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170 WALLACE & TUCKER LUMBER CO.
434 ALLEN'S AVENUE AFFE PAGE /1 Buyers' Guide
Telephones Hopkins 1720-1721 --- 1722
SEE PAGE 71 Buyers' Cuide
HENRY W. COOKE O
REAL ESTATE . INSURANCE . MORTGAGES 615 HOSPITAL TRUST BUILDING TEL. GAspes 5350
Established 1854 by Horace B. Knowles
Horace B. Knowles' Sons INCORPORATED
FUNERAL SERVICE HORACE E. KNOWLES, Residence 188 Benefit Street
Funeral Chapel 187 Benefit Street
Day & Night Telephone DExter 9860
ELECTRIC REFRIGERATION FIRST CHOICE FOR ECONOMICAL OPERATION
SYLVESTER M. BUDLONG
Writing Every Line of Insurance
ROOM 401, 146 WESTMINSTER STREET
TELEPHONE DExter 0500
RHODE ISLAND
E. W. SHIPPEE & SONS INC. INSURANCE Telephone GAspee 5746 or 8432
85 WESTMINSTER STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I. SEE PAGE 53 Buyers' Guide
STUDY IN Y.M.C.A. SCHOOLS
LEARN WHILE YOU EARN GA-6357 CONVENIENT EVENING HOURS
29 WEYBOSSET STREET, PROVIDENCE, R. I.
E. L. WATSON CO., Inc.
SEE PAGE 60 Buyers Guide Fidelity and Surety Bonds Insurance of Every Description
Insurance Mortgages
Real Estate
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1790 - 152 YEARS OF SERVICE 1942
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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
Electric Tools - Contractors' Tools
405 PROMENADE STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I. Tel. DExter 4200
583 BEDFORD STREET FALL RIVER, MASS. Telephone 2070
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In ever-increasing numbers, are finding the Bryant Placement Bureau a highly satisfactory source from which to secure trained young men and women for office positions. Call GAspee 3590-3643-3644-3645.
BRYANT COLLEGE
of Business Administration and Secretarial Training FOUNDED A. D. 1863 HOPE and BENEVOLENT STREETS and YOUNG ORCHARD AVE. PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
ANTONIO B. CARDI AMERICO S. CARDI, Manager
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
SAND - GRAVEL - STONE - LOAM
Excavating and Bulldozing
Specializing in Foundry Sand
Trailer Service
Telephone WEst 1090 - 1701 CRANSTON ST., CRANSTON
Day and Night
TITLE GUARANTEE COMPANY of Rhode Island ESTABLISHED 1902
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $500,000
IVORY LITTLEFIELD, President CHARLES J. HILL, Vice-President
ROBERT L. WALKER, Sec. and Treas.
EDWARD L. SINGSEN, Assistant Secretary CLARENCE L. FULLER, Assistant Secretary
FREDERICK E. SCHOENEWEISS, Asst. Sec. AMBROSE J. KINION, Piant Director
ARTHUR E. MUNRO, Counsel
EUGENE H. SULLIVAN, Titie Officer
.. DIRECTORS ..
ROBERT L. WALKER President, Robert L. Walker Company
WILSON G. WING President, Providence Institution for Savings IVORY LITTLEFIELD President, Title Guarantee Co. of R. I.
CHARLES C. MARSHALL President, Peoples Savings Bank in Providence GEORGE H. HUDDY, JR. Chairman of the Board of Directors, Industrial Trust Company
HOVEY T. FREEMAN President, Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance Company
G. BURTON HIBBERT
President, R. I. Hospital Trust Company
CHARLES J. HILL
Vice-President, Title Guarantee Co. of R. I.
ERNEST CLAYTON President, Industrial Trust Company
Insurance against flaws in Real Estate Titles 66 SOUTH MAIN STREET Providence, Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1942)
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BROWN & SHARPE
"World's Standard of Accuracy"
Milling Machines Grinding Machines Screw Machines Machinists' Tools Cutters and Hobs Arbors and Adapters Screw Machine Tools Magnetic Chucks Pumps and Vises Other Useful Shop Equipment
Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. Providence, R. I.
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INCORPORATED 1799
Providence Washington Insurance Co. Providence, Rhode Island
INCORPORATED 1928
Anchor Insurance Co. PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
Organized and Owned by the Providence Washington Insurance Co.
Each of these Companies writes the following classes of Insurance
FIRE - TORNADO
MARINE OCEAN - INLAND - "ALL RISKS"
AUTOMOBILE -
PROPERTY DAMAGE, FIRE, COMPREHENSIVE,
TRANSPORTATION, THEFT, COLLISION
ALLIED LINES
SPRINKLER LEAKAGE AIRCRAFT PROPERTY DAMAGE FINE ARTS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MULTIPLE LOCATION PERSONAL EFFECTS PERSONAL JEWELRY PERSONAL FURS MERCHANDISE IN TRANSIT RENTS AND RENTAL VALUES RIOT AND CIVIL COMMOTION MOTOR BOATS AND YACHTS CYCLONE AND WINDSTORM USE AND OCCUPANCY
EARTHQUAKE
EXPLOSION
HAIL
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REGISTERED MAIL PARCEL POST-DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN SPECIAL FLOATER POLICIES-COVERING SPECIFIC PROPERTY OF PRACTICALLY ALL DESCRIPTIONS
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SEE US
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2. If you feel you have been seriously misled by an advertisement.
3. If you feel sure you have been the victim of a fraudulent transaction.
4. If you believe you have definite evidence of a scheme to swindle the public.
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1. Give legal advice.
2. Help you to break legally made contracts.
3. Ask merchants for refunds because you have changed your mind about the merchandise.
4. Give credit rating on companies or individuals.
HOWEVER
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POLK'S PROVIDENCE (PROVIDENCE COUNTY, R. I.)
CITY DIRECTORY
AND Rhode Island State Business Directory Vol. 1942 CII
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, A Map, and Much Informa- tion of a Miscellaneous Character; also a
BUYERS' GUIDE
and a Complete
Classified Business Directory
FOR DETAILED CONTENTS SEE GENERAL INDEX
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DIRECTORY
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R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers
179 LINCOLN STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 509 WESTMINSTER STREET, PROVIDENCE, R. I.
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Copyright, 1942, by R. L. Polk & Co.
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GENERAL INDEX
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Abbreviations
32
Index to Advertisers 4
Alphabetical Directory
33
Justices of the Peace 19
Apartment Buildings 1083
Legal Holidays 20
Assessors 13
Libraries 15
16
Association of North American Directory Publishers X
Associations and Clubs-Commercial .. 1085
Buildings, Office and Public 1100
Business Directory (Providence) 1081
Buyers' Guide opp 1080
Cemeteries 1103
Chamber of Commerce F
Charitable Institutions 1103
Churches 1105
City Government 13
Classified Business Directory (Prov) .1081
Classified Business Directory (State) .1217
Clubs .1109
Commercial Organizations 1085
20
County Officers 19
Courts 19, 20
Custom Houses 21
Director of Public Welfare
13
Fire Department 14
General Directory 33
Halls 1136
Homes and Asylums 1138
House Directory 849
House of Representatives 18
Railroads
1188
Rhode Island State Business Directory. . 1217
Rhode Island State Government 16
Rhode Island State Guard 16
Schools 14, 1196
Senators 18
Sheriffs 20
Congressional Districts
Societies
1200
State Government 16
Statistical Review 7
Street and Avenue Guide 849
Town and City Clerks 20
U S District Court
21
U S Government Officers 20
Villages and other Locations in R I 24
Ward Boundaries
25
Wharves
26
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Population of Rhode Island ". 11
Post Office 23
Post Offices and Localities in Rhode
Island
24
Military
Parks in Providence 26
Police Department 14
Population of Massachusetts
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
THE PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
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Aetna Finance Co
66
Crandall Edward S
Akerman-Standard Co The
84
Cranston Oil Service
Allen & Reed Inc
83
Crook Frank Inc
Allenson Bros
94
Crooker Company
60
Almy Water-Tube Boiler Co
18
American Brass Company The
65
American Emery Wheel Works
75
American Multiple Fabric Co
48
American Raw Hide Products Co
86
American Screw Co
93
American Surety Co of New York
53
Anderson Sheet Metal Co Inc The
94
Argentieri Construction Co .left bottom lines and 32
Arnold, Hoffman & Co Inc
27
Automobile Mutual Insurance Co of America.
inside back cover
Ballou, Johnson & Nichols Co 49
Barker Chadsey & Co
47
Barney Walter C
53
Barrett W E Co The
right bottom lines and 94 Fuller Building Co
Beach & Sweet Incorporated . back cover and 51
Beacon Finance Co
left top lines and 66
Belton Corporation
89
Bennett Chevrolet Company
3
Bennett Window Shade Co
.right bottom lines and 100
Bergin & Slide .
left bottom lines and 89
Better Business Bureau of Providence Inc G
Better Homes Wall Paper Co ... . left bottom lines and
99
Garrahan William H & Co
Goff James C Company
Blackstone Canal National Bank of Providence The .... right top lines and 6 Goff & Page Co
Blanchard Organization The. left bottom lines
Bodell & Co Inc
Bond Clothes
Bowerman Bros
Braley's Creamery Inc
Brooks Gilbert F & Co
Guertin Oil Company
Hall J C Co The
C Harris William H
Harrison A & Co Inc
Henley-Kimball Co The
Hennessey Laundry Co
Budlong Sylvester M Inc
front cover and
51
High Street Bank & Trust Company
20 Hill James Mfg Co
Holley's Inc
Holmes George R Inc
Holt Harold & Company
Calder Charles G Inc . back cover and
2
Campbell Duncan B
.right bottom lines and
90
Capwell A A Co
5
Hood H P & Sons Inc
Hooper-Holmes Bureau Inc
Hope Building Co Inc The
Carpenter John B Inc
88
Horton H R Co
41 Howard Clothes Corp
Howard Realty Co
Carter Barnett & Co
2 80
Howe H M Co Inc
Hurley Richard A
Ideal Ventilator Co
Industrial Finance Co right corner cards and
Industrial Trust Co
Citizens Savings Bank .left top lines and 14 Interlaken Mills
City Hall Hardware Co
Cogens Inc . left top lines and 2 Collateral Loan Co 67 Irons & Russell Co 14 J & H Electric Co
Columbus National Bank of Providence
Colvin Foundry Co
Congdon & Carpenter Co The
.inside front cover
Conley & Straight Inc
92
Johnson E A Company
Johnson Oliver & Co Inc
Contractors' Supply Co
Cook E Pulver Inc
.front cover and
88 Kennedy's Inc . back cover and 28
Corbett & Quirk
43 Kerwin Herbert A .left bottom lines and 95
99 Keystone Oil & Coal Co 30
Corp Brothers
Crahan Engraving Co
42 Kidder, Peabody & Co
22
Curran & Burton Inc . left bottom lines and 29 DiSandro Brothers 68 Diamond Match Co The 32 29 Doe and Little Fuel Co Drabble Irving H right top lines and Dun & Bradstreet Inc 44 73 duPont E I de Nemours & Co Dupuis Frank Company Eastern Coal and Oil Co . right top lines and 80 82 29 Equitable Fire & Marine Insurance Co 54 54 Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U S Fletcher Costume Co 36 Foster J A Co . back cover and Fox C J Co The 64 Freeman E L Company left bottom lines and 20 96 24 Gallivan & Co Inc 54 Fuller Winfield Company Inc 55 33
Gammino M A Construction Co Inc
Gammons John A Inc
55
Gamwell & Ingraham
Gardiner Charles C Lumber Co
Good Housekeeping Shops
Gowdey J A Reed & Harness Mfg Co The
Graham Funeral Service
Grinnell Company Inc
Gross G L & H J Inc
Brown, Lisle & Marshall
.left bottom lines and 22
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co
Brunnckow C G Co
95 B
Bryant College
Buckley & Scott Inc left bottom lines and 78
Buffinton F H Co .
Builders Concrete Units & Tile Corp
right bottom lines and
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Cady Moving & Storage Co
76
Home Life Insurance Co of New York
Home Service Inc
Cardi Antonio B
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Cardi D Inc .
Carpenter & Wood Co
Cartier M N & Sons Company Inc .... left top lines and Centreville National Bank
17
Chamberlin Metal Weather Strip Co Inc
99 69
Chase Lumber Co
Citizens Finance Company . right bottom lines and 67
47 International Detective Service Inc .. right top lines and International Harvester Company Inc
top edge and 7 97 38 4 64 40
42 John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co
Johnson Bros
Connecticut Mutual Life Ins Co
54 Kagan & Shawcross 72 39 Kennecott Wire & Cable Co
56 61 85 80 56 100
Cooke Henry W Co
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.left bottom lines and 73 78 3
right top lines, right top corner cards, back cover and 50 .right top lines and 69 55 33 72 95 48 75 44 .55 and 83 90 .left bottom lines and E 84 46 26 3 65 15 74 98 49 56 56 96 . back cover and 73 60 .right top lines and 31 73 29 77 5 90 99 100
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Bigney C I Construction Co Inc .. right bottom lines and 31 Gilbane Building Co Inc
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Knight & Gilbert Inc
Knowles' Horace B Sons Inc
front cover and 44 Providence Gas Co .right top lines and
Latham J A & Son
42
Laudati Peter Laudati Roger Inc
. left bottom lines
LeBon Bleach & Dye Works Inc
Lepore Fiore .
Lewis John D Incorporated
Liberty Laundry Inc The
.right bottom lines and
Lincoln Trust Co
Littlefield & Co
Livermore & Knight Co
Local Finance Co of Providence. . right corner cards and Loose Leaf Manufacturing Co
M-A-C Plan Inc of Rhode Island. . . left top lines and 68 64
M R T Company Inc
MacColl, Fraser & Co
Maguire Roofing Company
Manchester & Hudson Co right bottom lines and Mann George & Co Inc Mariani A A & Son Massachusetts Indemnity Insurance Co
57
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
left top lines and
57
Massachusetts Protective Assn Inc The 57 McDuff Coal & Lumber Co 70 McKendall F D Lumber Co 70 33
McKinnon Construction Co Inc
McLeod Robert Burton
McWilliams Mfg Co Inc The
Mechanics National Bank of Providence The
left top lines and 8
Michaels-Bauer Inc
Miller Chas Co
Miller & George
Modern Laundry Inc
Shippee E W & Sons Inc
66 45 Silva M Curtis .left bottom lines and
Smith E E Co Inc
Smith-Gibbs Company The Soule Henry M Co
Spencer & Preston
Starkweather J U Co Inc
Starkweather & Shepley Inc
Stone C Moulton Co
Sugarman Max Funeral Home
left top lines and pages 45 and
Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada
Suttell Motors Inc
Swan Point Cemetery
Swanson G Fred Inc
Sweet L & Co
Newcomb C F Inc
58 Swift-McNutt Co of R I
Tanner Walter E S
Taylor Box Co
Taylor O P
Taylor Symonds Co
Thurston Mfg Co
Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island
Office Appliance Co The
Old Colony Co-operative Bank .left top lines and
Olneyville Ice Company
right bottom lines and
Orr John J & Son
Union Finance Co
Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Union Trust Co
U S Gutta Percha Paint Co
U S Ring Traveler Co
Vaughn L Co
Paine, Webber & Company Payne F S Co .right top lines and 41 Victor Cleansing Co
10
Waddington & Company Walker Electric Co Wallace R E.
79 Wallace & Tucker Lumber Co .front cover and
Waterman Engineering Co
Watson E L Co Inc .front cover and
Weston D M & Co Inc
Phoenix Mutual Life Ins Co
59 White Fuel Co
Pinecrest Building Corporation
32 White J S Co
20 White Willis H & Sons Co
48 Williams J H & Co
18 Williams & Anderson Co Inc The
19 Y MC A Schools .front cover and . left bottom lines and
4 Yellow Cab Company
right top lines and B 62 59 68 60 17 81 75 23B 28 23 41 91 71 42 60 92 5 . left top lines and 96 30 43 91 45 641 93 98
Presbrey A A & Son Company Inc
Providence Biltmore Hotel .... right bottom lines and
Providence Blue Print Co Inc
Providence Box & Lumber Co
Providence Buick Company
Providence Chamber of Commerce The
Providence Concrete Corp
PAGE F 30 46 46 11
Providence Granite Co Inc
Providence Institution for Savings .. left top lines and
Providence Journal Co .right top lines and 76 84
Providence Lithograph Co The
Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co The .... left top lines
Lincoln Finance Corp . Lincoln Lumber Co Inc
65 67 69 15 22 85 67 85
Providence National Bank .left top lines and 12 Providence Paper Co .right bottom lines and 81 Providence School of Practical Training right bottom lines and 93 61 Providence Wall Paper House Inc Providence Washington Insurance Co D Puritan Life Insurance Company Quinn T J & Son Inc Putney J & Co right bottom lines and Read & White 52 79 34 Real Estate Title Insurance Company of Providence. 38 back bone, right top lines and 87 92 Remington Horace & Son Co Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co 13 Y Rhode Island Insurance Co Rhode Island Label Works Inc 86 Rhode Island Sand & Gravel Co 35 Rhode Island Supply & Engineering Co 83 Richmond Electric Co left bottom lines and 40 Roberts Manufacturing Co 21 49 Rock Wool Insulation Co of Rhode Island 37 Roger Williams Dairy Roger Williams Savings Fund and Loan Association. . Rogers Jewelry Co 18 63 82 24 Rueckert Manufacturing Co 25 . right bottom lines Rumford Chemical Works Sears, Roebuck & Co 26 Sessions-Gifford Co Inc 20 38
95 72 Royal Pen Shop right bottom lines and
Merchant A W Inc left bottom lines and 34 63 79 Shaw Paper Box Co 23 Shepard Company The .right top lines and
Monahan T F & Son
Morris Plan Company of Rhode Island The
right top lines and
17
Mortgage Guarantee & Title Co
bottom edge, right top lines and 89 Mulry H T Chevrolet Co 4
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co of Newark N J.
Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York The .
57 58
Narragansett Electric Company The .... front cover and Narragansett Improvement Co
39
National Bank of Commerce and Trust Co The
National Paper Co The
National Plumbing & Heating Supply Corp
National Ring Traveler Co
New England Butt Co
Newell Coal & Lumber Co
Nicholson File Co
Nightingale, Baker & Salisbury
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Oakland Cemetery O'Connell J T Co Inc
35 77 18 49 34
Outlet Company The .left top lines and 37
Owens Henry & Co
Oxford Press
Paige C D & Co right bottom lines and
72 85 52 23
Peoples Savings Bank in Providence .. left top lines and Peoples Storage Warehouse Co
96 78
Petroleum Heat & Power Co
Petroleum Service Co Inc
Phenix National Bank of Providence The
Phenix Trust Company Philbrick Chas H Inc Phillips Roscoe W
left top lines and 16 16 58 70 Wexler Samuel H White A A Co Inc
right bottom lines and
Tower James H Iron Works The
Union Central Life Insurance Co
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INTRODUCTION
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 750 city, county, state and national Direc- tories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1942 edition of the Provi- dence City Directory including a Business Directory of the State of Rhode Island.
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.
SIX MAJOR DEPARTMENTS The six major departments are arranged in the following order :-
THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, pages 7 to 26, 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 33 to 848, 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 DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 849 to 1078. In this section the names of the streets are 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 inter- secting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. A feature of this section is the designation of tenant-owned homes.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 1080 and separately paged from 1 to 102, 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 1081 to 1216, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate 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 RHODE ISLAND STATE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY will be found on pages 1217 to 1289, on pink paper. This department is arranged alphabetically by business and Post Office.
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 by 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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