1910c Georges Building Collins StreetA look at how the well to do shopped in Melbourne at "Georges" in the 1900s. This trend setting multi level department store's motto was "Quod facimus, Valde facimus" (What we do, We do well) and exemplified a philosophy of exclusive goods and meticulous service. The "Georges" building was originally built for the Equitable Co operative Society in 1883. Designed by architects John Grainger and Charles D'Ebro and built on land owned by Scots' Church,

We're looking west from the corner of Russell Street

Government House and the City Baths

Photograph attributed to Fred Hardie

Businesses on street include Peppa's Fruit Market and Confectionery Palace

but did not encounter the Yarra

somewhere between 1948 (when Orcades started service

is St James' Cathedral

This era in the city's growth gave rise to the phrase "Marvellous Melbourne"

and parts of Collingwood and East Melbourne

The notes from the State Library tell us that this image is a "Looking east down Flinders Street with the old fish market (demolished in 1956 [sic]) in right foreground

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and to introduce the "Little" streets of Melbourne