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"The Magnificent New Passenger Station at Ames Almost Completed," stated the headline in the September 6, 1900 issue of "The Ames Times." The transportation hub of central Iowa, a foot subway, was added in 1917. After the demise of area passenger trains, the old depot was used for city offices from 1971 to March, 1990. Photo is from a postcard, postmarked May 27, 1908. (See also: 112.616.4)