Ostrich feathers

In the nineteenth century and into the early decades of the 20th century, ostrich feathers were a valuable commodity. So valuable that in PE they built this ostrich feather hall. The building is really three buildings, each successively larger as the trade in ostrich feathers expanded. At top is the grand staircase in the entrance, in the middle is the huge pipe organ, and the photo at bottom gives one an idea of the size of this huge trading hall.