Topographic view of the city of Reading Pennsylvania 1881 / compiled from sketches by J. Hanold Kendall, and dedicated to its growing industries.

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the city of Reading, Pennsylvania, with the Schuylkill River in the foreground, spanned by a railroad bridge and a covered bridge; surrounded by vignettes depicting many of the major businesses in Reading, such as the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Depot, A. Wilhelm & Co., manufacturers of white lead, zinc and fine colors, car, bridge & depot paints, Samuel Buch, distiller of pure wheat, rye & malt whiskey, factory, corner of 11th and Muhlenberg Sts., office, 527 Penn St., Sohl, Seidel & Co., manufacturers of furniture, Reading Stove Works, J.H. Sternberg, Reading Bolt & Nut Works, manufacturer of bolts, nuts, washers, rivets, refined Iron, etc., J.L. Stichter & Son, hardward, iron and steel mfg., Kline & Eppihimer, dry goods & carpets, and others.