1914 City Baths Australians At War Drapers and Import Merchants"

Drapers and Import Merchants"

Georges (founded by brothers William and Alfred George in 1880) moved in after a fire forced them to move from their original site further west in Collins Street in 1889

Photographer unknown

A photograph of St Kilda Road

and the bridge (see photo below) was removed along with the Falls themselves in 1883

1914 City Baths Australians At War Drapers and Import Merchants"A delightful photograph of the Melbourne City Baths in 1914. The architect was John James Clark who also designed the Treasury Building, the Royal Mint building and the Customs House, among other major works in Melbourne. This building was completed in 1904, built by the Swanson Brothers. The baths are still at 420 Swanston Street and you can use the baths' facilities. By the 1850s the Yarra had become quite polluted and was the cause of an epidemic