The north side of Broad Street, Reading, c. 1900. Left to right: the entrance to Union Street; No. 49 (William Archer, grocer, and oil, colour and glass stores); Nos. 47-48 (A. H. Bull, gentlemen's and boys' outfitters); No. 47; No. 46; No. 45; No. 44; No. 43 (the sign shows Ebenezer Hill, leather goods, but the premises appear to be closed; No. 42; No. 41 (The Duke's Head public house); No. 40; and the gable of No. 39 (Farrer and Sons, newsagents, stationers and booksellers). Along the kerb are several horse-drawn vehicles - the Reading and Sonning omnibus, and the carriers' carts of John Hawkins (Three Mile Cross, Spencers Wood and Swallowfield), and E. Withers (Swallowfield and Farley Hill). A line of circus elephants is passing along the street, watched by onlookers, including children. 1900-1909