Talk about good luck. I had never heard of the shirt factory, the pants factory and Paris Garter, but never shirts. I met Bill at the museum and his daughter had asked about the building, it has been there for years. He remembered the "shirt factory". The address is 201 - 203 North Bloomington Street. The building is occupied by the Giacinto family. Chuck, father and son, had/have a barber shop there for many years. It was also part of Rhema Christian Church. In 1912 it was the Griffith's Laundry. 1919 Hoban Mfg. Co. (probably clothing items) 1921 Schreiber - Hoban Co. Shirt Manufacturers 1923 Vacant 1925 Koenig Auto Supplies and furnished rooms. 1929 Daniel & Ora Mick - furnished rooms 1935 Wm. Brannon 1937 Feltman Hotel 1939 Bishop Hotel and Taxi service Breese Beauty Salon 1940 (this is what I remember) the Schultz Hotel 1951 Schultz Hotel and bus depot. 1977 Chuck's Corner - barber shop In the 1950s and 60s, I remember the bus depot. Early in the morning there would be one or two sturdy boxes sitting by the curb. Sometimes they would sit there quite a while. One day a cop got curious, and we heard him call over the scanner. The packages were addressed to St. Mary's hospital and marked "Keep Refrigerated". So, they called the hospital. "Not to worry", just the blood supply for the day, and they were running a little late in their pickup. There is a picture of the Griffith Laundry on page 114 of the "Story of Streator - 1912". I think it is the same Hoban who was associated with the Paris Garter factory. ...from 1912 Story of Streator about the Paris Garter ...now employs 125 women, most of them bright, intelligent, cheerful and healthy young girls..The hours of labor are nine per day, and the employees are paid better than in most any other kind of factory labor for women. The average earnings are about $6.50 a week. .The girls take a half hour for lunce at noon, and hot coffe is supplied them by the company at ten cents per week Joanie

Just jumping in here - there was a factory in Leonore - was it a suit or shirt factory?? Do you know Joannie? It's next to the Leonore Post Office and is empty.