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I saw this old guy while driving around La Grange, Texas. It's the very first jail house build in the town. Now it's being used as the City of La Grange Visitor’s Bureau and office space for the La Grange Area Chamber of Commerce. In the mid-1930’s, two members of the infamous Bonne and Clyde gang, Raymond Hamilton and Gene O’ Dare were held here for robbing the Carmine Bank.
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Fayette County opened its first jail in July, 1838. The cost of the first structure was $460. It was a primitive structure; prisoners were ironed and chained but within 10 years the building was sold. With no jail, prisoners were parceled out to various citizens for safekeeping. The plan worked until a murderer’s apprehension made arrangements for his incarceration in another town necessary.
In 1852, plans were finalized for a new jail that was in use by 1854. This jail was built by German immigrant Heinrich Kreishe, who was a stone mason by trade when he immigrated. You can see his work still at the Monument Hill/ Kreishe Brewery State Park.
By the early 1880’s, the need for a more modern and larger jail was evident and work began on the structure we now call the Old Jail. In November 1881, the county commissioners selected the Victorian Gothic design of Andrewarthe & Wahrenberger as the new look. The building was opened in 1883.
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26th June 2015 - A view from on top of the 'Atlantic Conveyor's' bridge showing the various aspects of the Stevedoring process that goes on at the Seaforth Container terminal. I used to do the invoicing for that little lot...
The UP Big Boy 4014 leads the 2022 Museum Special through Commerce City, CO as it heads north towards Cheyenne on the Greeley Sub.
Cairo, Illinois
I have never been to Cairo. I want to go there. It is winter now; sometimes I travel on the computer. This image was made using Google Maps Streetview.
The old general store in tiny Buffalo Hart,near Springfield,IL.,is about the last building left in town.It has been closed since the early '70s,its old wooden shelves still filled with a variety of merchandise.The town was once an important shipping point on the main line rail tracks that run through its center.It was named after a grove of white popular trees that stood out on the central Illinois tailgrass prairie,a small 3 acre remnant survives....
Westbound ethanol loads sit at Hobart waiting on clearance from Watson yard before continuing onto their final destination.
A shaft of late afternoon light strikes the main entrance to the Bank of Commerce building in Toronto. Built in The Depression of the early 20th century, it's one of the art deco icons of Toronto's financial district. 'The Commerce' was the forerunner of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce which in turn morphed into CIBC, one of today's 'Big Five' Canadian banks with a worldwide reach. Processed in PS.
Comme un voyageur de commerce... En attente d'un lendemain, à la recherche d'un resto ... un cinoche ... un lit !
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As a commercial traveler... Awaiting the next day, in search of a restaurant ... a cinema ... a bed!
Canada is a hostile country for elephants. There is plenty to eat here; people love animals, so that's not the reason. The Elephants (known then as Mammoths) all emigrated to warmer climates of Africa, Thailand or India about 5000 years ago. The Mom's name is Tembo and it is modeled after San Diego Zoo resident. Tembo was used to be a Hollywood actor before retiring to a Zoo. Derrick Hudson completed the sculpture in 2002 commissioned by Lou Odette. Commerce court with all the offices did not see much pedestrian traffic in last 2 years, so the elephants bring some kind of life into the large square. Tembo died relatively young in 2019. The life style of Hollywood stars can be demanding.
011. Toronto 2022-March 11, P1210279. Upload 2022-April 3. Lmx -ZS100.
Under the bluish glow of LED street lights, BNSF GP50 3170 working on the LAJ switches cuts of tank cars at E yard while holding up evening traffic on Slauson Ave.
Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar) - Je ne dirai pas que ce magasin est le plus délabré qu’il m’ait été donné de voir, mais il est dans le peloton de tête. Nous sommes dans les rues adjacentes du marché de Fort-Dauphin. Ce baraquement est une maison d’habitation qui sert également de lieu de commerce. L’homme dans la pièce de droite (le fils de la famille) vend du charbon de bois, quant à sa mère, elle propose des cacahouètes dans de petites boites en fer qui servent d’unité de mesure. La boite est vendue avec les cacahouètes, mais elle n’est pas consignée.
Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar) - I won't say that this store is the most dilapidated that I have ever seen, but it is in the leading group. We are in one of the streets adjacent to the Fort-Dauphin market. This barrack is a residential house which also serves as a place of commerce. The man in the room on the right (the son of the family) sells charcoal, while his mother sells peanuts in small iron boxes which serve as a unit of measurement. The box is sold with the peanuts but it is not returnable.
A marine layer begins to creep in off the Pacific as the lonely ‘yard hopper’ local, which is a caboose hop this evening, approaches Hobart yard where it’ll gain access to UP’s San Pedro Sub for the ride into the LAJ’s A yard.
or, Get Out of Dodge.
Back in 'Merica. But close enough to advertise gas price by the litre. But really, gallons of milk to the tenth of a penny?
Sumas, Washington, USA.
Talatamaty (Madagascar) - A Talatamaty et dans toute la Grande-île, si on a une maison qui donne sur une rue, on ouvre un commerce. C’est une obligation. Une pratique quasi-culturelle.
Talatamaty se trouve dans la proche périphérie de la capitale, Antananarivo. Une ville où le niveau de vie est un peu au-dessus de la moyenne nationale. Ça ne veut pas dire pour autant qu’on nage dans l’opulence. Il faut être raisonnable, Madagascar est quand même l’un des pays les plus pauvres du monde.
Sur la photo, on peut identifier un commerce de bonne tenue car les morceaux de poulet et les poissons ne sont pas assaillis par les mouches. Et la jeune vendeuse à une chemise toute neuve. Chose rare à Madagascar. Sauf quand on va à la messe, tout le monde revêt ses habits du dimanche.
Talatamaty (Madagascar) - In Talatamaty and throughout the Big Island, if you have a house that overlooks a street, you open a business. It is an obligation. A quasi-cultural practice.
Talatamaty is located on the outskirts of the capital, Antananarivo. A city where the standard of living is a little above the national average. That doesn’t mean we’re swimming in opulence, however. We must be reasonable, Madagascar is still one of the poorest countries in the world.
In the photo, we can identify a well-kept business because the pieces of chicken and fish are not assailed by flies. And the young saleswoman has a brand new shirt. A rare thing in Madagascar. Except when we go to mass, everyone wears their Sunday best.
BNSF’s 4th Rivera local in the care of ATSF lettered GP60 No. 194 carefully makes its way down the rickety rails on one of many decrepit spurs radiating off the San Bernardino Sub like spider webs throughout the City of Commerce.
Completed in 1985, Commerce Place is an office building that rises 88 metres above Burrard and West Hastings in downtown Vancouver. Finished in a modernist style, its highly reflective light-blue glass facade produces one of the most stunning exteriors in the city. The building was designed by Waisman Dewar Grout Carter Inc.