The next photo is Cooper's Ladies wear taken about the same time as the photo above during the Winter Carnival in Fort William in 1949. Most of the local business along Victoria Ave dressed their store fronts in turn of the century logging and voyageur days decor.
This Aerial shot shows Cooper's Ladies wear on Victoria Ave. with the Royal
Edward Hotel in the foreground. The small advertising on the right is a typical
Newspaper ad from the 1950's for Cooper's. The next photo courtesy of Jim Hinsperger shows Cooper-Stitt after the major 1971 fire that consumed it, White's Rexall Drug Store and Wishart's Fashion Craft which was just to the left of the Cooper's Store. By the late 1960's the store was called Cooper-Stitt which had an array of men's and women's fashions.
Some of the photos of the fire appeared earlier on this blog site.
The photo below is a Brill Bus in front of the building that burned about a year and a half after it was taken. The drug store at this time was "Lord's" pharmacy.
The "Cooper's" sign is vividly shown near the rear of the bus. This photo is courtesy of the Scalzo Collection.
This is how the White's Drug Store looked on this corner back in the late 1940's, also showing the Cooper's Ladies Wear store and Wishart's Fashion Craft. Mr. Wishart was my first employer back in the 1950's. I would deliver ties to customers by bicycle, do inventory and clean the display cases. I was only 11 years old when I had this job.
The next photo is one that did appear in the blog awhile back to show the Whites Drug Store and Cooper block after the fire in 1971.
The last picture below is how that corner looks now.....pretty quiet and barren, with such a boring building to take the place of the large 3 storey Cooper Block and White's Rexall Drugs.Thanks to all those who loaned photos to publish including Jim Hinsperger and the Scalzo Collection. Some more of Jim's photos will appear in coming weeks.
Be sure to click on all photos for enlargements.
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