Let's take a step back in time and visit a Ladner business from yesteryear.
The above Delta Archives photo from 1910 shows businessman John Reagh with his two children and dog in front of John Reagh's Shoe Store.
Built in 1905, the store was on the bustling Delta Street in Ladner Village. Reagh operated his shoe store until 1919, according to the archives.
Here's what downtown Ladner was like when Reagh operated his store there.
A 1910 photograph of the inside of John Reagh's Shoe Store showing John Reagh
Early 1900s architectural drawings for Reagh's shoe store building, created architect Henry John Cresswell. The drawings include the floor plan, foundation plan and other details such as the wood shed which included the outhouse
A Delta Archives post card from 1906 showing Delta Street looking south to the Methodist Church. The photo shows F. J. MacKenzie drugs, City Bakery, Rich office, Prior & Co. Farm Implements, John Reagh's shoe store and the Royal Bank on the west side of Delta Street, and the B.C. Telephone building and the Calvert house on the east side. The electricity poles were recently installed
A photo from around 1914 of Delta Street looking northwest, showing Ladner Investments Trust Corp., Delta Times building, Howard Brothers Custom Tailors, I. O. O. F. building with Royal Bank as tenant, as well as John Reagh's Shoe store. The Lanning, Fawcett and Wilson building is in the background.
