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The Munn Lumber Company car in parade on Onondaga (Main) Street on July 3, 1909. The car won the top prize in the parade which began in downtown Ames and proceeded to the Iowa State College campus. The parade celebrated the 50th anniversary of the College's founding. The car is headed west in front of the Odd Fellows Building (built in 1901; burned in December, 1917; rebuilt in 1918; and later know as the American Legion Building (227 Main). Fred Munn was driver of this car; his father Hiram L. Munn, who founded the company in 1901 is in the front seat. A special train brought parade celebrants to Ames from Boone and Nevada. (See also: 156.865.3)