Amend's Meats

ID: 319 ~ Source: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. ~ Creator: Sanborn Map Company ~ Date: 1901

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Map showing a meat market at 304 Walnut Street, Des Moines, Iowa. The 1901 city directory lists Amend's Meats at this address. A rendering area and Smoke House are also listed as part of this address. A pharmacy and cigar factory sit alongside the butcher shop.

Additional Information

Subject

Businesses

Publisher

Sanborn Map Company

Contributor

Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

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Image

This file appears in: Amend's Meats

Amend's Meats

By Amy Amend Wiese & Amend Packing Co.

Amend’s high quality meat has been a culinary treat for the city of Des Moines since founder Conrad Amend opened his first meat market four years after the Civil War. Amend was 11 years old when, alone, he left Germany to seek his fame and fortune…