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UN ion 1-5400
FEDERAL SAVINGS
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF PROVIDENCE EN STREET
Springs Brakes Alignment For Cars Trucks Trailers
PALMER SPRING PANY
EST. 1849
DEXTER and ALTHEA STS, PROVIDENCE, R. I. . EL mhurst 1-8300
92 PLEASANT ST. PAWTUCKET, R. I. PA wtucket 1-8729
Over 100 Years of Dependable Service
Established 1854 by Ecorace B. Knowles
Horace B. Knowles' Sons DICORFORATED FUNERAL SERVICE HORACE E. KNOWLES, Residence 188 Benefit Street
Funeral Chapel 187 BENEFIT STREET
Day & Night Telephone DE xter 1-9860
Cars - Trucks
Parts - Service
Successors to FRANK CROOK, Inc. Established 1896
CHEVROLET
For Details See Page & Buyers' Guide
PAwtucket 3-4900
Plantations 1-4900 PIERCE-CROOK CHEVROLET, INC.
490 MAIN ST. PAWTUCKET
WHEN YOUR NEEDS CALL FOR LUMBER -CALL
Use Our BUDGET PLAN
MASON MATERIALS
LUMBER
MILLWORK HARDWARE
WINDOWS & DOORS
E.D. MEKENDALL LUMBER CO.
LEAD & TIN FLASHINGS
PAINTS & VARNISHES
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
735 ELMWOOD AVE. HO.1-71.00
BUILDING SUPPLIES "From Foundation To Finish"
361 CHARLES SY. DE.14496
THE CONGDON & CARPENTER CO.
1790
1952
STEEL -METALS
INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES
405 PROMENADE STREET PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND DE xter 1-4200
CONGDON & CARPENTER
583 BEDFORD STREET FALL RIVER, MASS. Telephone 5-7403
E. W. SHIPPEE & SONS INC. INSURANCE
Telephone GAspee 1-8432-1-8433
36 Exchange Place "ON THE MALL"
ROOFING MATERIALS
A
The Congdon & Carpenter Co.
1790 - 162 YEARS OF SERVICE - 1952
CONGDON & CARPENTER
STEEL - METALS INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES
Hot Rolled and Cold Finished Steel Bars, Shapes, Plates and Structurals, Sheet Steel, Stainless Steel Bars, Sheets and Pipe, Copper, Lead, Armco Ingot Iron, Bolts and Nuts, Bronze Bearings
CARBORUNDUM PRODUCTS
Electric Tools -
Contractors' Tools
405 PROMENADE STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I. Tel. DExter 1-4200
583 BEDFORD STREET FALL RIVER, MASS. Telephone 5-7403
(1952) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
B
PROGRESSIVE PROTECTION SINCE 1799
Specify Providence Washington policies for Fire · Automobile . Ocean and Inland Marine (all risks) . Liability . Air Cargo and other coverages for your Home or your Business.
PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON Insurance Group
FOUNDED 1799
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
See your own agent or broken
PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INDEMNITY COMPANY 20 WASHINGTON PLACE PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1952)
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B.S
Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. Providence 1, R. I.
BROWN & SHARPE
Milling Machines Grinding Machines Screw Machines Machinists' Tools Electronic Measuring Equipment Johansson Gage Blocks Cutters and Hobs Arbors and Adapters Screw Machine Tools Permanent Magnet Chucks Vises and Pumps
(1952) R. L. POLK & CO.
POLK'S PROVIDENCE
(PROVIDENCE COUNTY, R. I.)
CITY DIRECTORY VOL. 1952 CXII
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Map, and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character, also a
BUYERS' GUIDE and a Complete
Classified Business Directory
FOR DETAILED CONTENTS SEE GENERAL INDEX
" The
DIRECTORY
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PRICE
INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN
$60.00
BUYER AND SELLER
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R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers
509 WESTMINSTER STREET, PROVIDENCE 3, R. I. District Office: 179 Lincoln St., Boston 11, Mass.
DIRECTORY LIBRARY FOR LIMITED FREE USE OF PUBLIC AT OFFICE OF THE PUBLISHERS
Member Association of North American Directory Publishers
Copyright, 1952, by R. L. Polk & Co.
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DIRECTORY
PUBLISHERS
PUBLISHERS' NOTE
The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maxi- mum accuracy.
The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the cor- rectness of all information furnished them nor the com- plete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsi- bility for same can be or is assumed.
The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.
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GENERAL INDEX
Page
.Abbreviations
24
Alphabetical Directory
25
Apartment Buildings
719
Assessors
12
Association of North American Directory Publishers
Z
Buildings, Office and Public
732
Business Directory
717
Buyers' Guide
opp
716
Calendar
6
Cemeteries
734
Chamber of Commerce
3 Buyers' Guide
Churches
736
City Government
12
Classified Business Directory
717
Clergymen
738
Clubs
740
Congressional Districts
18
County Officers
19
Courts
19, 20
Custom Houses
20
Director of Public Welfare
12
Fire Department
13
General Directory
25
Halls
761
Homes and Asylums
763
House Directory
829
House of Representatives
18
How to Use the Directory
Y
Index to Advertisers
4
Legal Holidays
20
Libraries
14
Military
15
Organizations
795
Parks in Providence
14
Police Department
12
Post Office
21
Post Offices and Localities in R I.
23
Railroads
805
Rhode Island National Guard
15
Rhode Island State Government
15
Schools
13
Schools-Parochial
811
· Schools and Colleges
811
Senators
20
Sheriff
19
State Government
15
Statistical Review
8
Street and Avenue Guide
829
Town and City Clerks
19
U S District Court 20
U S Government Officers 20
22
Wharves
United States Postal Information
14
HOW TO USE YOUR CITY DIRECTORY
SEE PAGE Y
4
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
PAGE
Adler's Inc
114 Fox C J Co The
24
Aetna Finance Co
91
Foxon Company The
87
Allenson Bros
129
Franklin Process Co
136 25
Ambulance & Oxygen Service Co
2
Fraser, Phelps & Co
American Brass Company The
85
Freeman E L Company
. left top lines and 132
American Emery Wheel Works
99
Fritz Alexander R Inc
89
American Universal Insurance Co
74
Fulford Manufacturing Company
81 8
Anchor Tool & Die Co
133
Gagnier Nash Co
Anderberg's Inc
134
Gallivan & Co Inc
74 39
Anthony J L & Co.
136
Gammons John A Inc .right top lines and 75
80
Gamwell & Ingraham Inc right top lines and 125
Atlantic Coal Co
.left bottom lines and 32
Garrahan William H & Co Inc right top lines and 71
Atlas Stationery Company
.right side lines and 132
Gasbarro A & Sons Inc . 89
Auto Owners Finance Co Inc
91
General Engineering & Contracting Co 40
35
Baccala J & Sons Construction Co
38
60 Gowdey J A Reed & Harness Mfg Co The
99
Baker Auto Co Inc
8
Graham Funeral Service .left side lines and 60
Ballou, Johnson & Nichols Co
67
Greenwood Laundry . left side lines and 87
Barker Artesian Well Co
135
Griggs & Browne Co Inc
right top and side lines, ribbon book mark and
52
Barreled Sunlight Paint Co
112
Grinnell Company Inc
117
Beach & Sweet Inc
. back cover and 68 Gross G L & H J Inc .... back cover, right top lines and 122 Guardian Life Insurance Company of America 75
X
Better Business Bureau of Providence
40
Bond Laundry and Cleansers Inc
Hall J C Company The
119 8
Brown, Lisle & Marshall
Harris Lumber Co Inc
94 30
Brown & Sharpe Mfg Co
Harrison A & Co Inc
81
Cady Moving & Storage Co . left side lines and 101
Hill James Mfg Co
98
Campanella & Cardi Construction Company
Home Center The
126 48
Capaldi Bros Construction Co
38
Hope Building Co Inc The .right side lines and 36
Capwell A A Company
Horton H R Co
27 5
Carpenter & Wood Co
51
Howard Realty Company right top lines and 105
Central Engineering & Construction Co
35
Imperial Knife Co Inc
96
Central Rubber Stamp Works ... right side lines and 131
Industrial Trust Company
top edge and
15
Chase Brass & Copper Co
85
2
Cherry & Webb Broadcasting Co ... right side lines and 121
Citizens Finance Company right bottom lines and 91 Irons & Russell Co
12
J & H Electric Co
City Hall Hardware Co right top lines and 63 Jannell Truck Body Mfg Co
Claflin Co The . left top lines and 64 Joel Cleansers
Clapp Otis & Son Inc
46
Johnson Bros
111
Collins H V
39
Johnson Oliver & Co Inc
111
Columbus National Bank of Providence
13
Concord Mfg Corp
Congdon & Carpenter Co The
front cover, left side lines and A 39
Conneally J J & Sons
.left side lines and
126
Kennecott Wire & Cable Company
136
Corp Bros Incorporated
135
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Corrado Anthony Inc
.left top lines and X
. front cover and 57
108
County Loan & Finance Corp . left bottom lines and
Lans Warehouse Co
. left bottom lines and 101 33
Cranston Loan Co
90
Latham J A & Son
51
Craven-Whittaker Co Inc
Laudati Peter A & Son
126
Curran & Burton Inc
Levaur Henry
29
DeBlois Oil Co
109
Lewis-Williams Stores
61
DelGiudice A & Son Inc
Liberty Electric Co
49
Derosier Roland A
Livermore & Knight Co Lunnie's Motors
120 9
M & F Insurance Agency
75
Dunne Motor Sales Inc
Maguire Charles A and Associates
51
Dupuis Frank Company
Maguire Roofing Co .
128
Eastern Coal and Oil Co
Manchester & Hudson Co .right bottom lines and 28
Eastern Scientific Co
Mann George & Co Inc
30
Elhatton Plumbing & Heating Co Inc
Manning H A Co
44
Equitable Fire & Marine Insurance Co
Exchange Novelty Inc
82 Manor Motor Sales
Marandola John Co . left side lines and 117
61
Filing Equipment Bureau Inc
106
Mariani A A & Son .... back cover, right side lines and
58
Forest Hills Nurseries Inc
105
Maynard & Co Inc
109
Foster J A Company
. back cover and 79 McDuff Coal & Lumber Co
94
Fanning & Doorley Construction Company Inc Federal Chain Co
82
Marcus Joseph & Co Inc
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co left top lines and 72
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Provi- dence .front cover, right side lines and
115
right top lines and 33 64
115 74 Manocchia & Sons Building Co
40 6
Doe & Little Fuel Co left bottom lines and 32 60
Drabble-Sherman Funeral Home
Dun & Bradstreet Inc
97 5
M R T Company Inc
83
Cogens Inc right top lines and 119
Johnson E A Company . left top lines and 119
Jordan Byron C
40
82 Juhlin-Pearson . left side lines and 59
Juilliard A D & Co Inc, Atlantic Mills Div 133
Kagan & Shawcross .right top lines and . 72
Kelly & Picerne
Corbett & Quirk
60 28
Cordin Gilbert R
Keystone Oil and Coal Co Inc
108 25
Costantino Brothers Inc
. back cover and 54 92
Crandall E S Dairy Inc
.right top lines and 98
LaSalle Coal & Oil Co Inc
Crown Hotel
114 67 32
Lees F G & Son .right side lines and 116 8
Darcy Sign Co
130
Lewis John D Incorporated
. left side lines and 49 10
Citizens Savings Bank . left top lines and
23 87 38 25 C
Brunnckow C G Co Inc
130
Harvey & Otis Inc
Burke F J Co right bottom lines and 106
Higgins J H Co
left side lines and 129
Campanella & Cardi Ready Mixed Concrete Co
38 34
Home Refrigeration Service
11 116
Carlton-Wright Plumbing Supply Co Inc
Howard & Lewis Motor Sales Inc
Cartier M N & Sons Company Inc .... left top lines and 28
Hurley Richard A .left side lines and 126
Beacon Finance Co
. left top lines and 91
Bene & Co Inc . . right side lines and 107
Guertin Oil Company
Gustafson Frank N & Sons Inc
Bowerman Bros Inc
right side lines and
Hamblin W P Inc .
B M G Equipment Co Inc
.left side lines and 41
Gilbane Building Company right bottom lines and Goff & Page Co. 130
Bailey-Shippee Funeral Home
Barker-Chadsey Company
left bottom lines and 63
Gammino M A Construction Co Inc
Anderson Sheet Metal Co The
129
Arden Jewelry Mfg Co
PAGE
International Detective Service Inc .. right top lines and Irons Earl M right top corner cards and 71 82
31
Knowles' Horace B Sons Inc Lamson Oil Corporation
100 74
39
5
PAGE
.front cover and 93
136
Rhode Island Label Works Inc .... left bottom lines and 86 41
Rhode Island Sand & Gravel Co Inc
Rhode Island Supply & Engineering Co 118
26 29 Richardson & Clark 26 83
Rim Jewelry Mfg Co
Roger Williams Savings Fund & Loan Association right side lines and 22
123 Rumford Company The
Mule Battery Mfg Co .. Mulry H T Chevrolet Co
Narragansett Electric Co The . left top lines and 47 65 Sayles & French Inc
Narragansett Hotel
National Plumbing & Heating Supply Corp
Nevin J Benjamin Co
New England Floor Surfacing & Covering Co
New England Pest Control Co Inc
insert at Street Section and 53
New England Welding Co
135 95
Shepard Company The
.right bottom lines and right bottom lines and 66
Nightingale, Baker & Salisbury
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
O'Connell J T Co left bottom lines, 63 and 96
O'Donnell & Co Inc right top lines and 76
Old Colony Co-operative Bank
.right top lines and 16
Orr John J & Son
133
Outlet Company The . left side lines and 43 Spencer F E Co The
Oxford Press
120 11
Paoli Raphael
76
Paolino Anthony C Inc
76
Starkweather & Williams Inc
State Lumber Co Inc
Stone C Moulton Co
Sugarman Max Funeral Home
.. left top lines, 59 and 100
Pascale Realty Co
128 127 55
Peirce Prescott H Co
Pellett Wm P & Son Inc
Tanner Walter E S . left side lines and 111
47
Peoples Storage Warehouse Co
102 108
Petroleum Service Co Inc
109
Phenix National Bank of Providence The
right top lines and 124
51
Tracy & Co Inc.
48 37
Pierce-Crook Chevrolet Inc
.front cover and 4
Plantations Steel Co
132
Plante Ernest A
Presbrey A A & Son Company Inc
Providence Blue Print Co Inc
Providence Box & Lumber Co
24 and 95 6
Providence Chamber of Commerce The
3
W H I M Intercity Broadcasting Co Inc
left side lines and 120
right top and right side lines and 62
Providence Institution for Savings .... left top lines and 19
W J A R Radio & Television Station .. left side lines and 121 Walco Electric Co 100 50
Walker Electric Co
Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co The
Walker G H & Co 26
Providence Paper Co .right bottom lines and 113
78
Watkins D M Co
Watson J Bertram Inc . left side lines and 77
Providence Union National Bank The
Weaver Paint & Varnish Co Inc .... left side lines and 112 37
Providence Wall Paper House Inc
134 Westcott Construction Co
Westminster Motors Inc .right bottom lines and 7
left top lines and B Weston D M & Co Inc 128
87
Purington O D Co Inc
41
White A A Co Inc
.left top lines and 131
Puritan Life Insurance Company
73
White Fuel Co
33
Remington Horace & Son Co
127 White J S Co 56
Respro Inc
131
Williams &' Anderson Co Inc The
84
Rhode Island Associates Inc
29 Wood A M Co
86
Rhode Island Bus Co
48 128
31
Mortgage Guarantee & Title Co . bottom edge and . left side lines and 10
Newell Coal & Lumber Co
New-Mode Co Inc
Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel
Shippee E W & Sons Inc . front cover and 69 9 Silvertown Chevrolet Co Inc 95 Smith E E Co Inc 63 Smith-Gibbs Company The 41 Soule Henry M Co Speidel Corp 83 112 Spencer & Preston 77 31 Starkweather J U Company Inc .front edge and 70 Starkweather & Shepley Inc 112
. left side lines and 94 88
back bone, right top corner cards and 102
Parker Geo L Co Inc
Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada
77
Swanson G Fred Inc
.right side lines and 42 95
Sweet L & Co Inc
Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Co
99 109 17
Peoples Savings Bank in Providence .. left top lines and
Technic Inc
114
Thurston Mfg Co
134
Tillinghast L H Supply Co The .... right side lines and 118 Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island
Philbrick Chas H Inc
left top lines and 18 127 76
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co
Turgeon E Construction Co Inc
Uncas Manufacturing Company
Union Finance Co
United Iron Works .55 and
Universal Plating Co
Valentine Flower Shoppe . back cover and 55
Providence Buick Company Inc
Vinay Co
84
Providence Gas Company
Providence Journal Co .. back cover and 104
left top lines and 73 Wallace R E 125 96 Wallace & Tucker Lumber Co 84
Providence Steel & Iron Co
Providence Thrift Corporation
92 20
Providence Washington Insurance Company
Providence Wire Works Inc
135 What Cheer Laundry
88 White Pontiac Co 10
Reynolds Stamp & Stencil Works
107 Winters Walter Inc 7
PAGE
McKendall F D Lumber Co Millard Wire Co Inc Miller Chas Co Miller & George Monroe Calculating Machine Co Inc Mont Electric Co Inc Moore J W Roofing Co Morris Clothes Shoppe Morris E L Co Inc
back cover and 110
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co ... left bottom lines and 21
106 Rowley Construction Co .right top corner cards and 36 30 9 63 9 Samson's Sanderson Bros Inc Sandager Harry Inc 77 118 127 Schmidt Electric Company Scott Testers Inc 88 Scott White Truck Inc 33 50 96 134 Sears, Roebuck and Co Sessions-Gifford Co Inc .right top lines and 42 31 Shaw Paper Box Co 25 42
83 78 75
Palmer Spring Co
Paquin Moving & Storage Co
Taylor, Symonds Co
Petroleum Heat & Power Co of RI
Tops Electrical Supply Co
103 24 24
84 92 78 114
Viall W C Dairy Inc 97
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INTRODUCTION
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 800 city, county, state and national Direc- tories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1952 edition of the Provi- dence City Directory.
Confidence in the growth of Providence's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Providence to the world.
The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S Directories in the estimation of the public throughout the country, has been established by rendering the best in Direc- tory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Provi- dence Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining. to the city.
FIVE MAJOR DEPARTMENTS
The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-
THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, pages 8 to 23, on white paper, presents lists of city, county, state and federal officials; post office, public school and fraternal organization Directories; statistical review; historical sketch; and manufacturing, trade and civic surveys.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 25 to 714, on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Providence, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 716 and separately paged from 1 to 136, on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Providence and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Providence, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 717 to 825, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropiate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 829 to 1034. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order followed by the named streets arranged in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their re- spective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designa- tion of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telepliones.
MUNICIPAL PUBLICITY
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in un- biased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Providence.
THE PROVIDENCE DIRECTORY LIBRARY
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Providence City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 500 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition of those progressive busi- ness and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
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