G. H. Laube bought the franchise for a World Tire store. His manager was Ed McKeever. He later added a gas pump out front. The tank was just put under ground at the curb. In 1930 he added a radiator repair business. The business was sold to Lawrence McGlynn in 1935, and later still other owners were Ernest Hartman and a Mr. Leath.
The back of the photo says, "John G. Lambert (on the right) (builder of farm buildings & concrete, Waverly area),J. C. Guter (on the left) (Waverly rural mail carrier) beside Waverly Lumber, Mainstreet, Waverly, IA, 1924" Charles Guter was born in Minneapolis, MN, in 1890. He was hired by the U.S. Postal Service in Collegeville, MN, in 1913. In 1915, he was transferred to Waverly, and became a rural mail carrier. In 1969, he died in Waverly. Source: Bremer County Independent, June 30, 1969 (found in findagrave.com).
Sign says, "A Chain of Stores from Coast to Coast, World Tire Stores & Co., proprietors." An ad in the window says, "Sale today, Dunbar [tires] 30 X 3 1/2, $9.87."
"The World Tire Store on the south side of East Bremer Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets. The building was later Brayton's. It was torn down about 1981 when 1st National razed the building on the block to build their new bank. L-R: J. C. Guter, John G. Laube. Mr. Guter was a rural mail carrier and Mr. Laube was in the construction business in Waverly." Source: Waverly Public Library
Accession No. 90D0077
Additional photographs and resources can be found at the Waverly Public Library on the local and family history page http://www.waverlyia.com/public-library/research/local-and-family-history-collection.aspx
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G. H. Laube bought the franchise for a World Tire store. His manager was Ed McKeever. He later added a gas pump out front. The tank was just put under ground at the curb. In 1930 he added a radiator repair business. The business was sold to Lawrence McGlynn in 1935, and later still other owners were Ernest Hartman and a Mr. Leath. The back of the photo says, "John G. Lambert (on the right) (builder of farm buildings & concrete, Waverly area),J. C. Guter (on the left) (Waverly rural mail carrier) beside Waverly Lumber, Mainstreet, Waverly, IA, 1924" Charles Guter was born in Minneapolis, MN, in 1890. He was hired by the U.S. Postal Service in Collegeville, MN, in 1913. In 1915, he was transferred to Waverly, and became a rural mail carrier. In 1969, he died in Waverly. Source: Bremer County Independent, June 30, 1969 (found in findagrave.com).
Sign says, "A Chain of Stores from Coast to Coast, World Tire Stores & Co., proprietors." An ad in the window says, "Sale today, Dunbar [tires] 30 X 3 1/2, $9.87."
"The World Tire Store on the south side of East Bremer Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets. The building was later Brayton's. It was torn down about 1981 when 1st National razed the building on the block to build their new bank. L-R: J. C. Guter, John G. Laube. Mr. Guter was a rural mail carrier and Mr. Laube was in the construction business in Waverly." Source: Waverly Public Library Accession No. 90D0077 Additional photographs and resources can be found at the Waverly Public Library on the local and family history page http://www.waverlyia.com/public-library/research/local-and-family-history-collection.aspx