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Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada.
Friday, October 4, 2024.

These shops and attached dwellings were built during Annerley’s interwar boom period, as the suburb changed from a lightly-developed semi-rural district into a well-populated inner-city area. From the 1860s, the site had been part of an acreage belonging to a jam preserver, left unsubdivided until 1916. The frontage facing Ipswich Road held a shop and dwelling prior to this building's construction in 1930 by Hans Ebeling, a builder and property investor. Ebeling leased the shop and lived in the dwelling upstairs for some years, before selling the property in 1949. In the 1950s the house was converted into flats.

Source: Brisbane City Council Heritage Register.

Built in 1884 at no. 135 Queen Street East.

"This building with its clock tower has been a landmark on Queen Street in St. Marys since it was constructed for William Andrews, a local jeweller (and Town Clerk), in 1884. It was designed by a St. Marys architect, William Williams, in the Second Empire style. Its façade is richly ornamented with features in the Italianate style. Williams was known for using white brick trimmed with red in his designs throughout St. Marys. The building has miraculously retained almost all of its important original exterior and interior features. As an ensemble, it is unique in St. Marys and a rarity in the entire province." - info from the Town of St. Marys.

"St. Marys is a town in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the north branch of the Thames River and Trout Creek southwest of Stratford, and is surrounded by the Township of Perth South in Perth County, Ontario. St. Marys operates under its own municipal government that is independent from the county's government. Nonetheless, the three entities "enjoy a large degree of collaboration and work together to grow the region as a leading location for industry and people". Census data published for Perth County by Statistics Canada includes St. Marys and most Perth County publications also do, at least in some sections of the document.

The town is also known by its nickname, "The Stone Town", due to the abundance of limestone in the surrounding area, giving rise to numerous limestone buildings and homes throughout the town. St. Marys Cement, a large cement producer founded in the town, capitalized on this close feed stock, and grew to be a major producer of cement in the province of Ontario.

St. Marys is home to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. It is the burial place of Arthur Meighen, Canada's ninth prime minister. Timothy Eaton, who went on to become one of Canada's most famous retailers, opened his first businesses in Canada in nearby Kirkton, Ontario, and later St. Marys." - info from Wikipedia.

Late June to early July, 2024 I did my 4th major cycling tour. I cycled from Ottawa to London, Ontario on a convoluted route that passed by Niagara Falls. During this journey I cycled 1,876.26 km and took 21,413 photos. As with my other tours a major focus was old architecture.

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Built c. 1854 at no. 159-161 Queen Street East.

"Built circa 1854, this store is one of the earliest limestone commercial buildings in St. Marys. Constructed of coursed rubble with an attractive 1880s window shape, the structure is one of few limestones buildings in St. Marys that is still almost perfectly preserved. This building was home to McIntyre’s boot and shoe business that employed twenty people in the 1860s. McIntyre’s brother-in-law owned nearby businesses and was responsible (alongside other relations) for the construction of the frame village hall on the site where the limestone Town Hall now stands." - info from the Town of St. Marys.

"St. Marys is a town in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the north branch of the Thames River and Trout Creek southwest of Stratford, and is surrounded by the Township of Perth South in Perth County, Ontario. St. Marys operates under its own municipal government that is independent from the county's government. Nonetheless, the three entities "enjoy a large degree of collaboration and work together to grow the region as a leading location for industry and people". Census data published for Perth County by Statistics Canada includes St. Marys and most Perth County publications also do, at least in some sections of the document.

The town is also known by its nickname, "The Stone Town", due to the abundance of limestone in the surrounding area, giving rise to numerous limestone buildings and homes throughout the town. St. Marys Cement, a large cement producer founded in the town, capitalized on this close feed stock, and grew to be a major producer of cement in the province of Ontario.

St. Marys is home to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. It is the burial place of Arthur Meighen, Canada's ninth prime minister. Timothy Eaton, who went on to become one of Canada's most famous retailers, opened his first businesses in Canada in nearby Kirkton, Ontario, and later St. Marys." - info from Wikipedia.

Late June to early July, 2024 I did my 4th major cycling tour. I cycled from Ottawa to London, Ontario on a convoluted route that passed by Niagara Falls. During this journey I cycled 1,876.26 km and took 21,413 photos. As with my other tours a major focus was old architecture.

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Stil abandoned.

Parisienne Sauna
215 Newbury Street (Route 1)
Peabody, Massachusetts

Photograph by H. Ray Wallman

March 30, 1983

Parisienne Sauna went out of business after a raid from the state police in where in 6 women were charged with prostitution

SNHP-3208

Citation: The Salem News Historic Photograph Collection, Salem State University Archives and Special Collections, Salem, Massachusetts

Ordman Block
95 Main Street
Peabody, Massachusetts

Photograph by Kirk Williamson

September 8, 1982

"Ordman Block 95 Main St Peabody"

SNHP-3198

Citation: The Salem News Historic Photograph Collection, Salem State University Archives and Special Collections, Salem, Massachusetts

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The first part of the building on McLachlan Street was constructed in 1898 as a clothing factory for Stewart and Hemmant. The 1890s was an important decade of industrial expansion in Fortitude Valley. The extension of the train line from the city to Fortitude Valley in 1891 gave impetus to the growth of industry. Proximity to the city and the burgeoning river wharfage facilities also helped to boost the attraction of the Valley to late nineteenth century industrialists. The clothing industry, aided by high tariffs on imported goods, was becoming more prominent. Stewart and Hemmant, one of the oldest drapery establishments in Queensland, embarked on industrial expansion and, in the 1890s, was one of the largest clothing manufacturers. The building on McLachan Street is a tangible example of the improvement in the conditions of clothing factory workers, showing the impact of government action in the 1890s to improve the conditions of clothing factory workers.

Alexander Stewart and William Hemmant met in Ballarat in 1859 and moved to Queensland, commencing business together shortly afterwards. Their general drapery on the corner of Queen and Albert Streets opened in March 1860. A fire which started in their drapery destroyed most of the buildings on the Queen St block in 1864 and the partners re-established their business on nearby Queen and Adelaide Streets. The business sold draper’s wares including fabrics, clothing and accessories and occasionally sundries imported from England. Christmas specials included storage goods, eau de cologne and other toiletries, separation fans. The success of the business led Stewart and Hemmant to open branches in northern Queensland, Sydney, Melbourne and London, and to expand their Queen Street premises in 1874.

In the mid-1870s, Stewart and Hemmant’s business changed its focus from retail to wholesale. Hemmant left the business for politics in 1871, taking a particular interest in shipping and labour legislation, and the tailoring branch was sold to J.S. Manwaring. Later Hemmant left Australia for England, though he retained an interest in the business until the partnership was officially dissolved in 1893. The retail business, which was described in the Brisbane Courier as ‘one of the oldest and most extensive retail drapery businesses in this colony’, was sold to Reid & Brooks in June 1876, with Stewart and Hemmant instead importing goods as warehousemen. The Queen and Adelaide Street building was refitted to suit the wholesale trade from 1876. The firm was employed to provide the government with blankets in 1880, although problems with the tendering process led to the cancellation of the contract. However, Stewart & Hemmant successfully tendered to provide 9000 blankets to the government in 1886. As with all of Stewart and Hemmant’s goods, the blankets were imported from England.

Until this point, Stewart and Hemmant, along with most other clothing and textile merchants in Brisbane, had been dependent on goods being shipped to them from Britain. With Britain’s low production costs and minimal duties on imported goods, it was much cheaper to import clothing than to make it, and firms that attempted to compete faced severe difficulties. However, the 1880s brought a change in this situation. Steps were undertaken to encourage the development of the manufacturing industry, including raising duties on the British imports from five percent in 1878 to 25 percent in the 1880s, and the economic boom of the 1880s assisted firms considering branching into manufacturing. By the 1890s, clothing and textile manufacture employed over 40 per cent of Brisbane’s industrial workforce (mainly young women), but this new and largely unregulated industry was subject to abuse. Women were often hired instead of men as they could be paid up to a quarter less than their male counterparts for the same tasks: a report in 1897 notes wages for a foreman could be up to £4 10s, while a forewoman would earn 30 shillings. Workrooms and factories were overcrowded and many businesses were suspected of sweated labour. In 1891 a Royal Commission into the conditions in shops, factories and workshops found clothing manufacture was among the worst industries for workers’ conditions. ‘Sweating’ and other abuses continued to be a problem well into the 1890s, although the 1896 Factories and Shops Act directed towards improvement in working conditions did reduce the proportion of clothing made by sweated labour or outwork. It also resulted in the establishment of several large mechanised factories.

Stewart and Hemmant began its clothing manufacturing business in the 1890s in its Queen Street premises. Reports published on the opening of their new factory in 1898 attributed Stewart and Hemmant’s venture to their ‘progressive’ natures and the ‘active personal knowledge and supervision of goods during the progress of manufacture’ which would enable the firm to keep in touch with the progress of the country and the tastes of their large clientele. It was an unusual step for such a large firm: as recently as 1888 several large drapery businesses insisted that, despite the high tariffs, it was still cheaper to import goods than to manufacture the same articles in Queensland, and that the same quality of goods could not be produced in Queensland as in Britain. Nevertheless, the firm applied for registration of a trade mark in 1891 and in 1892 began manufacturing brands such as the ‘Manx moleskin’ trousers and ‘Thistle’ shirts. When the partnership of Stewart and Hemmant was officially dissolved in 1893, Alexander Stewart entered into partnership with sons John Killough Stewart and Charles Tait Stewart, as merchants and warehousemen trading as Stewart and Hemmant. By the mid-1890s it had become a major manufacturer of clothing and hats in Brisbane and had such a reputation for ‘fair and equitable dealing’ that ‘the name of Stewart and Hemmant has become an equivalent for despatch, integrity, and everything that is honourable in trade.’ This reputation, as well as its status as one of the one of the oldest and largest businesses in Queensland, set it apart from other clothing manufacturers. In contrast to most factories of the time, which hired around four workers, Stewart and Hemmant employed around 230 hands in 1896, paying around £200 a week in wages; 273 workers in 1898 who were paid a total of £13,000 a year; and around 350 in 1900. The Queen Street premises had been expanded and now fronted the entire block between Queen and Adelaide Streets, with the factory facing Adelaide Street.

Overcrowding in the Adelaide Street workrooms seems to have contributed to Stewart and Hemmant’s plans for a new factory in the Valley. The extension of transport to the Valley, the expansion of nearby residential suburbs and the availability of large portions of undeveloped land made the Valley a viable factory location. The company purchased one rood and 37 perches in McLachlan Street, near the Ann Street cutting, from Thomas Skyring in 1897 and architect George G. Hutton designed specifications for a new factory ‘that no one, official or otherwise, could possibly cavil at’. The factory was constructed in six months by builders Crawford and Cameron, and opened in 1898. It was a two-storey brick building ‘of most approved design’ and said to be ‘one of the most effective and complete buildings of its kind in the Australian colonies.’ Picked buff bricks adorned the walls fronting the street, while internally the building featured lofty ceilings, nine foot square windows and air ventilation, in consideration for the employees working in the Queensland climate. Articles published on the opening of the factory in 1898 boasted that ‘[a] general feeling of comfort and coolness pervades the whole establishment,’ as ‘the health and comfort of their employees was the first consideration’. The building also had five-foot wide staircases and two elevators. Photographs published at the time show that the building also featured a large sign on the roof, ‘Stewart & Hemmant Clothing Factory’.

Brisbane’s industrial growth continued and by 1901, 1,103 factories had been registered, although few were as large as Stewart and Hemmant. Despite the introduction of the most modern equipment such as cutting and sewing machines and gas irons, the process of clothing manufacture was still very labour intensive around the turn of the century. Workers were divided into specialised jobs including cutting, trimming, sewing, hemming, stitching, button holing, button sewing, pressing and folding.

Demand for Stewart and Hemmant’s goods grew to such an extent that it was considered necessary to build additional warehouse facilities adjacent to the factory. This warehouse, initially used as a hat factory, faces McLachlan Street and bears the date 1905 on its parapet, and is listed as a separate heritage place. Further expansions occurred in 1905 and 1909, this time to the Marshall Street frontage. The original factory, which had been delineated by two triangular pediments, was extended and a tower built. These additions were designed by architect Claude W. Chambers and built by Blair Cunningham.

In 1903 Stewart and Hemmant became incorporated as Alexander Stewart and Sons. Alexander Stewart managed the company almost until his death in 1918. The company Alexander Stewart and Sons continued until it went into voluntary liquidation in 1926. It had been operating for over 60 years and was one of Brisbane’s oldest companies.

Towards the end of 1928 the former clothing factory gained a new tenant, printing company W.R. Smith and Paterson. William Ritchie Smith had established the business in 1902, later partnered by Robert Paterson. The business became a company in 1922 and operated from premises in the city until its warehouse was resumed in 1928, in order for Adelaide Street to be widened. Smith and Paterson set up its printery in the factory, purchasing it in July 1929 after it failed to sell at auction in May. Tenants Hayloom Manufacturing Company leased the part of the building fronting McLachlan Street from 1930. The development of Kemp Place in the 1940s made the Smith and Paterson building highly visible, and a large advertising sign by Queensland artist James Wieneke was added to the entire side of the Ann Street frontage. Minor alterations to the cantilevered awnings and additions to the mezzanine floor were completed in 1951 and 1961 respectively. Smith and Paterson, which continues as a business, sold the building in 1982.

The building was altered in the 1980s and 1990s with Asian awnings along the Marshall Street frontage and an Asian roof on the tower, reflecting its use by current owners Balgownie Enterprises as an Asian Grocery import warehouse. This modification also demonstrates the strong presence of the Asian community in this part of the Valley.

Source: Brisbane City Council Heritage Register.

Public Lands is an outdoors chain currently consisting of three stores. They are owned by Dick's sporting goods.

This location in Cranberry Township, PA was originally a Dick's Sporting Goods store. In 2013, it was reopened as the first Field & Stream location. Field & Stream was Dick's first foray into an outdoors store chain. Dick's started expanding the Field & Stream chain fairly rapidly but in 2019 started to close or sell off some locations.

in 2021, this location in Cranberry Township, PA was rebranded into the first Public Lands store. Dick's started to rebrand their other Field & Stream stores into Public Lands locations as well as developing new Public Lands stores. However, as of 2025 Dick's has closed the other Field & Stream to Public Lands store conversions and sold their rights to use the Field & Stream name.

Two other Public Lands stores are operating as of early 2025. One in Framingham, MA, that replaced a former Bob's store in 2022 and another in Woodbury, MN that replaced a former Buy Buy Baby store in 2024. Given the fairly rocky history of Dick's opening Field & Stream and Public Lands, it will be interesting to see if Dick's decides to open more locations in the coming years.

I thought this store seemed nice. It is fairly similar to an REI store and falls into the more upscale category. The store was very clean and the merchandising displays were very neatly set-up on my visit. Also, the staff there seemed friendly and helpful.

Public Lands
1000 Cranberry Square Dr Ste D, Cranberry Twp, PA 16066

Public Lands is an outdoors chain currently consisting of three stores. They are owned by Dick's sporting goods.

This location in Cranberry Township, PA was originally a Dick's Sporting Goods store. In 2013, it was reopened as the first Field & Stream location. Field & Stream was Dick's first foray into an outdoors store chain. Dick's started expanding the Field & Stream chain fairly rapidly but in 2019 started to close or sell off some locations.

in 2021, this location in Cranberry Township, PA was rebranded into the first Public Lands store. Dick's started to rebrand their other Field & Stream stores into Public Lands locations as well as developing new Public Lands stores. However, as of 2025 Dick's has closed the other Field & Stream to Public Lands store conversions and sold their rights to use the Field & Stream name.

Two other Public Lands stores are operating as of early 2025. One in Framingham, MA, that replaced a former Bob's store in 2022 and another in Woodbury, MN that replaced a former Buy Buy Baby store in 2024. Given the fairly rocky history of Dick's opening Field & Stream and Public Lands, it will be interesting to see if Dick's decides to open more locations in the coming years.

I thought this store seemed nice. It is fairly similar to an REI store and falls into the more upscale category. The store was very clean and the merchandising displays were very neatly set-up on my visit. Also, the staff there seemed friendly and helpful.

Public Lands
1000 Cranberry Square Dr Ste D, Cranberry Twp, PA 16066

Public Lands is an outdoors chain currently consisting of three stores. They are owned by Dick's sporting goods.

This location in Cranberry Township, PA was originally a Dick's Sporting Goods store. In 2013, it was reopened as the first Field & Stream location. Field & Stream was Dick's first foray into an outdoors store chain. Dick's started expanding the Field & Stream chain fairly rapidly but in 2019 started to close or sell off some locations.

in 2021, this location in Cranberry Township, PA was rebranded into the first Public Lands store. Dick's started to rebrand their other Field & Stream stores into Public Lands locations as well as developing new Public Lands stores. However, as of 2025 Dick's has closed the other Field & Stream to Public Lands store conversions and sold their rights to use the Field & Stream name.

Two other Public Lands stores are operating as of early 2025. One in Framingham, MA, that replaced a former Bob's store in 2022 and another in Woodbury, MN that replaced a former Buy Buy Baby store in 2024. Given the fairly rocky history of Dick's opening Field & Stream and Public Lands, it will be interesting to see if Dick's decides to open more locations in the coming years.

I thought this store seemed nice. It is fairly similar to an REI store and falls into the more upscale category. The store was very clean and the merchandising displays were very neatly set-up on my visit. Also, the staff there seemed friendly and helpful.

Public Lands
1000 Cranberry Square Dr Ste D, Cranberry Twp, PA 16066

Half Timber houses and stores along Rue du Maroquin - Strasbourg France

Half Timber houses and stores along Rue du Maroquin - Strasbourg France

Main Street
Peabody, Massachusetts

Photograph by H. Ray Wallman

c. 1991

"Danvers Alarm List Company parade down Main St"

SNHP-3192

Citation: The Salem News Historic Photograph Collection, Salem State University Archives and Special Collections, Salem, Massachusetts

One Way Lumber
297 Highland Avenue
Salem, Massachusetts

Photograph by Kirk Williamson

October 16, 1989

"One Way Lumber Highland Ave. Salem"

SNHP-3189

Citation: The Salem News Historic Photograph Collection, Salem State University Archives and Special Collections, Salem, Massachusetts

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Half-timber restaurants and stores - Colmar France