Afternoon rush hour in Commissioner Street in 1895 when the town was about nine years old. The building with the wrought ironwork is Hermann Eckstein's Corner House on the corner of Simmonds Street. Note "The Chains" across Simmonds. Between the Chains - the scene in Simmonds Street, between Commissioner and Market where, for many years, people met in times of crises. The knot of men in the middle distance is outside the town's first stock exchange.   Photos - The Star - Barnett Collection     Want your own home page? Get one free from Geocities Back to Johannesburg