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Title: Bob's Tip-Top Restaurant, Ames, Iowa, Tip Top Lounge, Bob's Tip Top Lounge
Description: "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.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:14253

Title: Campus drive at Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Union Drive, Iowa State University
Description: View of the Iowa State College campus. Number 105.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13767

Title: Congregational Church, Ames, Iowa, Ames United Church of Christ, United Church of Christ Congregational
Description: Looking at the church corner of Sixth Street and Kellogg Avenue. The Congregational Church in this photo was the second church built on this site in 1900 and has been renovated several times. The church adopted the name United Church of Christ-Congregational in 1957 when the national Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian churches merged. Located at 217 6th Street, Ames, Story County, Iowa. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13618

Title: Fall Oil Company on highway[s] 30 and 69, Ames, Iowa, McGee Motor Company
Description: The Fall Oil Company was located southwest of Walnut and Lincoln Way at 508 Lincoln Way.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:13713

Title: Methodist Church, Ames, Iowa, First Methodist Episcopal Church, First United Methodist Church
Description: Looking northeast. The church was completed in 1908. 1909 postmark. Located at 516 Kellogg Avenue, Ames, Story County, Iowa
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13469

Title: Overland Cafe, Ames, Iowa
Description: An interior shot of the Overland Cafe which opened on Main Street in 1949. "The Overland Cafe of Ames, Iowa is one of several distinctive cafes operated by Barkalow Bros. Co., Omaha, Nebraska."--t.p. verso. 1954 postmark. Number 51988. Located at 424 Main Street, Ames, Story County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:14252

Title: Scene on campus, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University
Description: Pedestrian bridge and walkway over Squaw Creek on campus. 1910 postmark. Number 5227. Series 15850.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13766

Title: Swans on Lake LaVerne, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University
Description: Lake Laverne is a man-made lake near Iowa State University originally built in 1914-1915 and re-built in 1933. There have been white swans on the lake since 1935. Number 16.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13770

Title: View of campus, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University
Description: The electric trolley replaced the "Dinkey" in 1907. The "Dinkey" was a railroad steam line that connected the campus to the town. 1908 postmark. Number 63.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13768