Polk's Providence (Providence County, R.I.) city directory, 1948, Part 1

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PLANTATIONS BANK


of Rhode Island


MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Offering Complete Banking Services 3 Providence Offices 25 Canal St. - DExter 9800 61 Weybosset St. - GAspee 2116 30 Olneyville Sq. - WEst 3350


Established 1854 by Horace B. Knowles Horace B. Knowles' Sons INCORPORATED FUNERAL SERVICE HORACE E. KNOWLES, Residence 188 Benefit Street


Funeral Chapel Day & Night Telephone DE xter 9860


187 BENEFIT STREET


E. L. WATSON CO., Inc.


INSURANCE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FIDELITY AND SURETY BONDS


29 WEYBOSSET STREET TEL. GASPEE 0909


MOTH HOLES Burns & Tears in Garments-Silks-Linens-Etc .- Rewoven or Mended Perfectly All Work Guaranteed Work Can be Mailed in For Price Quotation


FRENCH WEAVING & MENDING CO.


Room 513, 44 WASHINGTON ST. BRANCH OFFICE: 188 MAIN ST., PAWTUCKET


TELEPHONE DE xter 3143 TELEPHONE PE rry 8242


THE CONGDON & CARPENTER co.


1790


1948


STEEL -METALS


INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES


405 PROMENADE STREET PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND DE xter 4200


CONGDON & CARPENTER


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


E. W. SHIPPEE & SONS INC.


INSURANCE


Telephone GAspee 8432 85 WESTMINSTER ST.


Telephone GAspee 261 RICHMOND 6264


BAKER


INCORPORATED


CONTRACTORS


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PAINTING


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1790 - 158 YEARS OF SERVICE 1948


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Hot Rolled and Cold Finished Steel Bars, Shapes, Plates and Structurals, Sheet Steel, Stainless Steel Bars, Sheets and Pipe. Copper, Lead, Armoo Ingot Iron, Bolts and Nuts, Bronze Bearings


CARBORUNDUM PRODUCTS


Electric Tools -


Contractors' Tools


405 PROMENADE STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.


Tel. DExter 4200


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"


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PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1948)


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Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. Providence 1, R. I.


BROWN & SHARPE


"World's Standard of Accuracy"


Milling Machines Grinding Machines Screw Machines Machinists' Tools


Cutters and Hobs Arbors and Adapters


Screw Machine Tools Permanent Magnet Chucks Vises and Pumps Other Useful Equipment


(1948) R. L. POLK & CO.'S


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


CITY DIRECTORY


VOL. 1948 CVIII


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


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Copyright, 1948, by R. L. Polk & Co.


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GENERAL INDEX


Page


Abbreviations


24


Alphabetical Directory


25


Apartment Buildings


755


Assessors 13


Y


Associations and Clubs-Commercial


757


Buildings, Office and Public


772


Business Directory 753


752


Cemeteries


7775


Chamber of Commerce


.4 Buyers' Guide


Charitable Institutions


775


Churches


13


Classified Business Directory


753


Clergymen


781


Commercial Organizations


757


Congressional Districts


21


County Officers


20


Courts


21


Custom Houses


22


Director of Public Welfare


13


Fire Department


14


General Directory


25


Halls


809


Homes and Asylums


811


House Directory


889


House of Representatives


20


Index to Advertisers


4


Justices of the Peace


20


Legal Holidays


21


Libraries


15


Military


16


Parks in Providence


15


Police Department


14


Post Office


22


Post Offices and Localities in R. I.


23


Railroads 860


Rhode Island State Government


16


Rhode Island National Guard 16


Schools 14, 867


Senators 19


Sheriffs


20


Societies


871


State Government


16


Statistical Review


9


Street and Avenue Guide


889


Town and City Clerks


21


U S District Court 21


U S Government Officers


21


Wharves


15


Buyers' Guide


. opp


City Government


Clubs


20,


Association of North American Directory Publishers


4


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


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


Page


A B C & Olneyville Plumbing & Heating Co 151


Aames Employment Service . left bottom lines and 74


113


Acme Casting Co


. left side lines and 113


Adams E A & Son


158


Citizens Savings Bank.


... left top lines and 21


Akerman-Standard Company The


5


City Hall Hardware Co


.right top lines and 88 66


Albright Motors. . back cover, right top corner cards and Allen & Reed Inc


Allenson Bros


36


Coleman W Henry .


164


Colonial Finance Corp.


.left side lines and


126


Colonial Laundries Inc.


122


American Blue Print Co Inc


36


American Brass Company The


133


American Motors Agency Inc


102 173


American Screw Company


184


Anderson Sheet Metal Co The


174


Andrew's Auto Service


187


Corbett & Quirk .. 83


Arcade Employment Agency


181 Corp Brothers Incorporated.


186


Corp Soldering Inc. .left top corner cards and 114


50 Corrado Anthony Inc .right bottom lines and X


Corrente M C. .left side lines and 165


Costantino Brothers Inc . left side lines and 78


Auburn Bronze Mould Co Inc


Automobile Club of Rhode Island


Automobile Mutual Intursance Co of America


B & F Brake Service & Supply Co


17 56


Baccala James & Sons


82


Bailey Funeral Home


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


53


Baker & Johnson Co


176


Ballou F E Co


93


Crossley Electric Inc


Crown Hard Enameling Co


. left side lines and


121


Bankers National Life Insurance Co


Bar-Jam Jewelry Co


. left bottom lines and 114


186


Barker Artesian Well Co


88 94


Barrette Oliver Millwrights Inc


. back cover and


95


Beacon Finance Co


Bennett Chevrolet Co


Bennett Window Shade Co.


right top corner cards and 183 and 186


35


Bickford Engraving & Electrotyping Co


150 3


Block Artist's Materials Co .. right top corner cards and Bond Clothes


49 151


Bouler & Gareau Heating Service


Bowerman Bros Inc .right side lines and 53


79


Bowers Wm A Inc ..


62


Braley's Creamery Inc


2


Broadman Electric Co


. left bottom lines and 69 158


Broadway Press The


177 2


Brown & Bigelow


Brown, Lisle & Marshall


40 C 175


Brunnckow C G Co ...


96


Cady Moving & Storage Co.


.left side lines and 137 Cal's Motor Sales


10 Engle Tire Company


182 88


Equitable Fire & Marine Insurance Co.


103


75


Campanella & Cardi Ready Mixed Concrete Co.


52


Executive Service Employment Agency .


Farm Bureau Insurance Co's. 103


57 Federal Chain Co. 115


Filing Equipment Bureau Inc.


141


20 First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Provi- dence. right side lines and 171


Fislı Max ..


152 75


Fletcher Costume Co


62


Floorcraft Co.


78


Flynn J Joseph Funeral Home


Fort Jewelry Co Inc 116


Foster J A Co. back cover and 111


Fox C J Co The .. 39


Foxon Company The. 122


Charter Bus Corporation ...


Chase Brass & Copper Co Inc


153


Carpenter & Wood Co .. 147


114 54


Central Engineering & Construction Co


109


Central Iron Works Central Rubber Stamp Works 177 34 94


Centreville National Bank ...


Chamberlin Company of America Inc


3


Calder Charles G Inc .


56


Campbell Duncan B Co .. right bottom lines and 103 and 164 Capaldi Bros Construction Co


10 Capitol Cadillac-Oldsmobile Co.


Capwell A A Company.


Cardi Antonio B .right bottom lines and 54


Eastern Coal and Oil Co. .right top lines and 50 90


Eastern Scientific Co


45


Edgewood School. .right side lines and 173


Elhatton . left top lines and 152


Embassy Flower Shop.


79 108


Empire State Mutual Life Ins Co.


Empire Wall Paper & Paint Co Inc.


184


Enterprise Hardware Co.


115 50 141 83 72 133 11


Doe & Little Fuel Co


.left bottom lines and


Do More Chair Co.


Drabble Irving H


Dugas Electric Co. .


Dun & Bradstreet Inc.


Dunne Motor Sales Inc.


Dupuis Frank Company.


153 79


Eagle Floor Surfacing Co.


Broadway Sign Co


Brown & Sharpe Mfg Co


Budlong Sylvester M Agency


.left top lines and 125


Davis W E Co.


10


Dean George H Inc. .


DelGiudice A & Son Inc.


DeMambro Radio Supply Inc. . .right top lines and 160 103


Derosier Roland A.


Dexter Mfg Co.


Crown Hotel The. left side lines and D & W Jewelry Co. Curran & Burton Inc. 92 50 115 165


Dahlke G W.


Darcy Sign Co


177 20 60 134


Cranston Lumber Company


128


Cranston Molding Company


133


Cook E Pulver Inc


Cooke Henry W Company .right top lines and 164


Anthony J L & Co


75 Cordin Gilbert R 43


Arlington Tile Co.


Arnold Hoffman & Co Inc .right side lines and 48


Atlantic Coal Co


.left bottom lines and


Atlantic Finance Corp


.right side lines and 125


66 114 16 County Loan & Finance Corp .... left bottom lines and 126 Crafts Inc.


Crandall E S Dairy Inc. .right top lines and 132


146


.right side lines and


Ballou, Johnson & Nichols Co


102


Barker-Chadsey Company ... right top corner cards and


Beach & Sweet Incorporated


Crook Frank Inc .. Cranston Oil Service .. . left bottom lines and 143 Craven-Whittaker Co Inc .. 150 10 69


57 67


Anderberg's Inc right top corner card and


2 and 85


Ambulance & Oxygen Service Co


120


Colonial Wall Paper Co.


184


Columbus National Bank of Providence.


22


American Emery Wheel Works


Congdon & Carpenter Co The ...


Page


Chisholm William J.


32 170


Christy's Spaghetti Place.


Chrome Furniture Co.


86


Citizens Finance Company. right bottom lines and 126


156


Clapp Otis & Son Inc.


175


Cogens Inc .. .right top lines and 158


Almy Water Tube Boiler Co


front cover and left side lines and A


Consolidated Construction Co.


18


Z


Better Business Bureau of Providence


Brewer Don C Inc


Campanella & Cardi Construction Company ...


Carleton-Wright Plumbing Supply Co Inc 76


Fisher Ruth W Employment Service.


Cartier M N & Sons Company Inc .... left top lines and Catamore Jewelry Co .


Florette Mfg Co. .left bottom lines and 115 83


44


120


Fraser, Phelps & Co.


40


Economy Cesspool Cleaners


Page 41


Littlefield & Company .


Livermore & Knight Co 159 123


Louis and Company


Lovett Samuel. .left top corner cards and 167 13 58


Lynch James H & Co.


M-A-C Plan Inc of Rhode Island ... right side lines and 126


M & F Insurance Agency right top lines and 106 M R T Company Inc. Maguire Roofing Company. Maguire Charles A and Associates. 117 76 171 7


Main Buick Corp ... right top corner cards and


Manchester & Hudson Co. .right bottom lines and


Manning H A Co.


Mansolillo Joseph.


Manton Plumbing & Heating Co.


152


Marandola John Co. left side lines and 155


Marcus Joseph & Co Inc ..


Mariani A A & Son. . . left side lines and 84


Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.


left top lines and 101


Maynard & Co Inc.


144 94


McCabe & White Co.


McDuff Coal & Lumber Co 129 127 McKendall F D Lumber Co. Merchants Reporting Service .. 62 41


Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane


Millard Wire Co Inc.


187


Miller Chas Co. . back cover and 145 41 7 Miller Nelson E Incorporated .... right bottom lines and Miller & George 84 Monroe Calculating Machine Co Inc .. Monahan T F & Son 44 72


Mont Electric Co Inc .. . left side lines and


Morris James H & Associates


Mortgage Guarantee & Title Co. . bottom edge and 161


Mule Battery Mfg Co. .left side lines and 17 13


Mulry H T Chevrolet Co.


Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York The


106 127 Mutual System of Providence Inc .... left side lines and Narragansett Electric Co The ...... left top lines and 67 92


Narragansett Hotel.


Narragansett Improvement Co.


Narragansett Insulation Co. ..


59 94


National Glass Co Inc.


National Plumbing & Heating Supply Corp. .


National Tool & Finding Co Inc. . right side lines and 117


Nevin J Benjamin Co. 168


New England Butt Co. 131 79


New England Floor Surfacing & Covering Co.


New England Pest Control Co. . insert at Street Section,


right side lines and right top corner cards


New England Sales Corporation.


New-Mode Co Inc ...


New York Lace Store


Newcomb C F Inc. 107


Nightingale, Baker & Salisbury


106 37


Ochee Spring Water Co.


O'Connell J T Co Inc. . .left bottom lines, 89 and 139


International Detective Service Inc .. right top lines and Irons Earl M .right top lines and 105


Irons & Russell Company


.right side lines and 116


J & H Electric Co. .


Jo-Ann Beauty Salon


Joel Cleansers ..


49 109


Johnson Bros.


Johnson E A Company .


Johnson Oliver & Co Inc.


Joysons


Juhlin-Pearson .. . left side lines and 84 181


Juilliard A D & Co Inc. .


Kagan & Shawcross. . left top corner cards and 105 12


Ken-Mac Motors.


Kennecott Wire & Cable Company.


187


Kennedy's Inc. .right bottom lines Kidder, Peabody & Co.


Kinne


Knight A W & Son.


Pawtucket Ready-Mixed Concrete Co


Pawtucket Tile and Marble Co.


Payne F S Co .. .right side lines and


73 39


Peerless Box Co Inc.


78


Peirce, Prescott H Company


Pellett Wm P & Son Inc ...... left top corner cards and 134 Peoples Savings Bank in Providence. . left top lines and 28


Peoples Storage Warehouse Co 179


Petroleum Heat & Power Co.


Phenix National Bank of Providence The ..


left top lines and 29


Philbrick Chas H Inc. 168


Phillips Roscoe W


130


Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. 108


Pisaturo Motor Sales.


14


Lewis-Williams Stores


Plantations Bank of Rhode Island. front cover, left side lines, 25 and 26 Liberty Electric Company. 70


Lincoln Lumber Company.


44 11


Gagnier Nash Co


Galkin's. . .left side lines and 18


Gallivan & Co Inc. 104


Gammino M A Construction Co Inc ..


58


Gammons John A Inc. left top corner cards and 104


Gamwell & Ingraham·


back cover, right top lines and 97 Garrahan William H & Company Inc.right top lines and 104 Gasbarro A & Sons Inc ..


125 58


General Engineering & Contracting Co. General Truck Sales & Service Co. 182


Gerber's Inc. .left top lines and 112


Gilbane Building Company right bottom lines and 55


Goff & Page Co .. 176


Gorton Frank R & Sons 83


133


84


Griggs & Browne Co Inc ..


77 right top side lines, ribbon book mark and Grinnell Company Inc. 154


Gross G L & H J Inc. . .right bottom lines, 104 and 166 Guardian Life Insurance Company of America .. 105


Guertin Oil Company .. .. left bottom lines and X 58


Gustafson Frank N & Son.


Hairdressers Supply Co Inc. . left top corner cards and Hall J C Company The


157


Halladay Inc .. 3 and 158 Hamblin W P Inc. . 11 Hamel Bill & Son . 186 Harris Lumber Co Inc. 128 131


Harris Textile Machinery Co.


Harris William H.


86


Harrison A & Co Inc.


47


Hartford Auto Co Inc.


11


Harvey & Otis Inc.


.right side lines and 113


Heinsen Business Exchange


Henley-Kimball Co The.


Higgins J H Co


High Street Bank & Trust Company. . left top lines and


Hill James Mfg Co ...


Holmes George R Inc


Holt Robert G and Associates.


Home Center The. .


Home Refrigeration Service.


Hope Building Co Inc The .. .. right side lines and


Hope Plumbing & Heating Supply Co.


154


Horton H R Co .. 42


Howard Clothes Corp. .right side lines and 49 6


Howard & Lewis Motor Sales Inc.


Howard Realty Company .right top lines and 140 19


Howe H M Co Inc.


Hurley Richard A. .left side lines and 166


Ideal Jewelry Mfg Co.


Ideal Ventilator Company Inc.


Industrial Tool & Machine Co Inc


Industrial Trust Company.


.top edge and 23


Interlaken Mills ..


180 3


Olney & Payne Bros Inc.


Olneyville Ice Company


Orr John J & Son.


Owens Joseph J


Oxford Press


Pack Shops Co.


Paola Raphael.


Paolino Anthony C ...


Paquin's Storage Warehouse Inc ... right side lines and


Paragon Glass Works.


Parkhurst Automotive Service.


Paterra J J & Co


Knight Street Garage


Knight's Express.


182


Knowles' Horace B Sons Inc.


Lamson Oil Corporation


Lans Warehouse Co


.left bottom lines and


Laudati Peter & Son


Laudati Roger Inc.


Lawry Co The ..


LeBon Bleach & Dye Works Inc.


Lederer S & B Company .


Lee-Day Sheet Metal Works.


174


Lepore Fiore Co Inc right bottom lines and 56 Levaur Henry . .. 12 47 Lewis John D Incorporated. 85


front cover and 81 144 137 167 129 134


181 116


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Page


Freeman E L Company. .left top lines and 178 French Weaving & Mending Co. .front cover and 185


Fritz Alexander R Inc .. 124 112 17 Lunnie's Motors.


Fulford Manufacturing Company Fuller Battery and Supply Corp. Fuller Building Co.


Ganzer Samuel Inc. 179 Mann George & Co Inc ..


43 46 65 106


86


Gowdey J A Reed & Harness Mfg Co Inc. Graham Funeral Service


34


167


National Bank of Commerce and Trust Co The. right side lines and 24 88 90


68 117 188


Newell Coal & Lumber Co. 129 110


116 183 131 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.


O'Donnell & Co Inc. right top corner cards and 107 Office Appliance Co The. 141 O Keefe Motors Inc. Old Colony Co-operative Bank .. .right top lines and 13 27 Olive Street Garage. 13 89 93 59 Outlet Company The. .left side lines, 63 and 160 168 159 183 107 168 136 117 19 107 52 181


. left side lines and 70 34


.left bottom lines and 159 147 12


40 167 138 12


143


129 Plante Ernest A.


138


166 6 and 183 173


21 132 93 105 166 68 55


6


Plumb C C Co.


Page 171


Potter Page Inc


80


Presbrey A A & Son Company Inc .. 39


Providence Blue Print Co Inc. . 36


Providence Box & Lumber Co. 38


Providence Buick Company . ... right bottom lines and 8


Providence Chamber of Commerce


4


Providence Concrete Corp.


52


Providence Cycle Shop ..


36


Providence Gas Company right top and right side lines and 87


Providence Hat Manufacturing Co ...... .left bottom lines


Providence Institution for Savings. ... left top lines and 30 State Lumber Co Inc. left side lines and 128


Providence Journal Co. .back cover and 139


Providence Lithograph Co The. 157


Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co The.


left top lines and 101


Providence National Bank.


31


Providence Paper Co ... .right bottom lines and 149


Providence Plumbing Supply Co Inc. .


left bottom lines and 156


Providence Sheet Metal Co.


176


Providence Steel & Iron Co. 110


Providence Wall Paper House Inc ..


184


Providence Washington Insurance Company ..


left top lines and


B


Providence White Star Laundry Inc 122


Providence Wire Works 187


Purington O D Co Inc .. 59


Puritan Life Insurance Company . 102


Quinn T J & Son Inc. 59


118


Randall Sheet Metal Co. 176


Real Estate Title Insurance Company of Providence


back bone, right top lines and 162


Remington Horace & Son Co 170


Respro Inc. .


124


Reynolds Stamp & Stencil Works. 178


Rhode Island Associates Inc


141


Rhode Island Fuel Pump Service Co.


156


Rhode Island Hospital National Bank.


left bottom lines and 32


Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co.


back cover, left bottom lines and


32


Rhode Island Ice Company .... right side lines, 80 and 144


Rhode Island Insurance Co ..


X


Rhode Island Label Works Inc.


122


Rhode Island Plumbing & Heating Co


152


Rhode Island Sand & Gravel Co Inc ...


61


Rhode Island Supply & Engineering Co


155


Rialto Hotel Operating Corp.


92


Richardson & Clark. 41


138


W P R O Broadcasting Station .... right side lines and


159


W & W Sheet Metal & Roofing Co.


175 71


Walker Electric Co ..


Walker Robert L Co.


169


Wallace R E.


165


Wallace & Tucker Lumber Co.


130


Warnock Frederick J


169


Royal Casting Company ..


118 44


Rumford Chemical Works


46


S & M Construction Co Inc.


60 14


Weston D M & Co Inc. 170


Wexler Samuel H .. 20


Whalen Warren M


169


Scattergood A T Co


Schmidt Electric Company


Seaboard Motors Inc ...


White Pontiac Co.


15 37


Sessions-Gifford Co Inc.


46


Williams & Anderson Co Inc The.


119


39


Williams J H & Co ...


85. 9


Winters Walter Inc.


16


Shippee E W & Sons Inc .. .front cover and 98 Wood A M Co .. 121


Silvertown Chevrolet Co Inc.


14


York Engraving Co.


76


Simonelli Vincent ..


118 Young E M Co. 60


Skeffington James F


85


Zalk's Antique Shop. 2


Smith E E Co Inc .. 130 Zelano Joseph 170


60 15


Speed's Sales & Service.


Speidel Corp .. 118


Spencer F E Co The .. 147


Spencer & Preston .. 108


Stadium Motor Sales Inc Stanley H E Studio. 150


Staples Coal Co .. 51


Starkweather J U Company Inc


Starkweather & Shepley Inc. .front edge and 99


Starkweather & Williams Inc.


State Oil Company Inc.


. left side lines and 142


Steere Wendell W .left top corner cards and 18


Stel-Wod Engineering Co


Sterling Employment Exchange. . right bottom lines and


43 75


Stone C Moulton Co 123


Sugarman Max Funeral Home ...... left top lines, 82 and Sullivan & Small Laundry Inc ... 123


Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada. 109


Suttell Motors Inc .. 15


Swan Point Cemetery


46


Swanson G Fred Inc. .right side lines and


61


Sweet L & Co Inc.


130


Swift-McNutt Co of Rhode Island .... left side lines and 61


150


Tanner Walter E S ..


.left side lines and 146 38 66


Technic Inc. ..


151


Thornton R E & Son


121


Thurston Mfg Co.


182


Tillinghast L H Supply Co The .... right side lines and 156


Tise-Conro Inc .


Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island.


right top lines and 163


Tracey & Co Inc. 68


Trinity Auto Sales Inc. . left side lines and 8


Uncas Manufacturing Company. 119


Union Finance Co 127


Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 109 33


Union Trust Co Inc.


United Iron Works .. 110


United Painting Co Inc.


146


United States Gutta Percha Paint Co. 148


Universal Plating Co 151


Vaughn L Co. 42


Victor Cleansing Co ..


Villa's Orms Street Garage


Vinay Co 119


Vito's Express


Richmond Electric Co. .left top lines and 67


Robinson Walter H.


108


Roger Williams Savings Fund and Loan Association ..


right side lines and 172


Rounds T W Co.


123


Rowley Construction Co .... right top corner cards and


57 19


Watkins D M Co


119


Watson E L Co Inc. .


front cover and 100 Wayland Manor Hotel.


92


Westminster Motors Inc. .right bottom lines and 9


Sandager Harry Inc ..


Sargeant & Wilbur Inc.


89 51


White A A' Co Inc. . left top lines and 178 80


White J S Co.


Senak Co of America.


White Rock Bottling Co of R I ..


Shaw Paper Box Co. . Shepard Company The. .right bottom lines and 64 Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel right bottom lines and 91


Willys of Providence Inc.


Page 89


Smith-Gibbs Company The


Soule Henry M Co. .


15


47


148


135


Szelka Studio


Taylor Box Company


Taylor, Symonds Co


Rainbow Jewelry Co Inc.


169


49 19


Royal Auto Body Works.


Rueckert Manufacturing Co Inc.


Sayles & French Inc.


86 71 14 93


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