English: Market Place, Reading, looking northwards to St. Laurence's Church, 1887. The Simeon Obelisk, designed by Sir John Soane, is garlanded to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. On the west side, Nos. 33 and 34 (J. S. Salmon and Son, tea dealers). On the east side, Nos. 21 and 20 (the Royal Standard Inn); Nos. 19 and 18 (the Elephant Inn); No. 17 (Frank Cooksey, estate agent); Nos. 16, 15, 14 and 13 (London and County Bank); Nos. 12 and 11 (Morris and Davis, tailors); No. 8 (Sutton and Sons, seedsmen); No. 7 (the 'Reading Mercury' office); No. 6 (George Russell Butler, estate
English: Market Place, Reading, looking northwards to St. Laurence's Church, 1887. The Simeon Obelisk, designed by Sir John Soane, is garlanded to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. On the west side, Nos. 33 and 34 (J. S. Salmon and Son, tea dealers). On the east side, Nos. 21 and 20 (the Royal Standard Inn); Nos. 19 and 18 (the Elephant Inn); No. 17 (Frank Cooksey, estate agent); Nos. 16, 15, 14 and 13 (London and County Bank); Nos. 12 and 11 (Morris and Davis, tailors); No. 8 (Sutton and Sons, seedsmen); No. 7 (the 'Reading Mercury' office); No. 6 (George Russell Butler, estate agent). Horse-drawn cabs wait in the middle of the road. 1880-1889 ; glass negative, Box 19 No. 6184, by H. W. Taunt. 1887 46 Market Place, Reading, 1887
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