USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Allston > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Boston > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Brighton > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Charlestown > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Dorchester > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > East Boston > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Hyde Park > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Jamaica Plain > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Readville > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Roslindale > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Roxbury > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > South Boston > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > West Roxbury > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Allston > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
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USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Charlestown > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Dorchester > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > East Boston > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Hyde Park > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Jamaica Plain > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Readville > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Roslindale > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Roxbury > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > South Boston > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > West Roxbury > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1956 > Part 1
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POPULATION OF U. S. CITIES OF 30,000 OR MOR (AS PER FINAL FIGURES OF THE 1950 U. S. CENSUS RI
ALABAMA
Anniston
31.066
Birmingham
326.037
Gadsden
55.725
Mobile
129.009
Evansville
28.636
Springfield
Montgomery
106.525
Tuscaloosa
46.396
Gary
133.911
Hammond
87.594
Indianapolis
427,173
Kokomo
38.672
Lafayette
35.568
Marion
30.081
NEBRASKA
Erie Hamr
135.49
Fort Smith
47.942
Little Rock
102.213
North Little Rock
44.097
Pine Bluff
37.162
CALIFORNIA
Alameda
64.430
Alhambra
51.359
Clinton
30,379
Bakersfield
34.784
Council Bluffs
45.429
Berkeley
113,805
Burbank
78.577
Compton
47,991
East Bakersfield
38.177
Fresno
91.669
Sioux City
83.991
Glendale
95.702
Waterloo
65.198
Clifton
64.511
East Orange
79,340
Cransti
71
Elizabeth
112.817
East P
54
Oakland
384.575
Pasadena
104,577
Pomona
35.405
Richmond
99.545
Riverside
46.764
Sacramento
137,572
San Bernardino.
63.058
San Diego. .
334.387
San Francisco
775.357
San Jose
95.280
San Mateo
41.782
Santa Ana
45.533
Santa Barbara.
44.913
Santa Monica
71.595
South Gate
51.116
Stockton
70.853
COLORADO
Colorado Springs
45.472
Denver
415.786
Pueblo
63.685
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport
158.709
Bristol
35.961
Fairfield
30.489
Greenwich
40.835
Hartford
177.397
Manchester
34.116
Meriden
44.088
New Britain
73.726
New Haven.
164.443
New London
30.551
Norwalk
49.460
62,860
Brookline
57.589
Cambridge
120.740
Richmond
191.555
Port Arth
2.093
Waterbury
104.477
West Hartford
44.402
West Haven.
32,010
DELAWARE
Wilmington
110.356
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington
802.178
FLORIDA
Daytona Beach
30,187
Fort Lauderdale.
36.328
Jacksonville
204.517
Lakeland
30.851
Miami
249.276
Miami Beach
46.282
Orlando
52.367
Somerville
102.351
Springfield
162.399
Taunton
40.109
Waltham
47.187
Watertown
37,329
Weymouth
32.690
Worcester
203.486
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor.
48.25]
Battle Creek
48.666
Bay City
52.523
Dearborn
94.994
Detroit
1.849.568
Columbus
375,901
Dayton
243.872
East Cleveland
40.047
Elyria
30,307
Euclid
41.396
Hamilton
57.951
Lakewood
68.07
Lima
50.246
Appleton
36.058
Bloomington
34.163
Pontiac
73.681
Mansfield
Green Bay.
54.368
Chicago
3.620.962
Royal Oak
46.898
Cicero
67.544
Saginaw
92.918
Wyandotte
36,846
MINNESOTA
Duluth
104,511
Minneapolis
521.718
St. Paul.
311.349
Moline
37.397
Biloxi
37.425
Jackson
98.271
Meridian
41.893
OKLAHOMA
Wy
31,935
Rockford
92.927
MISSOURI
Lawton
34.757
TERRITOR
Springfield
81.628
36.946
Joplin
38.711
Tulsa
182.740
IST
KANSAS
Hutchinson
33.575
Kansas City
129.553
Topeka
78.791
Wichita
168.279
Kearny
39.952
Warwid
Linden
30.644
Woonsd
Montclair
43.927
Newark
438.776
New Brunswick
38,811
Orange
38.037
Columb
61 9.5
Newport
31.044
Owensboro
33.651
Paducah
32.828
LOUISIANA
Alexandria
34.913
Union City
55.537
West New York
37,683
Chattapa
207
Jackso
769
Monroe
38.572
New Orleans
570.445
Shreveport
127.206
MAINE
Bangor
31.558
Lewiston
40.974
Portland
77.634
Buffalo
580,132
Austin
.014
Elmira
49.716
Beaumo
066
Jamestown
43.354
Brownsv
287
Cumberland
37.679
Hagerstown
36.260
MASSACHUSETTS
Arlington
44.353
Bronx
1.451.277
Galvesto
5.163
Boston
801.444
Brooklyn
2.738.175
Houston
1.910
Laredo
1.747
Niagara Falls
90.872
Poughkeepsie
41.023
Everett
45.982
Rochester
332.488
Rome
41.682
Schenectady
91.785
Syracuse
220.583
Troy
72.311
Utica
101.531
Watertown
34.350
White Plains
43.466
Yonkers
152.798
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville 53.000
Alexandric
35,066
Charlotte
134.042
Durham
71.311
Fayetteville
34.715
Greensboro 74.389
Norfolk
35.054
Pensacola
43,479
St. Petersburg
96.738
Tampa
124.681
West Palm Beach
43.162
GEORGIA
Albany
31.155
Atlanta
331,314
Augusta
71.508
Columbus
79.611
Macon
70.252
Savannah
119.638
IDAHO
Bolsa
34.393
Alton
32.550
Aurora
50.576
Belleville
32.721
Lansing
92.129
Berwyn
51.280
Muskegon
48.429
Lorain
51.202
Eau Claire.
52.735
Champaign
39.563
Port Huron 35,725
Marion
Middletown
33.695
La Crosse
96.056
Newark 34.275
Madison
637.392
Norwood
35.001
Milwaukee
41.084
Portsmouth
36.798
71.193
Springfield
78.508
Steubenville
35.872
Sheboygan
35,325
Toledo
303.616
Superior
30.414
Warren
49.856
Wausau
33.324
Youngstown
168.330
Zanesville
40.517
West Allis
Quincy
41.450
Enid
36.017
Cheyenne
Rock Island
48.710
Columbia
31.974
Independence
39.963
Oklahoma City
243.504
Honolulu
248.034 3-54
Pres.
INSURANCE
50
INDIANA
Anderson
46,820 54.263
Kansas City.
456.622 78.588
End Por Sal
35.879 73.628 43.140
Elkhart
35.646
St Louis.
856.796 66.731 39.892
Alle
MONTANA
Billings
31.834
Butte
33.251
Great Falls
39.214
East
30.803
Mishawaka
32.913
Muncie
58.479
Richmond
39.539
South Bend
115,911
Terre Haute
64.214
Reno
32.497
New
38.126
Norrt
'1,605
Phila
6.80€
NEW JERSEY
Atlantic City
61.657
Bayonne
77.203
Belleville
32.019
Willia
Ottumwa
33.631
Bloomfield 49.307
York
Inglewood
46.185
Long Beach
250.767
Los Angeles
1.970.358
Hoboken
50.676
Newpol
Irvington
59.201
Pawtuc
74
Jersey City.
299.017
Provide
25
KENTUCKY
Ashland
31.131
Covington
64.452
74
Charles
14
Passaic
57.702
Paterson
139,336
Perth Amboy 41.330
Plainfield 42.366
Trenton
128.009
Knoxvi
Mempl
307
Nashvil
229
Albany
134.995
Amsterdam
32.240
Auburn
36,722
Abilene
246
Binghamton
80.674
Amarillo
459
Baltimore
949.708
Mount Vernon
71.899
Corpus
1.462
Newburgh
31.95€
Dallas
1,485
New Rochelle
59.725
El Paso
1.778
New York
7.891.957
Fort Wo
5,568
8,968
Tyler
4.706
Waco
8.042
Haverhill
47.280
Holyoke
54.661
Lawrence
80.536
Lowell
97.249
Lynn
99.738
Malden
59.804
Medford
66,113
New Bedford
109.189
Newton
81.994
Pittsfield
53.348
Quincy
83.835
Revere
36.763
Salem
41.880
High Point. 39,973
Raleigh
65,679
Wilmington
45.043
Winston-Salem
87.811
NORTH DAKOTA
VSH
34.112
Bellinghan
33,849
Everett
467,591
Akron
274.605
Canton
116,912
Cincinnati
503,998
Cleveland
914,808
Cleveland Heights
59,141
Yakima
Flint
163.143
Grand Rapids
176,515
Hamtramck
43.355
Highland Park
46.393
Jackson
51.088
Kalamazoo
57.704
43.564 33.817
Kenosha
47.59$
Danville
37.864
Decatur
66.269
East St. Louis Elgin
44.223
Evanston
73.641
31,425
51,601
MISSISSIPPI
Oak Park Peoria
63.529
111.856
Waukegan
ARIZONA
Phoenix
106,818 45.454
IOWA
Burlington
30.613
Cedar Rapids
72.296
Manchester Nashua
82.732 34.669
Pittsb Readi
E
Scran
Davenport
74,549
Des Moines
177.965
Wilkin
7
Dubuque
49.67
Lincoln
98.884
Omaha
251,117
Haze Johns
53.232 53.774
NEVADA
Lance McKe
18,834
Fort Wayne
133.607
University City
Alic
06.756 77.177 66.340
66.039
35.632
Tucson
ARKANSAS
MISSOURI-Continued
East Chicago.
St Joseph.
Fargo
38.256
OHIO
Seattle
161.721
Spokane
143.673
Tacoma
41,664
Vancouver
38.486
WE
Charleston
Clarksburç
73.501 32,014 86,353 58.891
Huntington
Wheeling
61.787
Danville
47.727
Lynchburg
42.358
Stamford
74.293
Stratford
33.428
Chelsea 38.912
Chicopee
49.211
Fall River
111.963
Fitchburg
42.691
Wichita Fc
Ogden Salt Lake
57.112 32.121
33.155
Burlington
Petersburg Portsmouth
230.310
Richmond Roanoke
596
Sioux Fa
041
Baton Rouge
125.629
Lafayette
33.541
Lake Charles 41.272
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque
96.815
NEW YORK
Oak Ri
570
Brockton
Manhattan
1.960.10)
Queens 1.550.849
Lubbock
7,530
San Ang
8.442
Lexington
55.534
Louisville
369.129
Greenvil Spartan
89.544
51.502
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Wilke
Camden 124.555
Both Cher
Galesburg Joliet
82.295
Oshkosh Racine
42.365
Wauwatosa
42.959
Muskogee 37.289
Newport N.
13.513
80.039
91.921
ILLINOIS
34.010
San Ant
MARYLAND
1635
PILGRIM PHOTO-ENGRAVING CO 57 KNEELAND ST. BOSTON, MASS. CALL HAncock 6-1620
val. 2
A
ABBREVIATIONS
accountant | drsmkr
dressmaker | mfg
manufacturing |
s or S
South
adj
. adjuster
e or E
East
mfr
manufacturer san
sanitary
admn
administrator
educ
education
mgr
manager
Sav
Savings
or administration
elec
electrical or
mkr
maker sch
. school
adv
advertising
agcy
agency
electn
electrician
mlnr
milliner
serv
service
agrl
agriculture
electro
electrotyper
mn
man
ship
shipping
agt
agent
elev
elevator
mono
monotype
sht mtl ..
. . sheet metal
al
alley
emp
employee
msngr
messenger
sls
sales
Am
American
eng
engineer
mstr
master
smstrs
seamstress
appr
apprentice
engr
engraver
apts
apartments
equip
equipment
mtge
mortgage
solr
solicitor
archt
architect es
east side
mtr.motorman or motor
spl
special
asmblr
assembler exam
examiner
mus
music sq
square
assoc
associate exch
exchange
express
factory
atty
attorney
fdry
foundry
aud
auditor
Fed
Federal
8.V
avenue fl
floor
bgemn
baggageman
fnshr
finisher
bkbndr
bookbinder
formn
foreman
bkpr
bookkeeper
forwn
forewoman
bldr
builder
frt
freight
optn
optician
stge storage
blksmith blacksmith
ftr
fitter
optom
optometrist
stmftr steamfitter
blrmkr
boilermaker
furn furniture
PS
Public School
studt
student
bmo. . business machine
gdnr
gardener
pharm
pharmacist
sup
supply
br
branch
gen
bricklayer
geol
brakeman
govt
bureau
gro
Christian
h
householder
pl
plmb
plumber or
cabtmkr
. cabinetmaker
hdw
hardware
płumbing
tel
telephone
cash
cashier
hndlr
handler
plasterer
telev
television
chem
chemist or
hq
headquarters housekeeper
pres
prfrdr
prin
principal
tob tobacco
ctr
circle
implts
Implements
prntr
printer
traveling
clk
clerk
Insp
Inspector or
prof
professor
treas
treasurer
clo
clothing
Instr
instructor
prsmn
pressman
tester
coml
commercial
comn
commission
comnr
commissioner
int rev . internal revenue inv
investment
publ
publisher or
comp
compositor
jan
jwir
jeweler
purch
purchasing
U S Coast Guard
constn
construction
la
lane
R
RC RD
Rural Delivery
corres
correspondent
1br
lumber
rd
road
undwrtr underwriter
ct
court
custdn
custodian
lino
linotype
real est .real estate
ctr
cutter
del
delivery
Indrs
laundress
recpt receptionist
vulc
vulcanizer
dep
deputy
dietn
dietitian
Itd
limited
refrigerator
whol
wholesale
dir
director
dispr
dispatcher
dist
district
mach
machinist or
repr
repairman or
repair
wkr
worker
distr
distributor
division
mdse
merchandise
restr
restaurant
wks
welder
dlr
dealer
mech
mechanic
ret
dmnstr . . demonstrator
do.
ditto or same
med
medical
rm
dr
drive
Met
Metropolitan
meter rdr. meter reader
ABBREVIATIONS OF GIVEN NAMES
James
Richd
Richard
Abr
Abraham
Chas
Charles
Jas
Daniel
Jos
Joseph
Saml
Samuel
Alf
Alfred
Edw
Edward
Kath
Katherine
Sol
Solomon
Arth
Arthur
Eliz
Elizabeth
Margt
Margaret
Steph
Stephen
Aug
August
Eug
Eugene
Michl
Michael
Theo
Theodore
Benj
Benjamin
Fredk
Frederick
Nathl
Nathaniel
Thos
Thomas
Cath
Catherine
Geo
George Patk
Patrick | Wm
William
1-1-50
JORDAN MARSH COMPANY
Great Basement Store
Main Store - Annex - Store for Men
New England's Largest Store
drftsmn
.... draftsman
ydmstr
yardmaster
chf
chief
tndr
tender
chkr
checker
Hts
Heights
priv
private
trans
transportation
civ
civil
ins
Insurance
prod
produce
trnmn
trainman
cln. . cleaning or cleaner
inspection
prsfdr
press feeder
trmr
trimmer
collr
collector
int dec
interior
prsr
decorator
ptrnmkr
. patternmaker
typist
USA
U S Army
condr
conductor
confr
confectioner
kpr
keerer
. resides or rooms r
contr
contractor
lab
laborer
Roman Catholic
cor
corner
laby
laboratory
rdr
reader
Univ
University
uphol
upholsterer
litho lithographer
Tec
receiving
vet veterinary
Indry
laundry
refgr refrigeration or
w or W
West
lwyr
lawyer
rep representative
whsemn warehouseman wid
works
div
retail wldr
west side
or mechanical
Rev
Reverend WS
room
wtchmn
watchman
ydmn
yardman
blvd
boulevard
furngs
furnishings
pass
passenger
stvdr
stevedore
operator
gds
goods
general
geologist
pk
packer
swtchmn
switchman
Science Practitioner
htg
heating
tchr
teacher
сатр
carpenter
hlpr
helper
polisher
teleg
telegraph
chauf
chauffeur
hosp
hospital
pntr
painter
ter
terrace
chemical
tmkpr
timekeeper
hsekpr
htg
heating
photog
photographer
supt
.. superintendent supervisor
brkmn
SW
southwest
bur
grocer
pkwy
parkway
sys
system
place
tech
technician
plshr
plstr
operator
stereo stereotyper
blk
block ft
foot
mut
mutual
srtr
sorter
asst
assistant exp
n or N
North
SS south side
atndt
attendant fcty
Natl
National
sta
station
ne
northeast
ns
north side
nw
northwest
stat
statistician or
ofc
office
statistical
opp
opposite
sten stenographer
osteo
osteopath
str
setter
phys
physician park
super
president
proofreader
presser
tstr
twp
township
typ
public
USAF ... US Air Force
USCG
room USMC
US Marine Corps
USN
US Navy
librn
librarian
pub
publishing
janitor
pkr
government
opr
maintenance
soc
. society
mkt
market se
southeast
electric
mldr
molder sec
secretary
Robert
Alex
Alexander Danl
Robt
widow
machine
trav
brklyr
CSP
sta eng . . stationary engineer
mtce
acct
19
1636
IMPORTERS
LONDON
London Harness Company LEATHER GOODS
60 FRANKLIN ST., BOSTON and CHESTNUT IMLL SHOPPING CENTER
LUGGAGE SADDLERY GLOVES =)
For list of General Abbreviations see preceding page
ABBREVIATIONS OF COMPANIES, LOCALITIES, ETC.
AC&S Co ..... Aetna Casualty & | Conrad's. ..... Conrad & Co Inc, MCM Co. ... Monroe Calculating | Melr
Surety Co Cont Baking Co .... Continental
AP .. ... The Associated Press
AT&T Co. . American Telephone & DUC. . Mass Dept of Unemploy- Telegraph Co
AWP ... Atlantic Weather Patrol Devine way. . Gen'l Wm H Devine
Acousticon ... Acousticon Div of Dictograph Products Co Inc Alls
Amer-Rec-Adv. . Boston American- Boston Daily Record-Boston Sunday Advertiser
Arlington
Arl ... Armstrong Transfer .. .Armstrong Transfer Express Co
Atl Atlantic BCI ........ Bureau of Criminal Investigators
BFD .... Boston Fire Department BFS Co ..... B F Sturtevant Co EM St Ry. . Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co BG Co . Boston Gas Co BHD ....... Boston Health Dept ESS Lines. ... Eastern Steamship Lines Inc B of LS ...... . Bureau of Labor Statistics Evrt Everett
BP&WG Co .. Boston Plate &
BSD&T Co .... Boston Safe De- posit & Trust Co BSH ..... Boston State Hospital BT Co ..... Boston Terminal Co BTD ... ... Boston Transit Dept BUCBA .. Boston University Col- lege of Business Administration BU Sch of Ed. . Boston University School of Education
BUS of M .... Boston University School of Medicine BU Sch of R&S Work. . Boston University School of Religious and Social Work
BYMCU .... Boston Young Men's Christian Union
B&A. . Boston & Albany
B&M .. .Boston & Maine B&MT Co ..... Boston & Maine Transportation Co
B&S ... . Batchelder & Snyder Ine
Beimt Belmont
Bline
Brighton Breck's .... Joseph Breck & Sons Corporation
Burroughs Burroughs Adding
Machine Co
CAP. Civil Air Patrol
CH .. . Chestnut Hill CR & Co. . Carter Rice & Co Corp CS Pub Soc. .. Christian Science Publishing Society
Camb Cambridge
Chandler's ...... Chandler & Co Chelsea
Chel
Childs .... Childs Dining Hall Co Chsn Charlestown City DPW. . Boston Dept of Public Works City PID. . Boston Penal Institu- tions Dept Coleman's. .. . Coleman's Fashion Shop
STEEL
PLATES SHEETS STRUCTURAL
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ALLOY STEEL
W N
W A
S
C O.
NON-FERROUS METALS
STAINLESS
TUBULAR PRODUCTS
HOISTS
PERFORATED SHEETS
TEL. UN iversity 4-4300
Melrose | Thresher's. .. . Thresher Bros Inc
Machine Co Inc Morse's ....... Leopold Morse Co |U_Mkts. .. . United Markets Inc uc Murray way. ... Francis J Murray way ........ Uphams Corner UD Co ... .... United Drug Co UEF Co. Underwood Elliott Fisher
NAPA ...... National Automotive Parts Assn Inc
NE Cons .... New England Con- servatory of Music NE Hosp. . New England Hospital for Women & Children NEMP. .New England Military Police
NE News Co. . New England News Co
NET&T Co .... New England Tel- ephone & Telegraph Co NFH mkt .... New Faneuil Hall Market
Nash NE Co. . Nash New England Co
Nville . Newtonville
O'Callaghan way. . Msgr Dennis F O'Callaghan way
O'Connor way. .. . Maj Michael J O'Connor way SEC. .Securities & Exchange Commission
Stabilization Unit Int Bev Paine's ... Paine Furniture Co Soc Sec Bd ... . Social Security Phila Board Philadelphia Posner's. .. . David A Posner Inc USA ..
... ... U.S Army
USAF . . United States Air Force USC of C. . U S Comptroller of Customs
USCG. .. .. U. S Coast Guard
USES. . U S Employment Service USI&N .. United States Immigra- tion & Naturalization Service
Vehicles USMS ... . U S Maritime Service USN. . . . . . US Navy
VA ..... Veterans Administration VEW Pkwy. . Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway
WH&PC Div. . Wage & Hour and Public Contracts Division WMC. . War Manpower Commission WP&R Bd ....... War Price & Rationing Board
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