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Ames & College Railway manager and driver, 1906.

Ames & College Railway manager  and driver, 1906.

Title

Ames & College Railway manager and driver, 1906.

Description

Frank Lang, motorman for the Ames & College Railway (The Dinkey) is seated in the locomotive while other individuals stand beside the train. The third and fourth standing individuals from the left are identified as M. K. Smith, manager and Hank Wilkerson. The other persons are not identified. Writing on the front of the photograph suggests that it was taken during the Excursion Days, October 5-6, 1906.
The Ames & College Railway, better known as the Dinkey, provided transportation between the City of Ames, Iowa and the Iowa Agricultural College (Iowa State University).� As a joint venture of Ames and the College, the Dinkey began operating on July 4, 1891. The Ames & College Railway was sold to the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad in 1907. That year the Dinkey was replaced with an electric streetcar, known as the interurban.

Creator

Hinkey, G. W., Iowa State University

Source

04-08-I.Dinkey.233-01-002

Publisher

Iowa State University Library Special Collections: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html

Date

1906
2012-10-29

Rights

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Relation

University Photographs; http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/collections/images.html

Format

Photograph
16.7 x 12.1 cm

Type

Image
Image

Identifier

04-08-I.Dinkey.233-01-002
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