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Looks like they're at the Central Station parcels office...in the background we're looking West across George St down Quay St. Some of the buildings seen here are still standing...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/190120541 - this [1927] NLA Fairfax pic of George St, etc which looks to have been taken from the Central Station clock tower gives a good view of the general location...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/187501373 - ditto this other NLA Fairfax pic of Railway Square...

The date has to be ca. 1927 or later...you can just make out the Empire Theatre in Quay St...it was completed in 1927...it had a very distinctive hoarding/billboard/sign on top which just makes it into frame in the background behind the delivery guys' heads...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/10441750 - SLNSW Sam Hood pic of the Empire Theatre...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/13466707 - another SLNSW Sam Hood pic of the Empire Theatre...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/10430566 - more wonders of Trove!...the NLA has another pic of these Hordern's delivery guys...looks to be the same occasion...

trove.nla.gov.au/work/11361441 - this other pic of the Hordern's delivery wagons looks to be much earlier...

Wonderful historical photo…

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Benjamin Cribb started his London Store business in Ipswich in 1849. In 1854 Benjamin partnered with J.C. Foote, and Cribb & Foote were formed. The business grew to become an indelible part of Ipswich’s commercial history for 128 years. The Cribb & Foote Families familiar involvement with staff and the community ensured that they commemorated their 50th, 80th and 100th Anniversaries in grand style. In 1899 Cribb and Foote celebrated their Golden Jubilee Anniversary, (50 years In May 1929, Cribb & Foote celebrated 80 years of business with an “80th Birthday Bargain Sale’ formally opened by the Mayor. The advertisement in the Moreton Bay Courier read:- ‘May 2nd 1929 being the date that Mr Benjamin Cribb founded the business 80 years ago, 10% cash discount will apply at the sale excepting on groceries, proprietary lines and sale bargains’. It also went on to say that if any child under ten years could provide a ticket for the sale bearing the number 80, that child would receive a piece of the huge birthday cake, a Cribb & Foote anniversary candle and a silver coin. In 1949 Cribb & Foote celebrated 100 years of business in Ipswich. The Queensland Times 2nd May 1949 ran an editorial paying tribute to Cribb & Foote, ‘stressing the friendly co-operation between city and district and between trader and customer with an uplifting effect on community life’. Source: www.ipswichlibraries.com.au/cribb-foote-celebrations/

‘Finney Isles & Co’ holds a huge place in Brisbane history. Founded by Thomas Finney & James Isles, ‘Finney’s’ was well known in our Ann St location in the mid to late 1800’s as Brisbane’s ‘go to’ drapery for fashion textiles, before later expanding to build the iconic Queen St Mall building we now know as the ‘David Jones Building’. Source: www.finneyisles.com.au/our-story

Thomas Finney (1837-1903), merchant and politician arrived at Brisbane in the Flying Cloud. Two years later in partnership Finney Isles & Co. bought a drapery business in Ann Street, Fortitude Valley, and with a staff of five traded as Finney Isles & Co. at the Valley Exchange. By 1869 the business had branches in Rockhampton and Gympie; next year they opened a second Brisbane store, the City Exchange in Edward Street. The firm bought these premises in 1873 and with the acquisition of further property expanded into such lines as tailoring, furniture, furnishing and hardware, an early development of the modern department store. The trading was not consolidated until 1909 when new premises were built extending over a whole frontage between Queen and Adelaide Streets. Finney was always interested in the welfare of his employees and in 1879 pioneered 6 p.m. closing in Brisbane stores. In 1885, with other firms, he instituted 1 p.m. closing on Saturdays and continued it despite the reversion of other firms to the old Saturday hours of 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Source: adb.anu.edu.au/biography/finney-thomas-3518

Dressing Up in Brisbane, 1900s Style By JOL Admin | 14 August 2012 The Brisbane Poster Ball was held on 20th September 1900 to raise funds for the Lady Lamington Hospital for Women. Many attendees created costumes advertising a particular company, with the daughter of the Chairman of Queensland Brewery Limited dressing up as a bottle of Bulimba Gold Top Ale. Excitement about the ball was intense. The Queenslander reported on 29th September 1900 that by 7 o'clock the entrance to the Centennial Hall in Adelaide Street was crowded with visitors holding tickets of admission and directly the doors were thrown open there was a mad rush for the hall. Source: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/dressing-brisbane-1900s-style#:~:....