Occupations in Reading circa 1909

Source: Morton Montgomery's History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1909 edition, pp. 192-193.

Note this table was presented on two pages, so to preserve the original alphabetical order, two tables are presented here.

The following list is presented to show the number and character of the several occupations at Reading in April, 1909:

Architects 9   Directory Publisher 1
Artists 10   Dressmakers 290
Attorneys-at-law 119   Druggists 44
Auctioneers 7   Dry Goods, etc. 71
Automobiles or parts 16   Dying 12
Barbers 134   Electrical Contractors 10
Baths (Turkish) 2   Electrotypers 2
Bell Hangers 4   Embalmers 6
Bicycles 9   Employment Bureaus 2
Billiards and Pool 6   Engraving 3
Bill Posters 2   Express Companies 2
Birds, etc. 5   Fish, Truck, etc. 21
Blacksmiths 27   Flag Stones, etc. 12
Bleaching Straw, Goods 1   Florists 20
Boarding Houses 65   Flour, Feed, etc. 29
Book-sellers, etc. 7   Fruit 15
Bootblacks 20   Furniture 22
Bowling Alleys 4   Furrier 1
Bricklayers 135   Gas Fixtures 3
Brokers 41   Gents' Furnishings, etc. 20
Building Contractors 37   Grain Shippers 4
Butchers 88   Grocers, Retail 367
Carpet Cleaners 3   Grocers, Wholesale 7
Carpet Dealers 7   Gunsmiths 2
Caterers 5   Hardware 18
Chair Caners 2   Hair Workers (Human) 5
Chewing Gum 1   Harness-Makers 10
Chinaware, etc. 3   Hides 4
Chiropodists 2   Hotels and Saloons 174
Cigars and Tobacco 76   Ice Dealers 13
Civil Engineers 5   Installment Houses 7
Clothiers 41   Insurance, Fire 30
Coal, Wood, etc. 40   Insurance, Life 15
Commission Agents 7   Jewelers 31
Confectionery 75   Junk Dealers 18
Coopers 4   Layers-out of dead 10
Coppersmith 1   Leather 4
Cough Drops 2   Liquors 18
Dancing Masters 4   Live Stock 3
Dentists 50   Local Express 18
Detectives 2   Locksmiths 2
      Lumber 15
      Machine-shops 20



Manicures 5   Roofers (Slate) 6
Map Publisher 1   Roofers (Tin) 10
Marble Yards 8   Saddlery, etc. 10
Massage 4   Sewing Machines 4
Mercantile Agencies 6   Shoe Dealers 34
Milk Dealers 30   Shoemakers 120
Milliners 32   Shoe Uppers 1
Millwrights 2   Sign-makers 6
Music Teachers 89   Stables, Boarding 25
Newspaper Dealers 4   Stables, Livery, etc. 12
Newspapers, etc. 27   Stables, Sale 4
Notaries 43   Stair Builders 3
Notions, Wholesale 1   Stamping 2
Novelties 3   Steamship Agents 4
Nurses (trained) 33   Stenographers 8
Oculists 6   Stock Dealers 4
Opticians 12   Stone Masons 80
Painters, etc. 125   Stone Yards 12
Patent Solicitors 12   Storage 7
Pattern-makers 5   Tailors 100
Pavers 4   Teachers, Music 92
Pawn Brokers 5   Teachers, School 331
Pension Attorneys 6   Tea and Coffee 4
Photographers 9   Telegraphers 100
Physicians 157   Telephoners 48
Piano Dealers 15   Theatres 4
Piano Tuners 14   Ticket Offices 5
Picture Frames, etc. 5   Tinsmiths 40
Plasterers 75   Tool Sharpeners, etc. 2
Plumbing, etc. 40   Toys 3
Printers 30   Typewriter Dealers 6
Produce Dealers 7   Undertakers 9
Publishers 10   Upholsterers 10
Rags, Paper, etc. 10   Veterinary Surgeons 7
Real Estate Agents 50   Wall Paper 16
Restaurants 62   Wax Workers, etc. 4
      Wheelwrights 7

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