Market Place, Reading, looking north from a high vantage point to St. Laurence's Church, c. 1904. On the west side, Nos. 34 and 33 (J. S. Salmon and Son, tea merchants). On the east side, No. 12 (Morris and Davis, tailors, with awning over the pavement); Nos. 11, 10 and 9 (Sutton and Sons, Royal Seed Establishment); No. 7 ("Reading Mercury" newspaper office). Most of the Simeon obelisk is obscured by the cabmen's shelter. The market appears to be in progress, with various barrows, stalls and carts in evidence. Postcard with caption, "Market Place, Reading." published by Turner Bros., Reading. (Black and white version of BRN 2718922, see also [picture] : Scan of a postcard from J. Whitehead