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84 MAIN STREET
BUSY BEE RESTAURANT
C. F. TOMPKINS CO.
FURNITURE 67 MIDDLE STREET
GEORGE STEELE'S SONS .. INSURANCE ..
Prompt Courteous Reliable
Telephone 2709-W
120 MAIN STREET
GLOUCESTER, MASS. SEE PAGE 53
CHANTICLEER ICE CREAM (JOHN H. LOVETT)
"A Pal For Your Palate" Home Made Confectionery
Wholesale and Retail Store 53-55 WASHINGTON STREET
GLOUCESTER Telephone 485
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53-55 WASHINGTON ST. GLOUCESTER, MASS.
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NOTHING TOO LARGE OR TOO SMALL TO INSURE
GLOUCESTER NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
GEORGE L. BROWNE Undertaker and Embalmer
Open Day and Night Personal Attention Guaranteed Embalming, Funeral, Transfer, Cemetery and Crematory Work
Orders from any part of the Summer Colony Given Immediate Attention
30 MAIN STREET GLOUCESTER, MASS.
Telephone, 1202-1'
FLYE
156 Main St. REGISTERED
Optometrist and Optician
NATIONAL HOUSE FURNISHING CO.
196-198 Main St.
1904
TELEPHONE
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Fuel and Building Materials
Beacon Coal
· Spruce Lumber
· Pine Lumber
New Eng. Coke
Fir Lumber
Ambricoal . Builders Hardware
Cannal Coal
Sun-Proof Paints
· Kitchen Cabinets
Cement
· Flooring
Bricks
· Doors and Windows
Drain Pipe
· Building Finish
ESTER
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AND LUMBER COMPAN
GLOUCESTER COAL PHONE 3060
& LUMBER CO.
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26% to 29% more change their address, or their jobs, or some other vital fact that affects their listing
59% to 67% of the People listed have new information in some particular, which can be surely found only in the NEW DIRECTORY
Note: These figures are from repeated checks in numerous cities, and do not vary 5% in any year
These people are your Customers
That is why Directories are made
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How to Use the Directory
The City Directory is really a cooperative catalog of the inhabit- ants, business interests, and institutions of the City. But the very mass of the information contained, until one learns how to use it, may appear to be an obstacle to those unfamiliar with its arrangement.
Chambers of Commerce receive thousands of calls for information, many of which might be answered with a saving of time to all concerned by a simple reference to the Directory, if inquirers thought to look there first. At the suggestion of one Chamber, the following list of typical questions which can usually be answered by referring to the Directory, was drawn up. It is interesting, educational, and should help users to get more value from the Directory.
(Typical Questions) About an Individual
(Department of Directory where the answer can usually be found)
How does he spell his name?
What is his correct postal address?
Is he married?
Alphabetical
What is his wife's name?
Alphabetical
Where does he live?
Alphabetical
How long has he lived there?
(Back File of Directories)
Who are his neighbors?
House Directory
Does he own his own home?
What is the neighborhood like?
What does he do for a living?
Alphabetical
Alphabetical
Alphabetical and House
How long has he held that job?
Is he "head of the house" or a boarder?
How many adults in family?
Does he own the business?
Alphabetical
Alphabetical
Alphabetical
Alphabetical & Classified
Classified
Alphabetical
Alphabetical
Alphabetical
Alphabetical
About a Business Concern
What is the correct name? What is the correct address?
Just what do they do? Is it a partnership or a corporation?
Who are the partners? (if a firm)
Alphabetical
Who are chief officers? (if incorporated)
When was the company incorporated?
When were they established?
Who else is in the same or similar lines?
Classified
Who are the officials of the orious Banks?
Reference
(Note: If name is in bota type, saying "See page-" much more detailed information may be found by referring to that space, such as follows : )
What are their specialties? Describe their products and services?
Classified and Reference Reference Section
What have they done to make information accessible to the seeker?
Alphabetical
Alphabetical
Alphabetical, Classified & Ads.
Alphabetical
Alphabetical Alphabetical
(Back file of Directories)
Classified and Reference Sect.
Please mention this Directory when dealing with Advertisers
(Back file of Directories)
Alphabetical
Alphabetical (at same address)
Is he a member of any partnership?
Is he an officer in any corporation ?
Is he Secretary of any club or society? Who else is in the same profession ? Is the woman single, married or a widow? What was the name of widow's husband? If removed from the City, where to?
If deceased since last issue, date?
Alphabetical
Alphabetical and House
House Directory
House and Alphabetical
Where does he work?
Who does he work for?
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About a Locality
Quickest way to get there? How do the Streets run?
Who lives at a given address?
House Directory
House Directory & Alpha.
House Directory
House Directory
House Directory
House Directory
Alphabetical & Classified
House Directory
House Directory
House Directory
About a Society, Church, Club or Association
What is the complete name?
Alphabetical & Classified
Where are their headquarters?
Alphabetical
Who are the principal officers?
Alphabetical & Classified
When are stated Meetings?
Alphabetical
What are the Churches and where located?
Classified
Who are the pastors?
Alphabetical
About City, County, State and National Depts.
What are the various Departments?
Miscellany
Where are they located?
Alphabetical & Miscellany
Who are the officials?
Miscellany
What are Court terms, Justices, Officials, etc? Where is Postal Information ?
Miscellany
Miscellany
Where are latest Population figures?
Miscellany
Where is Statistical Review and information about the city as a whole? (By. Chamber of Commerce)
Miscellany
Where are the Parks and Playgrounds located?
Miscellany
Where are the Ward Boundaries?
Miscellany
Where are the Cemeteries?
Classified
The above list of typical questions which may be answered by the City Directory could be expanded indefinitely in the ordinary course of buying, selling, business and personal contacts. A knowledge of what is here contained, and how it may be used, should be useful to any citizen.
The Directory supplies the information: The User must supply the imagination to adapt it to his needs
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Please mention this Directory when dealing with Advertisers
What is the character of the neighborhood?
Is it a "home-owners" section ?
Just where in the block is it located? What is the nearest street corner?
What is the nearest store, church, school, garage, or other place of business?
What and Where are the Public and Office Buildings ?
If a business location, what business? If an apartment, who are those on different floors ? If an office building, who are in what rooms?
House Directory and Map
House Directory and Map
THE GLOUCESTER DIRECTORY
MASSACHUSETTS
1937-1938
COMPRISING ALSO THE TOWN OF ROCKPORT
Containing
Alphabetical Section (Gloucester, page 105; Rockport, page 305). Gives names, occupations and addresses of men and women eighteen years old or over, also all business houses. Wives' names are listed immediately after that of the husbands, enclosed in parentheses. The names of partners in firms are also given in this department. Dates of deaths during the previous year are given and, where possible, the addresses of people who have moved to other cities. Much other in- formation is given that cannot be found elsewhere.
Classified Business Finder Sections (Gloucester, page 73; Rockport, page 97). All business houses, individuals in business for themselves, and professional men are listed without charge under the heading that best describes them. The more pro- gressive houses, realizing that it pays to be easily found, pay a nominal charge for special listings in heavy type, under every heading where a buyer might look for them, cross-indexed to a descriptive space in the "reference section."
A VALUABLE FEATURE: HOMES OWNED BY OCCUPANTS INDICATED BY SYMBOL
(Note: this information is as given to our canvassers, and is not guaranteed by us. It should be of value as an indication, but not taken as legal proof of title.)
Street and Home Owners Directory (Gloucester, page 245; Rockport, page 337). A complete list of streets, giving intersecting Streets and enabling one to tell at once between what streets a given numer lies, and the quickest way to get there. All business houses, individuals in business, and householders are listed in numerical order upon their respective streets, giving description. A feature of great value and convenience.
Advertising Department (Page 33). Where more information than is possible to give under the headings is placed on file for buyer's and seller's reference. The value of this department cannot be estimated. It is an index of the best business interests of the city, and stands for them and the city in reference libraries all over the country, as well as on the desks of progressive business men. It is ac- cessible to everybody, and the logical place to look for specific information. This probably explains why no other form of publicity is so generally endorsed by business men, as a glance at this department will show.
Map (Opposite). The clearest map ever made of the city, on a scale large enough to see, and small enough to be handled easily.
Miscellaneous Information (Gloucester, page 19; Rockport, page 302). Organization of City Departments, giving officers-Post Office branches -- Parcel Post zones and rates-Courts-Population tables-Calendar, etc.
(For detailed Index to Contents, see page 9) SAMPSON & MURDOCK COMPANY
179 LINCOLN STREET BOSTON, MASS.
PR
BONO
PUBLICO
VOLUME
VITY
1898
XXXIII
SIZED
DIRECTORY
PUBLISHERS
For Sale By FRANK M. SHURTLEFF, 114 MAIN ST.
Copyright, 1936, Sampson & Murdock Co., Boston, Mass.
PRICE $8.00 Printed in U. S. A.
ASSN, OF NORTH
AMERICAN
NAMES IN THE GLOUCESTER DIRECTORY
Gloucester Rockport
Total
*Number of Names in General Directory of 1937 ...
14,856
2,962
17,818
*This number includes the names of 451 individuals in Gloucester, and 95 in Rockport who have died since the last issue, or have removed from the city, with date of death, etc.
CALENDAR
1937
1937
1938
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PUBLISHERS' NOTE
The information in this book is gathered as far as possible by actual canvass, and is compiled in a way to ensure maximum accuracy. While the Publishers will in no way be held responsible for any errors that may occur, they will be glad to have any inaccuracies brought to their attention, so that they may be corrected in succeeding editions.
Sampson & Murdock Co., Publishers.
UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW In Force On and After July 1, 1909
Section 28 .- That any person who wilfully and for profit shall infringe any copyright secured by this Act, or who shall knowingly and wilfully aid or abet such infringement, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not exceeding one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.
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INDEX TO CONTENTS
PAGE
PAGE
Abbreviations
106, 305
Gloucester Street Directory.
245
Advertising Department. 33
Halls and Public Buildings .76, 98
Aldermen
19
Harbor Masters. .19, 302
Alphabetical Section 107, 305
Holidays
23
84
Association of North American Directory Publishers
65
Associations & Clubs Commercial. . 74,
97
Blocks, Buildings, Halls, &c. 76,
98
Light Houses and Harbor
23
Board of Health. 19, 302
Board of Public Welfare. 19
Buildings-Public & Office 76,98
Business Directory of Gloucester 73
Parcel Post Information
24
Business Directory of Rockport. 97
Park Commissioners
19, 302
Parks
27
Cape Ann Light Station 303
Cemeteries 77,
98
Census of Massachusetts. 16
Population 16
Port Wardens 23
Churches
. 78,
98
Post Offices.
303
City Government.
19
Probate Court. 22
Public Administrator. 22
City Statistical Review 12
Public Health Service. 23
City Statistics
25
Railroad Passenger Stations .91, 101
Registrars of Deeds.
22
99 Registrars of Voters 19, 302
Rockport Classified Business Finder 97
Constables
21
Rockport General Directory 305
County Commissioners
22
Rockport House & Street Directory. 337
Rockport Town Officers 302
Courts
22
School Department. .20, 302
Custom House ..
25
Sheriff
22
Directory Library.
86
Signal Boxes
.20, 302
District Attorney.
22
Societies
.92, 101
District Court.
22
Statistical Review.
12
Drives
27
Straitsmouth, Light Station. 303
Street Directory of Gloucester 245
Street Directory of Rockport. 337
Superintendents, Inspectors, &c. 19
United States Coast Guard. 23
Water Commissioners
20, 302
Wharves
95
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Fire Alarm Signal Boxes. 20, 302
Fire Departments. 20, 302
Gloucester Classified Business Finder 73
Gloucester General Directory. 105
Gloucester House & Street Directory.
245
Gloucester Statistics
25
Index to Advertisements.
10
Labor Organizations. 86, 100
Libraries
86, 100, 303
Master in Chancery
22
Medical Examiner
22
Military
23
Calendar 8
Points of Interest. 26
Police Departments. 21, 302
City Officers. 19
Classified Business Finder . 73,
97
Clubs 79,
Commissioner of Wrecks.
23
County Officers
22
Chamber of Commerce. 74
Homes
Assessors
19
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS
PAGE
Allen Raymond C. 33 Beach, Manchester 40 Amero John D. 120 Granite, P. C., Rock-
port 62
Andrews L. E. & Co. 117-121 Main
51
Art Jewelry Co. 142 Main. front col 3 Atlantic Supply Co. 37 Rogers 51
Barton A. J. & Son Inc. 5 Brown sq. Ip- swich 58
Bookshop The, 65A Middle. 39
Brown William G. Co. 186-190 Main. 44 Browne George L. 30 Main. front cover and 48 Burgess Elmer F. 220 Main and Rockport 47 Busy Bee Restaurant, 84 Main.
line front cover
Cameron C. F. Co. Inc. 290 Main.
62
Cameron Harvey J. 7 Pearce. 61
Cape Ann Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co. 8 Parker 56
Cape Ann Motors Inc. 5 E. Main. 34
Cape Ann National Bank, 154 Main
37
Cape Ann Savings Bank, 109 Main.
38
Cape Pond Ice Co. 105} Main.
top lines and back colored Y
Chanticleer Ice Cream (Saunders Ice
Cream Co.) 53-55 Washington
front cover and 52
Chisholm John Fisheries Co. 35 Wharf .. 46 Cleary Daniel E. rear 20 Main. 58 Comeau Leo E. 276 Main .... line back cover Cooney Sail Co. Inc. 31 Wharf. 63
Cooper Bessemer Corp. The, 49 Duncan .. 45
Corliss Bros. Inc. 9 Procter. 60
Cunningham & Kerr, 111 Main.
top lines and 55
Davis Frank E. Fish Co. 93 Rogers. 46
Davis Taxi Service, B. & M. Depot.
line back cover
Dodd A. W. & Co. Inc. 20 Pearce. 43
Dodge C. Furniture Co. off North st. and
Desmond av. Manchester-by-the Sea ... 49 Ederer R. J. Company, 53 Duncan. 46
Elwell Warren A. 191} Main, Trust Co.
Bldg. 55
Essex Tire & Supply Co. 263 Main ...... 35A Fernwood Garage, 199-211 Essex av. W. G. 34
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Ferron P. H. & Co. 351 Main. .
61
Flye Everett A. 156 Main .... line front cover Ford Sales & Service, 5 E. Main. 34 Frost D. O. Corp. 5-7-9-11 Wharf. 41 G-M-I-Laundry Co. 12-14-16 Burnham 56
Garland Simon, rear 13 Pearce. 43
Gloucester Auto Sales Co. 23 Western av. 34 Gloucester Bookshop The, 65A Middle .... 39 Gloucester Business College, 209 Main rm. 202 64
Gloucester Coal & Lumber Co. 43 Duncan inside front cover
Gloucester Daily Times and Cape Ann Advertiser, 3 Centre. 59
Gloucester Garage Co. 130 Washington .. 35 35 Gloucester Motor Co. 23 Western av. . .. Gloucester National Bank of Gloucester, 185 Main .top lines and 39
Gloucester Safe Deposit & Trust Co. 191- 193 Main. 36
Granite Savings Bank, 51 Main, Rockport 38 Gray Charles J. & Sons Inc. 129 Main ....
top lines and 64
Greely James C. 83-85 Pleasant.
48
Griffin &. Co. 50 Commercial.
42
Gronblad Albert A. 4 Tucker 44
Hall Bros. 446 Washington
44
Hall C. A. Radio Shop, 113 Main.
63
Hart Garage Co. Inc. 447 Main.
line back cover and 35A Hodgkins' D. B. Sons, 30 Pearl cor. Rail- road av 49
Hotel Savoy, 215 Main. 52
Howard John F. & Co. 19 Main.
45
John Alden Coal Co. Whittemore st.
42
Johnson J. Leonard, 88 Granite, Rockport 50 Johnson John A. Inc. 1 Duncan. front cover and 53
Linen Thread Co. Inc. The 105 Maplewood av. . 47
Lothrop L. D. Sons, 68-70 Duncan. .. 47 MacDonald Electrical Store, 15 Washing- ton 45
MacDonald Melvin D. 284 Main.
39
Mckenzie F. S. & A. H. 78-80 Main.
62
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS PAGE
PAGE
Mahony G. Everett Inc. 201 Main rm. 11
back cover and 54
Moody William H. 258 Main. 56
Morey Richard L. 201 Main
National House Furnishing Co. 196-198 54
Main. line front cover National Net & Twine, Division of Ludlow Mfg. & Sales Co. 375 Main .. 46
Nauss L. B. & Sons Inc., Richard av. opp
Depot .. back bone, top and bottom ends, front edge and 57
Noble E. G. 22 East Main. 62
Nunes Hannibal A. 50 MtVernon 60
Perkins & Corliss Inc. 1-3-5 Middle 35
Pettingill Gilbert N. 119 Main. 40
Phillips Earl O. Inc. 159 Main.
41
Pike Isaac S. 29 Hartz.
43
Pike, Willard S. 75 Washington.
back cover and 48
Pratt Charles R. 17 Maplewood av. 44 Presson Express Co. Inc. 17 Rogers 64
Purdy Albert H. 132 Main rm. 7. 40
Reed George A. & Son, 16 Myrtle sq. 47
Roberts George E. 21 Wharf. 63
Rockport National Bank, 23 Main, Rock-
port 37
Rogers George K. 150 Main. 55
Ruth Sherman B. 28 Hancock. 64
StJoachim's R. C. Church, 56 Broadway,
Rockport
40
Sampson & Murdock Co. 179 Lincoln, Bos- ton. inside back cover Saunders Ice Cream Co. (Chanticleer Ice Cream) 53-55 Washington.
front cover and page 52
Shackelford Fred A. 111 Main rm. 7. 63 Shurtleff Frank M. 114 Main "The Waiting Station". .front col 3 Smith J. Raymond, 17 Railroad av. Rock- port . 58
Smith L. E. Company, 221-223 Main. back cover and 51
Snow White Laundry 44 Main.
line back cover and 55 Steele & Abbott Co. Inc. 225 Main. . back cover and 61
Steele's George Sons, 120 Main.
front cover and 53
Strong Roland B. 122 Western av ... 43
Thomas & Lane, 55 School, Manchester .. 60 Thompson Electric Co. 29 Wharf. 45 Thurston George W. Inc. 34 Railroad av. opp B. & M. Station. 34
Todd George H. Corp. 19 MtPleasant, Rock- port 42
Tompkins C. F. Co. (The Patillo Store) 67 Middl front cover and 49 Young Men's Christian Association, 71
Middle
front col 3
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City Directory Statistical Review
Suggested and Planned by American Community Advertising Association
Adopted by Association of North American Directory Publishers
GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
" The Fish City"
Form of Government: Commission com- posed of Mayor and four Aldermen.
Normal Population: 23,811 (Mass. Census 1930).
Summer Population: 60,000, estimated. Area: Thirty-six square miles Altitude: Fifty-five feet.
Assessed Valuation: Personal $3,912,200; Real Estate $35,037,235; Automobile $1,016,- 650; Vessels, $1,136,830 with $31.20 tax per $1,000.
White Population: 24,164
Colored Population: None.
White Population of Age: Males 7,820. Fe- males, 7,850.
Number of All Males: 11,970. And of All Fe- males: 12,194.
Native Born Population: 85 per cent of whole population.
Predominating Nationalities in City: Native American, Italian, Portuguese, Finnish, English.
Parks and Playgrounds: Eleven with 700 acres.
City's Bonded Debt: $2,223,227.27
Financial: Three banks, with total deposits $8,204,531.53, resources $9,539,776.47. One savings bank with total deposits of $7,371,000, resources $7,962,312.30; One co- operative bank with total resources of $4,- 134,935.
Post Office Receipts: $140,466.57 (1935) Telephones in Service: 5,648. Church Buildings: Twenty-seven.
Real Estate Transfers: Dwellings total num- ber 5,976
Industry: Number of establishments fifty- seven, representing a capital investment of $6,326,490, employing 1,583, paying wages $1,479,857 annually, and having products valued at $7,317,701.
Trade: Territory (Retail) serves 40,000 peo- ple within the trading area covering a ra- dius of thirteen miles.
Hotels: There is one hotel, with total of thirty-five rooms; also twenty-eight sum- mer hotels
City Served By: Boston & Maine railroad.
Amusements: There are three theatres, with a total seating capacity of 3,061 people.
Hospital: One with seventy-five beds, fifteen basinets.
Education: Number of schools twenty-three including one high school, one parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools 4,228. Total of all teachers is 160. Value of all school property, private and public, ap- proximately $1,343,472.
Libraries: There are about 30,000 volumes in the library of the city.
City Statistics: Total street mileage one hun- dred twenty, with approximately eighty-two miles paved. Miles of gas mains laid, fifty- nine, of sewers, six miles main lines. Capacity of water works (municipal) 973,- 000,000 gallons, daily average pump of 1,- 887,429 gallons, with 97.93 miles of mains and value of plant estimated at $2,892,- 460.95.
Fire Department: Employs 95 men includ- ing a chief, a deputy chief, a motor super- visor, six permanent captains, 34 perma- nent men and 52 callmen, with the follow- ing equipment: five pumping engines (combination), three ladder trucks, 2 hose wagons, 2 combination hose and water trucks, 1 squad wagon, one straight chemi- cal and a chief's car, one fire pump aboard lighter. There are six fire stations. Value of fire department property $290,000.
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City Electrician: Has two cars in service. Police Department: Has thirty regular men and ten reserve men with one station and eight pieces of motor equipment.
GEOGRAPHY
Gloucester is located about thirty miles northeast of Boston, Massachusetts. The orig- inal town of Gloucester occupied the whole northern promontory of Massachusetts Bay, known as Cape Ann and was bounded on the north by Ipswich Bay, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Massachu- setts Bay and on the west by the towns of Manchester, Essex and Ipswich.
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