Market Place, Reading, looking southwards to High Street, c. 1905. On the east side, Nos. 21 and 20 (Stubbs' Mercantile Offices); Nos. 19-18 (Elephant Hotel); No. 17 (Frank Cooksey and Walker, estate agents); Nos. 16, 15, 14 and 13 (London and County Bank); No. 12 (Morris and Davis, tailors); Nos. 11, 10 and 9 (Sutton and Sons, Royal Seed Establishment). South side, No. 52 (Hill's Rubber Company), with the Simeon obelisk and cabmen's shelter in front of it. West side, Nos. 26 and 25 (Mrs. A. Chapman, tobacconist); Nos. 24 (Sims and Ellis, fishmongers, poulterers and dealers in game). There is an ornate gas-lamp to the left, and a waiting horse-drawn wagon. 1900-1909 : postcard, with the caption, "Market Place, Reading, " and numbered 13
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black and white photograph ; 8x13cm. postcard.
Language:
English
Subject:
Market Place -- Reading -- IllustrationsGas lighting -- IllustrationsHorse-drawn carts and wagons -- Reading -- IllustrationsPubs and inns -- Reading -- IllustrationsEstate agents -- Reading -- IllustrationsBanks and banking -- Reading -- IllustrationsClothes shops -- Reading -- IllustrationsSeedsmen -- Reading -- IllustrationsRubber merchants -- Reading -- IllustrationsTobacconists -- Reading -- IllustrationsFishmongers -- Reading -- IllustrationsPoulterers -- Reading -- IllustrationsSU716734SU716735SU717734SU717735Street scenes and landscapes -- Reading -- Illustrations
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2718912
