Panorama of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1909 – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Panorama of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1909 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Panorama of Reading, Pa.
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Panorama of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1909
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In 1909, Reading was the seat of Berks County and a city of roughly 90,000 people, with its population close to the 100,000 mark it would approach by 1910. Its factories made hosiery and knit goods, and the city's shops and mills drew steady streams of workers from the farms of the surrounding countryside and from abroad. Many residents still spoke Pennsylvania German at home, and German-language churches, societies, and newspapers remained part of daily life. Local people would have recognized the city as a place where a long-settled Pennsylvania German community had become an industrial city, and this view shows the streets and rooftops that carried that change.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 881 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Panorama of Reading, Pa. |
| Reference | PA Panorama of Reading, 1909 |
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