17.80B.2-4

This popcorn wagon was a fixture on the corner of Main Street and Douglas Avenue from about 1905 to 1939. The wagon is marked with the name of O. E. Smith, but Ben Young sold his hot buttered popcorn to pedestrians and downtown shoppers for 24 of the 34 years the wagon did business. The railroad car to the left is Interurban Car No. 64, bound for Des Moines. The freshly shaven gentleman has just emerged from the O. K. Barbershop on the right. (See also: 16.78.1-3, close-up of the popcorn wagon; 68.351A.2-5; and 68.351B.1, close-up of the streetcar)