Polk's Providence (Providence County, R.I.) city directory, 1946, Part 1

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LINCOLN TRUST CO


Offering Complete Banking Services 61 WEYBOSSET STREET PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND


Telephone GAspee 2116


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


E. L. WATSON CO., Inc.


INSURANCE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FIDELITY AND SURETY BONDS


29 WEYBOSSET STREET TEL. GASPEE 0909


SYLVESTER M. BUDLONG


AGENCY ‘Nothing But Insurance


ROOM 401, 146 WESTMINSTER STREET


PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND


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405 PROMENADE STREET PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND DExter 4200


583 BEDFORD STREET FALL RIVER, MASS. Telephone 5-7403


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583 BEDFORD STREET FALL RIVER, MASS. Telephone 5-7403


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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 AND ALLIED LINES


MARINE OCEAN - INLAND - "ALL RISKS"


AUTOMOBILE - PROPERTY DAMAGE, FIRE, COMPREHENSIVE, TRANSPORTATION, THEFT, COLLISION


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POLK'S PROVIDENCE (PROVIDENCE COUNTY, R. I.)


CITY DIRECTORY


Vol. 1946 CVI


ontaining 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


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Classified Business Directory


FOR DETAILED CONTENTS SEE GENERAL INDEX


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DIRECTORY LIBRARY FOR LIMITED FREE USE OF PUBLIC AT OFFICE OF THE PUBLISHERS


Member Association of North American Directory Publishers


Copyright, 1946, by R. L. Polk & Co., Inc.


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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


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Abbreviations


24


Alphabetical Directory


25


Apartment Buildings


739


Assessors


11


Association of North American Directory Publishers. .


180 Buyers' Guide


Associations and Clubs-Commercial 741


Buildings, Office and Public


753


Business Directory (Providence)


737


Buyers' Guide opp


736


Cemeteries 756


Chamber of Commerce 3 Buyers' Guide


Charitable Institutions


756


Churches


757


City Government


11


Classified Business Directory


737


Clergymen


760


Clubs


762


Commercial Organizations 741


Congressional Districts


18


County Officers


18


Courts


.18,


19


Custom Houses


19


Director of Public Welfare


11


Fire Department 12


General Directory


25


Halls


786


Homes and Asylums


788


House Directory


861


House of Representatives


17


Index to Advertisers


4


Justices of the Peace


19


Legal Holidays


18


Libraries


13


Military


14


Parks in Providence


22


Police Department


12


Post Office


20


Post Offices and Localities in R. I.


21


Railroads


833


Rhode Island State Government.


14


Rhode Island State Guard


14


Schools


12, 839


Senators


18


Sheriffs


18


Societies


843


State Government 14


Statistical Review 8


Street and Avenue Guide 861


Town and City Clerks


18


U S District Court


19


U S Government Officers 19


Wharves


13


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


THE PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES


PAGE


A B & C Motor Transportation Co Inc


126


Citizens Finance Company .right bottom lines and 113


Citizens Savings Bank .left top lines and 13


Akerman-Standard Company The 147


City Hall Hardware Co. .right top lines and 78


Allen & Reed Inc 145


Clapp Otis & Son Inc


58


Allenson Bros 166


Clover Club Bottling Co


29


Almy Water-Tube Boiler Co 29


Am-Lee Jewelry Company Inc


104


Coleman W Henry


156


American Brass Company The


109


Collins Wm E Fuel Co .left side lines and 45


American Emery Wheel Works 124


Colonial Finance Corp


.left side lines and 114


American Gill Screw Co The


120


Colonial Laundries Inc


110


American Screw Company


165


Colonial Loan Company Inc


114


American Surety Co of New York


93


Colonial Mattress & Upholstering Co


175


American Waste Paper Co


.left side lines and 176


Anderberg's


176


Anderson Sheet Metal Co Inc The


166


Arcand Spring Co


10


Arlington Tile Co


172 42


Arpin Paul & Sons


.left bottom lines and 127


Atlantic Coal Company


right bottom lines and 45 Cook E Pulver Inc 60


Atlantic Finance Corp


right side lines and 113


Auburn Realty Co Inc 155


Auto Owners Finance Co Inc


113


Automobile Mutual Insurance Co of America.


Baccala James & Sons


51


Baker Auto Company Inc


5


Baker Howard H Inc .. right side lines, front cover and 136


Baker & Johnson Co. .


48


Cranston Loan Company


114


Cranston Lumber Company


116 125


Cranston Molding Company


Cranston Oil Service left bottom lines and 131


6


Barrette Oliver


83 85


Beacon Finance Company


.left top lines and 113


Bergin William H .left bottom lines and 153


Better Business Bureau of Providence.


28 48 2


Bond Clothes


44


Boston Window & Building Cleaning Co Inc.


right side lines and 38


Bowerman Bros.


.right side lines and 49 5


Braley's Creamery Inc


56 177


Broadway Sign Co


Brown, Lisle & Marshall


Brown & Sharpe Mfg Co


Eastern Coal and Oil Co


.right top lines and 46


141


Eastern Scientific Co


80


Edgar Manufacturing Co


Edgewood Secretarial School. right top corner cards and Edwards Ornamental Iron Works


104 165 101 68


Enzell Manufacturing Co


104 93


Exchange Realty Co


157


11 Federal Chain Co


105


Firesafe Builders Products Corp


169


Fisher Ruth W Employment Service


64


Fletcher Costume Co


55


Flynn J Joseph Funeral Home


72 46


Forest Hills Nurseries Inc


. back cover and 129


Foster J A Co


.back cover and 102 31


Foxon Company The


109


Freeman E L Company .left top lines and


169.


French Jewelry Co


105


Fritz Alexander R Inc


112 9


Chamberlin Company of America Inc


83


Fuller Building Co


39


Charter Bus Corporation


left bottom lines and 39


Chisholm William J


72


Gallivan & Co Inc


94


Chrome Furniture Co


. back cover and 35 10


C & M Manufacturing Co


31


Cady Moving & Storage Co


. left side lines and 127


Cal's Auto Body & Fender Works


Caldarone Peter J Inc right bottom lines and 153 2 Calder Charles G Inc .. 51


Campanella & Cardi Construction Company


Campbell Duncan B Co .... right bottom lines, 93 and Capaldi I & Sons Inc


154 51 6


Capwell A A Company


12


Cardi Antonio B


Cardi D Inc .right bottom lines and 49


51


Carpenter & Wood Co


64


Carroll Robert F Sons The left bottom lines and 72 Carter Insulation Co 170 Cartier M N & Sons Company Inc .... left top lines and 137 Centreville National Bank 27


Fuller Battery and Supply Corp


Fuller Winfield Company Inc


94


75 Gammino M A Construction Co Inc


52


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Corp Brothers


177


Corrente M C .left side lines and 156


Costantino Brothers .left side lines and 66


County Loan & Finance Corp .left bottom lines and


114


Coutu Joseph H


103


Crandall E S . left bottom lines and


123


Crook Frank Inc Crooker Company


Crown Hotel The


Curran & Burton Inc


.left bottom lines and


Dahlke G W


156 12 54 170


Derosier Roland. A


Diamond Match Co The


.right side lines and 113 108


Doe & Little Fuel Co


right top lines and 45


Doyle John A


.left side lines and 157


Drabble Irving H


72 122 6


Dunne Motor Sales


duPont E I de Nemours & Co


Dupuis Frank Company


138 143 67


Brunnckow C G Co


166


Buckley & Scott Inc


Budlong Sylvester M Agency


.front cover and


Builders Concrete Units & Tile Corp


right bottom lines and x


Burns W R Co


right side lines and


132 86


Builders Specialties Co


Embassy Flower Shop


Equitable Fire & Marine Insurance Co


First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Provi- dence .right side lines and 164


Capitol Cadillac Co of Providence


Fogarty Philip & Sons


Fox C J Co The


100 82 45


Davis W E Co


Dean George H Inc


Bigney C I Construction Co


Block Artist's Materials Co


DiMeo Alfred J


Dun & Bradstreet Inc


Broad Street Welding Co


168 32 C


Eagle Floor Surfacing Co


Eastern Picture Framing Service


176


Automobile Club of Rhode Island


Columbus National Bank of Providence 14


Colvin Foundry Co


Congdon & Carpenter Co The ...... inside front cover, front cover and left side lines


69


Conley George E Company 104 59


Consolidated Home Appliance of R I


Cooke Henry W Co


.right top lines and 156 37


Cordin Gilbert R


Corey-Wright Inc


· inside back cover


Ballou F E Co 167 Ballou, Johnson & Nichols Co 82 Barker Artesian Well Co .. 177 78 93


Barker-Chadsey Company .. right top corner cards and Barney Walter C


Beach & Sweet Inc . back cover and


Bradburn Motors Company


Colonial Wall Paper Co 175


Arnold. Hoffman & Co Incorporated


Cogens Inc .left top lines and 147


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A & G Auto Painting Co 173


Carpenter John B Inc .right top lines and 154


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Gammons John A Inc .


94


Gamwell & Ingraham .. back cover, right top lines and 87


Gardiner Charles C Lumber Co 117 Mackenzie Walton Co The 175 Gardiner & Creasy . ... . right top corner cards and 141


Garrahan William H & Company .. right top lines and 94 Gasbarro A & Sons Inc 112 73


Gattone Thomas & Son


170


General Truck Sales & Service Co


174


Gerber's Inc .left top lines and 103


Gershkoff Body & Radiator Co . left side lines and 4


Gilbane Building Company . right bottom lines and 50 Mariani A A & Son left side lines and


Goff & Page Co


167 121 73


Gorton Frank R & Sons


Gowdey J A Reed & Harness Mfg Co The


124


Graham Funeral Service


Greenwood Realty Service Corp


Griggs & Browne Co Inc right top and side lines, ribbon bookmark and


65


McKendall F D Lumber Co


McLeod Robert Burton


McWilliams Mfg Co Inc The .right side lines and 120


Merchants Reporting Service 55


Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane


33


Millard Wire Co Inc


Miller Charles Co .right bottom lines and


Miller & George


Mohican Hotel


82


Monahan T F & Son


74


Morris J H & J E Co 159


Morris Plan Bank of Rhode Island The


left side lines and 18


Mortgage Guarantee & Title Co


. bottom edge and 150


Mule Battery Mfg Co


Mulry H T Chevrolet Co .left side lines and 10 7


Mutual Benefit, Health and Accident Association. left side lines and 97


97


Holt Robert G and Associates.


.left side lines and


Hood H P & Sons Inc


Hooper-Holmes Bureau Inc


Hope Building Co Inc The.


Horton H R Co


Howard Clothes Corp . right side lines and 44


Howard Home Improvement Co


162


Howard Realty Co .right top lines and 130


Howe H M Co Inc


11


Hunter Charles F


158


Hurley Richard A . .left side lines and 158


Ideal Ventilator Company Inc 175


Industrial Trust Company


top edge and


16


Interlaken Mills


171


New England Tree Expert Co Inc. . left side lines and


130


New York Lace Store .


179 90 97


Newell Coal & Lumber Co


Nicholson File Company


Nightingale, Baker & Salisbury


Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co


O'Connell J T Co Inc. .left bottom lines and


O'Donnell E F & Sons .right side lines and 136


O'Donnell & Co Inc .right top corner cards and 98 131


Old Colony Co-operative Bank .right top lines and 20 83


Olneyville Ice Company


O'Neil's Package Delivery


Outlet Company The


.left side lines and


Juilliard A D & Co Inc


96


Oxford Press


Paige C D & Company .right bottom lines and


178 Palmer Spring Company


.left bottom lines and


Paola Raphael


Paolino Anthony C


Keystone Oil & Coal Co


46


Kidde Walter & Co Inc


.right side lines and 67


Kidder, Peabody & Co


32


Pasquarelli Flowers


160 68 172


Peerless Box Co Inc


Peerless Precision Products


Pellett William P & Son Inc


Pennine A & Sons


Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Co


left side lines and 134 Lawry Co The Lawson Trucking Co .right top lines and 174 Peoples Savings Bank in Providence. . left top lines and LeBon Bleach & Dye Works Inc 172 Peoples Storage Warehouse Co 21 169 Lepore Fiore Estate .left side lines and 52 133 7 Lester's Petroleum Heat & Power Co


Levaur Henry


Lewis John D Incorporated


41


left top lines and 22


Phillips Roscoe W


118 98


Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co


Place William Jr Music Co Inc 127


Plumb C C Co 162


Precision Tool & Die Works 122


Presbrey A A & Son Company Inc 31


Providence Biltmore Hotel .... right bottom lines and 81


Lovett Samuel


159 43 43


M-A-C Plan Inc of Rhode Island .... right side lines and 115


M R T Company Inc


MacColl, Fraser & Co


MacManus Rug Cleansing Co. ... right side lines and Maguire Charles A and Associates 162 64 Maguire Roofing Company .. Main Buick Corp right top corner cards and 5


162


Maloch Brothers 140


Manchester & Hudson Co right bottom lines and 36 40


Mann George & Co Inc


Marcus Joseph & Co Inc


75 73


Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.


Mass Protective Companies of Worcester, Mass. 96


Mayfair Inc


Maynard & Co Inc


110 134 84 118


Grinnell Company Inc 143


Gross G L & H J Inc right bottom lines, 95 and 157


Guertin Oil Company .left bottom lines and X Hall J C Company The 146 Harris Lumber Co Inc 117 Harris Textile Machinery Co 120 76


Harris William H


Harrison A & Co Inc 41


Harvey & Otis Inc right side lines and 103


Heataf Engineering


80


Henley-Kimball Co The


4 and 174


Higgins J H Co


High Street Bank & Trust Company.


right side lines and 15


Hill James Mfg Co


124


Holloway Ben Inc


Holmes George R Inc


Holt Harold & Co .


.right side lines and 67 83 95 95 . left side lines and 60


97 Mutual System of Providence Inc .... left side lines and 115 Mutual Trust Life Insurance Co


Narragansett Hotel Narragansett Electric Co The. Narragansett Improvement Co .left top lines and 58 82 52 84


Narragansett Insulation Co


National Bank of Commerce and Trust Co of Providence The right side lines and 19


National Paper Co The


National Plumbing & Heating Supply Corp


National Rock Wool Insulation Co


Nevin J Benjamin Co 160 120 New England Butt Co 60


New England Sales Corporation


International Detective Service Inc .. right top lines and Irons Earl M


95 105


Irons & Russell Company


Izzi Printing Company


J & H Electric Co


Jefco Glass Works


Jimmis Bros


John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company


John I Jewelry Co


106 101


Johnson Bros


Johnson E A Company.


Johnson E M & Co


106


Johnson Oliver & Co Inc


137


Johnston Realty Co


.. right side lines and 158 74 172


Kagan & Shawcross


Kelly & Picerne


158


Kennecott Wire & Cable Company


Kennedy's Inc


.right bottom lines and 44


Kerwin Herbert A .right top corner cards and 168


Paragon Glass Works


Pascale Realty Company


Kinne


159


Knowles Horace B Sons Inc .front cover and Korite Inc . Lamson Oil Corporation 70 40 133 Latham J A & Son Laudati Peter 64 159 Laudati Roger Inc 117 125


149 6


Liberty Electric Company


61


Lincoln Lumber Company


117


Lincoln Trust Company


front cover and 17


33


Livermore & Knight Co


148


Louis and Company


111


Lucille Cleaners Luxor Cleansers


Providence Blue Print Co Inc 29 Providence Box & Lumber Co 30 7


Providence Buick Company


135 57 121 148 91 11 98 160 106


Pawtucket Tile & Marble Co Payne F S Co .left bottom lines and 63 31 121


125 71


Petteruti Motor Sales


Phenix National Bank of Providence The


118 66 101 96 79


New York Underwriters Insurance Co .. front cover and Newcomb C F Inc


147 61 105 52 96


.left bottom lines and 147 Office Appliance Co The


Juhlin-Pearson right top corner cards and


Owens Henry & Co


140 80 84


Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York The


Home Electric


123 100


.right side lines and 50 36


165


73 157 McCabe & White


McDuff Coal & Lumber Co


118 167


178 136 33


Gold Star Mattress Inc left top lines and 91


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General Cabinet Co


Littlefield & Company


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Providence Chamber of Commerce The Providence Concrete Corp


47 Silva M Curtis


Silvertown Chevrolet Co


Providence Gas Company right top and right side lines and 77 Skeffington James F 74


Providence Institution for Savings .. left top lines and 23 Smith E E Co Inc


Providence Journal Co .back cover and 128 146 Soule Henry M Co


Providence Lithograph Co The


Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co The left top lines and 92


Providence National Bank


.left top lines and


24


Providence Paper Co .right bottom lines and 139


Providence Piano Repair Co


141


Providence Plumbing Supply Co Inc left bottom lines and 145


Providence Steel & Iron Co


Providence Washington Insurance Company.


left top lines and B


Providence Wire Works


178


Purington O D Co Inc


Puritan Life Insurance Company


Putney J & Co .. .right bottom lines and 135


62


Quinn T J & Son Inc


53


R I Home Builders Inc


R I Plumbing & Heating Co


R I Supply Co .right side lines and 75


R I Supply & Engineering Co 144 12


Rainbow Awning Co


107


Rainbow Jewelry Co Inc


Ranallo Thomas Jr 142


Real Estate Title Insurance Company of Providence.


back bone, right top lines and


151


Reid Richard I


142


Remington Horace & Son Co 16]


right top lines and 152


Tramonti Motor Sales


8


Uncas Manufacturing Company 107


Union Finance Co 115


Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co 100


Union Trust Co 26


U S Gutta Percha Paint Co


138


Val-Jean Mfg Co Inc 108


Victor Cleansing Co


43


W J A R Radio Broadcasting Station


left side lines and 149 W P R O Broadcasting Station .. right side lines and 149 Walco Electric Products Co 126


Walker Electric Co 62


Walker G H & Co


34


Wallace & Tucker Lumber Co


Watson E L Co Inc . .front cover and 90


Weaver Paint & Varnish Co Inc 138


Webster Electric Co 62


Webster Plumbing Supply Co left side lines and 144


Weinstein William & Son Inc


108 161


Romeo A & D W Real Estate Co


Rounds T W Co


Royal Auto Body Works


Royal Pen Shop


right bottom lines and 141 White J S Co 69


Rueckert Manufacturing Co


39


Rumford Chemical Works


40


Russo's Hardware Inc 79


Williams J H & Co


Williams & Anderson Co Inc The


108


7 Wilson Electric Service Co .left side lines and 145


Winters Walter Inc


S


79 Yellow Cab Company left bottom lines and 173


Sayles & French Ine 46 Young E M Co


54


Zalk's Antique Shop


2


Sessions-Gifford Co Inc 40


Shaw Paper Box Co 32


Shepard Company The .right top lines and 57 Zelano Joseph


119 80


Spencer & Preston Stadium Motor Sales Co


Starkweather J U Company


Starkweather & Shepley Inc .. front edge and 89


State Lumber Co Inc


.left side lines and 116


37


Stone C Moulton Co


111 76


Sugarman Max Funeral Home .... left top lines, 71 and 126 Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada. 99


53 Suttell Motors Inc


Superior Motor Transportation Co Inc 174 8 39


92 Swan Point Cemetery


Swanson G Fred Inc .right side lines and 55


Swartz Insurance Agency 98 and 100


Sweet L & Co Inc 119


Swift-McNutt Co of R I 55


53 142 Tanner Walter E S .left side lines and 137


Taylor Box Co 32


Taylor, Symonds Co 58


Terminix Co of New England 170


Tess & Son Jewelry Co 107


Thorton R E & Son 109


Thurston Mfg Co 173


Tise-Conro Inc


160


Respro Inc


111


Reynolds Co 107


Rhode Island Associates Inc


131


Rhode Island Conservatory of Music


164


Rhode Island Hospital National Bank


left 'bottom lines and 25


Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co ..... .. back cover.


Rhode Island Ice Company .. right side lines, 68 and 134


Rhode Island Insurance Co


Y 148


Rhode Island Label Works Inc


Rhode Island Laundry Co Inc


Rhode Island Mutual Liability Insurance Co


Rhode Island Sand & Gravel Co Inc


Richardson & Clark


Richmond Electric Co left side lines and


Roberts Paper Co


140 99


Robinson Walter H


Rock Wool Insulation Co of Rhode Island


84


Roger Williams Savings Fund and Loan Association.


right side lines and 163


Roger Williams Window Cleaning Co 177


Weston D M & Co Inc


155 112 White A A Co Inc .left top lines and 168 12 White Fuel Co left side lines, 47 and 134


White Star Laundry Inc


110


White Willis H & Sons Co


.right top lines and 161 74


Saint Andrews Stained Glass Studio


178


Sandager Harry Inc


Sandsea Harry Co


.insert at Classified Section


Sargeant & Wilbur


Scattergood A T Co 75


Zawatsky's Universal Glass & Mirror Works


left side lines and 78


161


Shippee E W & Sons Inc


PAGE front cover and 88 135 8


Smith-Gibbs Company The


53 99 8 41


Stel-Wood Engineering Co


101 Strong's Furs Inc


Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island


left bottom lines and 25 Vaughn L Co . 34


110


99 54


34 59 Wallace R E 155 119


Quality Electrical Service Co


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INTRODUCTION


R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 750 city, county, state and national Direo- tories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1946 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.


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FIVE MAJOR DEPARTMENTS The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-


THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, pages 8 to 22, 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 733, 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 736 and separately paged from 1 to 180, 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.




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