118.647.1

The four Cole brothers, who were active in the business and professional life of early Ames. From left to right are: Lew Cole (1880-1954), a farmer and owner of a garbage collection service; William (Will) Cole (1871-1955); Clarence "Dig" Cole (1882-1968), a veterinarian who from 1927 to 1952 was the head of the Hog Cholera Station, the forerunner to the National Animal Disease Laboratories, in Ames; and Ben Cole (1873-1939), a builder whose company, Ben Cole & Son, constructed the Grand Avenue underpass in 1937-1938 and the new Ames High School (since 1990, the Ames City Hall) which opened for classes in the fall of 1939 on the west corner of Sixth Street and Clark Avenue. (For another photograph taken at the same time as this one [check the clothing on each of the brothers], see 118.650.1)