City of Regina Archives Photograph Collection, CORA-RPL-A-294

Title: Glasgow House and employees
Date: 1900
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-294
Extent: 1 B&W Print; 14 cm x 12 cm
Scope and Content Note: Composite photograph of Glasgow House on South Railway Street and its employees. This was the first business owned by R.H. Williams. Original print held by Saskatchewan Archives Board.
Access Restrictions: None
Photographer: Unknown
Parent fonds/collection: RPL Photograph Collection
Historical Note: : In 1888, R.H. Williams formed a partnership with Alex Sheppard. The two opened Glasgow House, the first retail venture for R.H. Williams. Within a year of Glasgow House's opening, Williams bought out Sheppard. The store proved to be immensely popular, and Williams was forced first to move to larger quarters on South Railway between Broad and Rose Streets and later to expand that location several times. Ultimately, the business moved to larger quarters on 11 th Avenue and Hamilton Streets (where the TD Canada Trust building now stands), where it was known as R.H. Williams and Sons Department Store.