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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
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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
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INSURANCE
Telephone GAspee 8432 85 WESTMINSTER ST.
Telephone GAspee 261 RICHMOND 6264
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405 PROMENADE STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Tel. DExter 4200
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(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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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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