Broad Street, Reading, looking west in 1907. The identifiable shops to the left are No. 50, A. H. Bull, gentlemen's and boys' outfitter; No. 41, The Duke's Head public house; No. 39, Farrer and Sons, stationers and booksellers; and No. 38, Ebenezer Hill, leather goods and perambulators: on the right-hand side, No. 95, H. Samuel, jeweller; No. 94, Baylis and Company, grocers; Nos. 92-93, Charles Gilkes, toy shop; No. 91, Boot's, chemists; and No. 90, John Hepworth and Son, gentlemen's outfitters. There is an electric tram heading westwards, and there are several handcarts in the street. 1900-1909: scan of a postcard in the album, "Reading and District as it Was, " compiled by Reginald W. Ford, p. 94A. The caption reads, "Broad Street, Reading, " and it is numbered 445
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Broad Street -- Reading -- IllustrationsTrams, electric -- Reading -- IllustrationsClothes shops -- Reading -- IllustrationsPubs and inns -- Reading -- IllustrationsStationers -- Reading -- IllustrationsBooksellers and bookselling -- Reading -- IllustrationsGrocers' shops -- Reading -- IllustrationsJewellers -- Reading -- IllustrationsToy shops -- Reading -- IllustrationsChemists' shops -- Reading -- IllustrationsSU714734Street scenes and landscapes -- Reading -- Illustrations
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