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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