Frank H. Ives moved his family and new jewelry store, F. H. Ives, Jeweler, from Kirwin Kansas to Osborne Kansas in 1903. His family and business thrived there until he relocated to Topeka Kansas in 1919. City directories document that he continued to work as a jeweler and watchmaker until at least age 81 in 1958. By that time the store had changed names from “Frank Ives & Son” to “Ives Jewelry”. Frank H. Ives died in Topeka in 1966 at age 89.
The postcard photographs below show the business district in Osborne Kansas and a sod schoolhouse in Osborne County Kansas in the period when Frank H. Ives grew up there and operated his jewelry store.
F. H. Ives - Osborne, Kans. - (Not in STFS Collection)
The top-left wedding announcement appeared in the Osborne County Farmer on Thursday May 2, 1901, on page 1. The top-center advertisement appeared in the Osborne County News on Thursday December 10, 1903, on page 5. The top-right advertisement appeared in the Osborne County News on Thursday June 16, 1904, on page 5.
The lower-left advertisement appeared in the Osborne Evening News on Thursday September 3, 1914, on page 2. The lower-center advertisement appeared in the Osborne County News on Thursday September 2, 1915, on page 4. The lower-right advertisement appeared in the Osborne County Farmer on Thursday May 8, 1919, on page 4.
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