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Thumbnail for Reading Public Libraries. Central Library, Blagrave Street. The Reading Room, c. 1897. This is at the front of the building, facing Blagrave Street. The closed-access Lending Library can be glimpsed through the door in the partition. There is a large rack for periodials on the left, and beyond them, on the wall, are two ventilators with handles to open and close them. [picture] : Another version is at BRN 2727202. Gifted by Councillor W.R. Howell, photographers - S. Victor White & Co., Reading

Reading Public Libraries. Central Library, Blagrave Street. The Reading Room, c. 1897. This is at the front of the building, facing Blagrave Street. The closed-access Lending Library can be glimpsed through the door in the partition. There is a large rack for periodials on the left, and beyond them, on the wall, are two ventilators with handles to open and close them. [picture] : Another version is at BRN 2727202. Gifted by Councillor W.R. Howell, photographers - S. Victor White & Co., Reading

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