The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955, Part 14

Author:
Publication date: 1789
Publisher: Boston : Sampson & Murdock company
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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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14
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 1955 > Part 14

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1847 - Over a Century of Service - 1955 .PRODUCTS OF EXPERIENCE"

ELEVATORS

.. ELEVATOR LANDING DOORS .. .. DUMBWAITERS .. .. FIRE DOORS ..

PASSENGER ELEVATORS, including self- leveling HOME AND HOSPITAL ELEVATORS FREIGHT ELEVATORS, for any duty OIL PLUNGER ELEVATORS RAILROAD CAR ELEVATORS DUMBWAITERS for any service

EXPERIENCE. This company, continuously in business since 1847, is one of the early manufac- turers of elevators and dumbwaiters.

PERIODICAL INSPECTION AND LUBRICA- TION SKIP HOISTS SPECIAL HOISTS REPAIR SERVICE for all elevators METAL CLAD FIRE DOORS ELEVATOR AND DUMBWAITER DOORS

ENGINEERING SERVICE. Our engineers co- operate with owners, architects, engineers and occupants in layout of new installations and in modernizing existing equipment.

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Your City Directory has HUNDREDS OF USES AND APPLICATIONS

BUYING

Learning new sources of supply. Keeping up with known sources of supply. Checking on the record of firms from which you buy as to dependability, stability, etc.

SELLING (Including market analysis and sales promotion )

Locating new markets. Maintaining up-to-date mailing lists.

Analyzing the buying power of a community or street.

Routing salesmen to avoid lost motion in reaching prospects.

Locating residents of hotels and apartment buildings, many of whom are listed nowhere else.

Identifying names and titles of officials, for use of salesmen.

CREDIT REFERENCE (and Collections)

Running down delinquent debtors.

Checking credit applications as to address, moving habits, names of employers, stability of employ- ment, family status, neighbors, whether owner or renter, etc. Identifying persons of same or similar names. Investigating cases in welfare, charitable, social ser- vice and legal work.

DELIVERY Communication, Mailing, Etc.

Routing deliveries.

Reducing dead letters and insuring more complete delivery of mail.

Effecting delivery of messages and parcels errone- ously or defectively addressed. Correcting names and titles.

LAW ENFORCEMENT Criminal Detection and Apprehension

Tripping bad-check passers. Deciphering illegible signatures. Guarding against habitual bill dodgers. Tracing heirs and witnesses, settling estates, and establishing facts as of a certain date.

CONSULT YOUR DIRECTORY FIRST

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EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES

BRIDGES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

ESTABLISHED 1926

Employment Specialists for Hotels - Restaurants - Institutions - Schools Camps and Industrial

Telephone CApitol 7-8830

37 TREMONT STREET

BOSTON, MASS.

your Help Finder

SINCE 1885 MERCANTILE REFERENCE & BOND ASSOCIATION

EMPL

NAT

BOARD

'EMBER

QUALIFIED MEN AND WOMEN

FOR

Executive Technical Sales

Administrative

Office

Industrial

DIAL LI berty 2-6833

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EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES

ZA Compétent Employee for your every need!

MEMBER OF

MEN

SERVICE

ARD

Executive

Insurance

Mechanical

Technical

Advertising

Factory

Sales Executive

Merchandise

Beauty Salons

National Cost Accountants

Sales

Office

Hotels & Restaurants

Administrative

Drug

Schools & Institutions

Financia»

Automotive

Laundry & Cleaners

Phone

HU bbard 2-8300

59 TEMPLE PLACE BLAKE BUILDING BOSTON 11

CONNECTING ALL DEPTS.

PETERS

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE · · 1

OUR 30th YEAR

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· NAT MEMBER

U. S. Chamber of Commerce

National Office Management Association

Advertising Federation of America

National Credit Men's Association

Boston Better Business Bureau

Boston Chamber of Commerce

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EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES

JOHNSON'S EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

MALE FEMALE

OFFICE FACTORY INDUSTRIAL

Phone GEneva 6-3901

598 COLUMBIA ROAD UPHAMS CORNER DORCHESTER

ENGRAVERS-BANK NOTE

TELEPHONE CA pitol 7-7230 American Bank Note Company

ENGRAVERS - LITHOGRAPHERS

Bonds Stock Certificates

Checks Letterheads

Our Standards of Workmanship meet all Stock Exchange Requirements

150 CAUSEWAY STREET North Station Office Building

BOSTON, MASS.

FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS

AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM COMPANY Boston Automatic Fire Alarm Division

Serving BOSTON BUSINESSES with

CENTRAL STATION AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM

and SPRINKLER SUPERVISORY SERVICES For Over 75 Years

61 BATTERYMARCH STREET, BOSTON HANcock 6-4984

City INTELLIGENTLY SALES POOLLARS

Directory Information USED

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KNOXALL

Felts and Cloths for Industrial Operations

All Wool"

Reusoral

Machinery Blanketing and Woolen Specialties

EDWARD H. BEST & CO.

EST. 1888

INC. 1901

210 LINCOLN STREET

BOSTON 5, MASS.

Telephone HU bbard 2-4450

CITY DIRECTORY ADVERTISING Is National ADVERTISING!

Each edition of your City Directory is widely distributed to free- reference City Directory Libraries located at the Chambers of Commerce of hundreds of other cities.

Therefore your ad in the City Directory is seen by buyers from coast-to-coast!

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FUNERAL DIRECTORS

SINCE 1832

J.S.WATERMAN & SONS

NON-SECTARIAN FUNERAL SERVICE

LOCAL . SUBURBAN . DISTANT .

PRICE RANGE TO SERVE ALL

"Facts About Funeral Service" Mailed Upon Request

OFFICES AND CHAPELS BOSTON ... AT KENMORE SQUARE 497 Commonwealth Ave. . . . KEnmore 6-4110

WELLESLEY ... AT WELLESLEY SQUARE 592 Washington Street WEllesley 5-6140

ROXBURY 2326 Washington St. HIghlands 5-4110

SINCE 1832

BROOKLINE Telephone ASpinwall 7-0431

ICE

FUNER

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Folsom Funeral Chapel

E. WILFRED FOLSOM

EARL W. FOLSOM, Jr.

63 BELGRADE AVENUE -

ROSLINDALE, MASS.

Telephone FAirview 5-0461

OTHER OFFICES

FUNERAL SERVICE

PROVIDENCE SPRINGFIELD WORCESTER

Dedicated to the principles of sympathetic and conscientious service Estimates cheerfully given at no obligation Lowest prices maintained for over 35 years Budget plan if desired

1770 WASHINGTON ST. HI ghlands 5-3268

NON - SECTARIAN

WILLIAM H. SHORT LESLIE W. WILLIAMSON

LESLIE I. WILLIAMSON

LEON E. SMITH ALBERT W. KEDDY

OUR 50" YEAR OF SERVICE SHORT & WILLIAMSON INCORPORATED

1905

1955

173 BRIGHTON AVENUE ALLSTON (BOSTON), MASS. Phone ST adium 2-6600

SHORT & WILLIAMSON INCORPORATED Funeral Service

"Serving Greater Boston for 50 Years" 52 TRAPELO ROAD BELMONT, MASSACHUSETTS Phone BE Imont 5-5480 (After May 20, 1956, IV anhoe 4-6900)

Vital Information at your Finger-tips!

Tens of thousands of people who were formerly strangers to the City Directory are consulting it on questions of citizenship, em-

ployment, sources of supply, com- munication, etc. In addition, Directory usage is up among regular subscribers.

MORE PEOPLE ARE SEEING CITY DIRECTORY ADS

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ANYWHERE IN NEW ENGLAND"

BOSTON OFFICE

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FURNITURE

PAINE

COMPANY

FURNITURE 1895

A COMPLETE DECORATING

AND DESIGNING SERVICE

FOR HOMES AND

COMMERCIAL INTERIORS

Owned and Managed by _"Direct Descendant of the Founder

PAINE FURNITURE COMPANY

FOUNDED 1835

FURNITURE . RUGS . LAMPS . GIFTS CHINA and GLASS . PIANOS . ORGANS RADIOS . WALLPAPER . DRAPERIES SLIPCOVERS . PICTURES . FRAMING MATTRESSES . OFFICE FURNITURE

81 ARLINGTON STREET, BOSTON TELEPHONE HA ncock 6-1500

95 PARKING WAY, QUINCY

TELEPHONE GR anite 2-5000

ERDINAND'S Home of fine Furniture

Established 1869

OPEN 9 to 5:30 - FRIDAYS TILL 9 P.M.

Convenient Payments Arranged

RUSSELL R. CAMERON, President

ـرتـ

Serving Three Generations of Boston Homemakers

FURNITURE FLOOR COVERINGS BEDDING : DRAPERIES HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES LAMPS

2260 WASHINGTON ST. at Dudley St. Terminal

RUSSELL T. HATCH COMPANY

HOME FURNISHINGS - RUGS AND BEDDING REUPHOLSTERING INTERIOR DECORATING

Telephone LAfayette 3-1664

1 WASHINGTON ST. at HAYMARKET SQ.

BOSTON 14

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Pride in your home begins at HOME FURNISHINGS SINCE 1817

Pray's

MODERN & TRADITIONAL FURNITURE

ORIENTAL RUGS - CURTAINS & DRAPERIES

CONTRACT DEPARTMENT

DOMESTIC RUGS & CARPETS

INTERIOR DECORATING

JOHN H: PRAY & SONS COMPANY 132 TREMONT ST. - HANcock 6-5000

GAS COMPANIES

DEDHAM & HYDE PARK DIVISION OF WORCESTER CAS LIGHT CO.

JAMES S. BARRY, Divisional Manager

All Types of Gas Appliances for RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USE Ranges - Water Heaters - Kitchen and House Heating - Refrigerators

1176 RIVER STREET Phone HY de Park 3-2000

HYDE PARK 36, MASS.

OUT OF SIGHT! OUT OF MIND! OUT OF BUSINESS!

The importance of keeping firm and product names in the public eye is recognized by all business men. It is astonishing to see how a firm or prod- uct, however meritorious, will slip into the limbo of the forgotten if not persistently advertised.

The City Directory is the natural medium for keeping a business or product name in the spotlight. Insist on being well represented in its pages.

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GAS COMPANIES

Now ... MORE THAN EVER GAS is your BEST BUY for

COOKING

WATER HEATING REFRIGERATION

HOUSE HEATING

KITCHEN HEATING CLOTHES DRYING INCINERATION AIR-CONDITIONING

Also - - for Industrial and

Commercial requirements call

Industrial Sales Department HU bbard 2-7600

Boston Consolidated Gas Company

100 ARLINGTON STREET

Or Consult Your Neighborhood Office

29 Main Street, Charlestown 554 Columbia Road, Dorchester 554 Washington Street, Quincy 16 Bennington Street, East Boston 675 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain 4252 Washington Street, Roslindale 11 Roxbury Street, Roxbury

465 W. Broadway, South Boston 25 Walden Street, Concord 1207 Centre Street, Newton Centre 1410 Hancock Street, Quincy 677 Main Street, Waltham 39 Quincy Avenue, East Braintree 379 Nantasket Avenue, Hull

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GLASS-PLATE AND WINDOW

P LG

"PITTSBURGH"

STANDS FOR

Quality Glass and Paint

A FEW OF OUR PRODUCTS

Glass

POLISHED PLATE CLASS PLATE CLASS TOPS

HERCULITE GLASS DOORS MIRRORS

PENNVERNON WINDOW CLASS

DUPLATE SAFETY GLASS

DUOLITE SAFETY GLASS

AUTO GLASS INSTALLATIONS

CURVED AUTO GLASS

ROLLED and ORNAMENTAL CLASS WIRED GLASS

PITTCO STORE FRONTS

P C GLASS BLOCKS

P C FOAMGLAS

CARRARA STRUCTURAL CLASS

TWINDOW INSULATING GLASS

Paint

SUN-PROOF HOUSE PAINT

FLORHIDE

WALLHIDE

RUBBERIZED SATIN FINISH

SATINHIDE

WATERSPAR ENAMEL and VARNISH

CEMENTHIDE BRICK and STUCCO PAINT

METALEAF ALUMINUM PAINT

GOLD & RED STRIPE BRUSHES

PAINTERS' SUPPLIES

ROLLERS

BONDING CEMENT PAINTS

GLAZIERS' TOOLS and SUPPLIES

Parent® PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY

· Gloss

Telephone ST adium 2-4500 300 BABCOCK STREET

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HOTELS

HOTEL STATLER

A HILTON HOTEL D. B. STANBRO, General Manager

Making Friends for Boston

Every time you patronize The Statler Hotel, or send someone to us, you assist in our primary job of making friends for Boston. The Statler is constantly broadening and im- proving its service-and every betterment of service makes friends for the city of Boston -just as truly as for the Hotel that acts for Boston . . If people from all over like Boston and come back, you and the Hotel make profitable and pleasant new contacts. We try our hardest to make our guests like Boston- and us.

Air Conditioned Function Rooms Popular Price Restaurants 1 300 Sleeping Rooms with Bath and TV

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Hotel with a history ...

In a world of constantly shifting values Boston's famed Parker House. since its opening in 1856, stands out as a symbol of continuous conservative management, good food, genuine New England hospitality. Few are familiar with the fact that it was the first hostelry to operate without specified hours for meals and that the American plan originated here, but every school child knows that it is where the golden brown Parker House roll was originated.

Today, as a modern hotel offering every up-to-the-minute facility, it is not only the Boston headquarters of thousands of travelers from all over the world, but it continues to be the dining center of New England's important businessmen and statesmen. The present management is proud of the hotel's tradition - cherishes its world-wide reputation for famous food, service, fine accommodations and hospitality.

Tanker House Carker

BOSTON A NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTION Glenwood J. Sherrard, President

UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT HOTEL BELLEVUE . THE LINCOLNSHIRE

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HOTELS

DISTINGUISHED

BOSTON LANDMARKS

The Public Garden

. .. AND THE

Somerset HOTEL

in Boston's Best Tradition

PHONE: KEnmore 6-2700

TELETYPE: BS 71

Located in the beautiful Kenmore Square area, the Somerset is justly famed for its inspired decor, its delightful cuisine, and the elegant comfort of its 524 rooms and suites. Quiet and restful . . . yet

close to Boston's business district and historic sites. Beautiful new banquet, meeting and party rooms. Unequalled hospitality and service make the Somerset Boston's most favored address.

INSTANTANEOUS RESERVATION SERVICE

For immediate reservations at any Sonnabend Operated Hotel simply call the hotel nearest you.

In BOSTON: Somerset Hotel - KEnmore 6-2700

In CHICAGO: Edgewater Beach Hotel - LOngbeach 1-6000

In CLEVELAND: Hotel Cleveland - TOwer 1-8000

In NEW YORK: Ritz Tower Hotel - PLaza 5-5000

In WASHINGTON The Woodner, and in NEW YORK The Plaza have reciprocal arrangements with the above Sonnabend Operated Hotels and are included in our Instantaneous Reservation Service

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HOTEL KENMORE

490 COMMONWEALTH AVE. at Kenmore Square, Boston 400 Rooms, some air-conditioned, all with private bath and radio. Television available.

HOTEL KENMORE

The constantly increasing popularity of this fine Hotel is our only criterion of our Sincere Efforts to have the finest obtainable-in rooms, food and beverages-along with genuine Superior Service.

Twelve banquet rooms accommodating all size parties up to 400.

We are proud of our Mural Cocktail Lounge-Cafe Society's Rendezvous. You will have to see it to appreciate its unusual originality-and our English Grill and Sportsmen's Bar where many enthusiastic celebrities of the Sports World meet.

All bars, public and private dining rooms air-conditioned.

- Recommend the HOTEL KENMORE to Your Friends and Associates -

WILLIAM T. BIGLER, General Manager

TELEPHONE KEnmore 6-2770 TELETYPE-BS-1093

FIREPROOF FIREPROOF

HOTEL AVERY

AVERY STREET, Near Boston Common 200 Rooms-All With Shower and Bath from $4.00 Single AIR CONDITIONED DINING & COCKTAIL ROOMS

WALTER A. CARLIN, Manager

Telephone HU bbard 2-8000

HOTEL' ESSEX

"A Carter Hotel" HOTEL ESSEX OPPOSITE SOUTH STATION BOSTON'S BEST BUY 400 Rooms-From $2.50 Private Bath-$4.00 VISIT OUR FAMOUS LOUNGE BAR

SHAFFIE K. HAMSY, General Manager Telephone HU bbard 2-9000

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HOTELS

The Finest Facilities for Parties and Functions Conventions Up to 1200 People

Boston's Newest, Most Fabulous

Sherry Biltmore

HOTEL

All Rooms Equipped with Radio - TV and Air Conditioning R. STANLEY BROWN, Managing Director MASSACHUSETTS AVE., near Boylston CO pley 7-7700

Bostonians Meet at the Sherry Cocktail Lounge Dining Room Coffee Shop

The DIRECTORY IS THE COMMON INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN BUYER AND SELLER

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Features and Departments of a City Directory

Your new, improved City Directory is the most complete and comprehensive catalog ever published of the inhabit- ants, business concerns and institutions of your city. It is much more than just an alphabetical list of names and addresses.

Your City Directory Contains:

An Alphabetical list of names and addresses of every resident, business concern and insti- tution, plus wife's name and if a widow the deceased husband's initial, and the occupa- tions of all. Principal officers or owners and a description of businesses are included as well.

A Householders' Directory including a Street and Avenue Guide. This section lists every street and where intersecting streets appear. It lists numerically every location on each street, naming the householder or business at each number and whether the person is a homeowner or renter and if he has a telephone. Similar information is provided on office and public buildings and their occupants.

3 A Classified Business Directory -listing every business, classified as to type, and showing names and addresses. It also lists every pro- fession, club, society and association, hospital and cemetery, labor organization, library, park and playground and school.

4 A "Yellow Section" or Buyers' Guide, where the advertiser may explain in greater detail the services or products he has to offer.

A Statistical and Historical Story of your city; plus miscellaneous other information.

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INSURANCE

An important part of the picture - SERVICE

The most impressive aspect of the new home office of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company - the efficiency and economy of operation which this modern building fosters - is necessarily an invisible part of the picture. Literally en- gineered to serve the 9 million Hancock policyholders, the building also serves as a symbol of their financial security, their economic independence, their self-reliance.

COMPLETE LIFE INSURANCE SERVICE

Life, Endowment and Term Policies

for personal protection, providing for settlement of the proceeds by lump sum or by installment or income pay- ments, to meet the requirements of the individual case

Family Income Coverage Special Contracts for Business Protection Mortgage Redemption Policies Juvenile Insurance Retirement Income Policies

Annuity Contracts in Various Forms Salary Deduction Insurance

under which payment of premiums on employees' individual policies may be made conveniently through employer's cooperation

All Plans of Group Insurance Coverage - including -

GROUP LIFE ( term or permanent forms) GROUP ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT

GROUP ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS

GROUP HOSPITAL, SURGICAL, MEDICAL, MAJOR MEDICAL, POLIO, DIAGNOSTIC, AND SUPPLEMENTAL ACCIDENT EXPENSE INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYEES AND DEPENDENTS

GROUP LIFE INSURANCE ON DEBTORS

GROUP EMPLOYEE LIFE INSURANCE

GROUP ANNUITY CONTRACTS AND PENSION TRUSTS providing for pensions and retirement plans

MUTUAL LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY

200 BERKELEY STREET, BOSTON 17, MASSACHUSETTS

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INSURANCE

John Hancock

MUTUAL LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Serving You in Greater Boston

FRANK T. BOBST General Agent 49 FEDERAL STREET Boston 10, Massachusetts

ROBERT B. PITCHER General Agent 53 STATE STREET Boston 9, Massachusetts

THE DISTRICT OFFICES of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company

BRIGHTON

HARRY MILLER, Manager Room 3, 161 Harvard Avenue Allston 34, Mass.

CAMBRIDGE

ROBERT W. CARROLL, Manager 2nd Floor, 806 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge 39, Mass.

CHELSEA

BERNARD X. WEISENBERGER, Manager 2nd Floor, 287 Broadway Chelsea 50, Mass.

DORCHESTER

CHARLES F. BRYSON. Manager 2nd Floor, 773 Adams Street Dorchester 22, Mass.

EAST BOSTON

P. J. BASTARDO, Manager 2nd Floor, 12 Bennington Street East Boston 28, Mass.

BAY STATE

ROBERT W. BOAS, Manager 1870 Centre Street West Roxbury 32. Mass.

MALDEN

WILLIAM H. DALEY, JR., Manager Room 217, Dowling Building 6 Pleasant Street Malden 48, Mass.

NEWTON

HENRY G. SCHAFER. Manager 2nd Floor. 313 Washington Street Newton 58, Mass.

OLD BOSTON

GEORGE F. SCANLON, Manager 2nd Floor, 18 Oliver Street Boston 10, Mass.

QUINCY

EDWARD H. DUFFY, Manager Room 4, Second Floor 67 Parking Way Quincy 69, Mass.

ROXBURY

SAMUEL LEDERMAN, Manager Room 200, 584 Columbia Road Uphams Corner Dorchester 25, Mass.

SOMERVILLE

ANGUS J. MACISAAC, Manager 2nd Floor, 4 Webster Avenue Somerville 43, Mass.

WAKEFIELD

JOHN W. DORSEY, Manager 2nd Floor, 430 Main Street Wakefield, Mass.

WALTHAM

JOSEPH J. IANNOLI, Manager 24 Lexington Street Waltham 54, Mass.

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INSURANCE

INSUR PAIGE

1876

JOHN C. PAIGE & COMPANY

GERALD HENDERSON

HENRY W. KNEELAND

JOHN F. WATSON

KENNETH W. FAUNCE

WALDO M. HATCH

ANTHONY FAUNCE

DANIEL A. CARPENTER, JR.

INSURANCE

Boston Office 40 BROAD STREET Telephone HUbbard 2-5231

NEW YORK - PORTLAND - ATLANTA - LOS ANGELES

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JOHN C. PAIGE & COMPANY INSURANCE

Fire and Allied Lines Life - Accident and Health Automobile Fidelity and Surety Bonds Burglary and Theft

Sprinkler Leakage - Use and Occupancy Boiler - Marine - Yacht

BOSTON OFFICE

40 BROAD STREET

NEW YORK - PORTLAND

Telephone HUbbard 2-5231

- ATLANTA - LOS ANGELES

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INSURANCE

(Established Over 75 Years)

Frank Gir Macomber, Inc.

INSURANCE

22 BATTERYMARCH STREET BOSTON 6

TELEPHONE HA ncock 6-1320-1-2

New York Office, 90 JOHN STREET

MARINE COMPANIES

Sun Marine Office of England, General Agents Westchester Fire Insurance Co. of N. Y.

London Assurance (Marine) of London, England Sea Insurance Company, Ltd., of Liverpool, England Automobile Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn.

Federal Insurance Co. of New Jersey

Home Insurance Company

Michigan Fire & Marine Insurance Co.

LLOYD'S AGENT

LIFE COMPANIES

State Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Worcester, Mass. Connecticut General Life Insurance Co.

(1955) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

125

INSURANCE

(Established Over 75 Years)

Frank Gür Musmber, Inc.

INSURANCE

22 BATTERYMARCH STREET BOSTON 6 TELEPHONE HA ncock 6-1320-1-2 New York Office, 90 JOHN STREET

FIRE COMPANIES

The Home Insurance Company Westchester Fire Insurance Co. of New York Sun Insurance Office, Ltd., of London, England Michigan Fire & Marine Insurance Company American Central Insurance Company Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company

CASUALTY COMPANIES

Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Co. Home Indemnity Co.

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INSURANCE

FIND

FOR ÆTNA SERVICE

LIFE GROUP ACCIDENT HEALTH INSURANCE

Herbert W. Florer, C.L.U., General Agent Room 430, 10 Post Office Square Telephone HU bbard 2-9280

CASUALTY SURETY FIRE INSURANCE CHARLES R. JAMESON, Manager 5th Floor, 10 Post Office Square Telephone HU bbard 2-8060

MARINE INSURANCE

John M. Parsons, Manager 1st Floor, 10 Post Office Square Telephone HU bbard 2-8060

BOSTON OFFICES 10 POST OFFICE SQUARE

ÆTNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ÆTNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY

AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

(1955) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

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INSURANCE

AMERICAN MUTUAL LIABILITY INSURANCE CO.

Allied American Mutual Fire Insurance Co.

American Policyholders' Insurance Co.

Writers of Workmen's Compensation, Fidelity Bonds, Fire, Burglary, Automobile, Group, Acci- dent and Health, Hospitalization, Professional Liability, Aviation - Practically all Forms of Insurance Except Life.

Opportunities for Substantial SAVINGS are

Offered on All Forms.

Telephone COpley 7-6400

AMERICAN MUTUAL BUILDING 142 BERKELEY ST. BOSTON 16, MASS.

Boston District Service Department: 209 COLUMBUS AVENUE Telephone: CO pley 7-6400

Branches in 78 of the Country's Principal Cities

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INSURANCE

BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865. BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865

FREDERIC C. CHURCH CHAS. COLBY HEWITT · BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865. BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . 89 BROAD STREET, BOSTON 10 Telephone HU bbard 2-3100

Boit, Dalton & Church INSURANCE SINCE 1865

COLLINS GRAHAM STANLEY H. KING FRANK W. HUMPHREY MYRON E. WATSON ROBERT W. HARDING

BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865

(1955) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

U · BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865. BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . BDC 1865 . C

INSURANCE

129

A simple way to secure dependable insurance at a fair price is to ask your agent or broker for a policy in either the Boston Insurance Company or the Old Colony Insurance Company.

1873

1906

NCE

BOSTON INSURANCE COMPANY OLD COLONY INSURANCE COMPANY 87 Kilby St., Boston, Massachusetts

FIRE - MARINE - AUTOMOBILE - AVIATION CASUALTY - SURETY

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INSURANCE

BOSTON MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.

1891

1955

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ALDEN C. BRETT Chairman of the Board

DANIEL BLOOMFIELD Executive Vice-President, Boston Retail Trade Board

THOMAS H. CARENS Vice-President, Boston Edison Co.

LESTER G. HATHAWAY

Former President Hathaway Baking Co.

J. LEONARD JOHNSON

President, New England Fuel Dealers Association

MICHAEL T. KELLEHER Vice-President, Marsh & McLennan

EVERETT H. LANE President

ROBERT S. WEEKS, Jr. Manager, Municipal Bond Dept., F. S. Moseley & Co.

HOME OFFICE - 156 STUART STREET - BOSTON

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT OFFICES

BOSTON 30 Huntington Ave. QUINCY

77 Parkingway

CHELSEA 5 Everett Ave.

ROSLINDALE

4196 Washington St.

DORCHESTER

598 Columbia Rd.

SOMERVILLE 778 Elm St.

MALDEN 170 Pleasant St.

WALTHAM 680 Main St.

(1955) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

LEO H. LEARY Vice-President Judge, Municipal Court, S. Boston District

DANIEL J. LYNE General Counsel Senior Partner; Lyne, Woodworth & Evarts

JOHN W. MARNO Vice-President, Second Bank-State Street Trust Co.

EDWARD E. MARTIN New England District Manager, Graybar Electric Company

FRANK L. RICHARDSON Chairman of the Board, Newton-Waltham Bank and Trust Company

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The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955, Part 14

Author: Publication date: 1789 Publisher: Boston : Sampson & Murdock company Number of Pages: 1480

Author:
Publication date: 1789
Publisher: Boston : Sampson & Murdock company
Number of Pages: 1480