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  2. Jacksons (department store) - Wikipedia

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    Jacksons was an English department store chain. It was founded by Edward Jackson in September 1875. Its flagship branch was located in central Reading, Berkshire, occupying a prominent site, Jacksons Corner, on Kings Road, just south of Market Place.

  3. Reading Terminal - Wikipedia

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    In 1889, the Philadelphia and Reading Railway decided to build a train depot, passenger station, and company headquarters on the corner of 12th and Market Streets. The move came eight years after the Pennsylvania Railroad opened its Broad Street Station several blocks away at 15th and Market Streets, and one year after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opened its 24th Street Station at 24th and ...

  4. Desk - Wikipedia

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    Desk; c. 1765; mahogany, chestnut and tulip poplar; 87.3 x 92.7 x 52.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) A desk or bureau is a piece of furniture with a flat table-style work surface used in a school, office, home or the like for academic, professional or domestic activities such as reading, writing, or using equipment such as a computer.

  5. The Philosophy of Furniture - Wikipedia

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    The Reading Room at the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site recreates "The Philosophy of Furniture". The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has recreated a room based on "The Philosophy of Furniture". It is the only furnished room at the site.

  6. Postage stamps and postal history of South Australia

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    Perkins Bacon was commissioned to design and produce a two pence design for the colony. The design incorporated parts of the first issue of Chile with the sideface portrait of Queen Victoria as used in the New South Wales design. Corner designs and the value tablet were similar to the British issue. William Humphreys was the engraver.

  7. J. Lyons and Co. - Wikipedia

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    Lyons Corner House recreated in the Museum of London The company was losing money in the 1960s but remained under the control of the Salmon family, descended from a founding partner. Lyons began to close some of its London tea shops and hotels; in 1963 it also merged its LEO Computers business with English Electric 's computer interests to form ...