo Motel, the sole name used after the mid-1950’s. This was an early use in Iowa of the term “motel,” a contraction of “motor hotel.” Connoting “modern,” this new word originated in California and quickly spread across the country after World War II. The motel has been recently remodeled and is now in use for those in need of a night’s stay. Number 5122.
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Date Created
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1945
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PID
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grinnell:16991
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Title
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Main Street, Ames, Iowa
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Description
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Looking east with the power plant in the background. There is a JCPenney store on the right and a hotel on the left. "The stores on Main Street are modern and attractive. Alert, well-maintained enterprises make up the business district of Ames."--t.p. verso. Number 24291N. Series 10.
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Date Created
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1950
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PID
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grinnell:14254