Polk's Providence (Providence County, R.I.) city directory, 1950, Part 1

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PLANTATIONS BANK OF RHODE ISLAND


MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Offering Complete Banking Services 2 Providence Offices 61 WEYBOSSET ST. - PL antations 1-1000 30 OLNEYVILLE SQ. - EL mhurst 1-3306


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 DE xter 1-9860


E. L. WATSON CO., Inc.


INSURANCE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FIDELITY AND SURETY BONDS


29 WEYBOSSET STREET TEL. GASPEE 1-0909


EARL M .. IRONS


INSURANCE BONDS


Of All Kinds


GAspee 1-7345 1119 INDUSTRIAL TRUST BLDG.


GAspee 1-7346 PROVIDENCE, R. I.


THE CONGDON & CARPENTER co.


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CONGDON & CARPENTER


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


E. W. SHIPPEE & SONS


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Telephone GAspee 1-8432-1-8433 85 Westminster St.


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


CITY DIRECTORY


VOL. 1950 CX


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


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GENERAL INDEX


Page


Abbreviations


28


Alphabetical Directory


29


Apartment Buildings


711


Assessors


12


Association of North American Directory Publishers


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Buildings, Office and Public


225


Business Directory


709


Buyers' Guide


708


Calendar


6


Cemeteries


728


Chamber of Commerce


.4 Buyers' Guide


Churches


729


City Government


12


Classified Business Directory


709


Clergymen


731


Clubs


733


Congressional Districts


21


County Officers


20, 21


Courts


20,21


Custom Houses


22


Director of Public Welfare


12


Fire Department


13


General Directory


29


Halls


756


Homes and Asylums


758


House Directory


825


House of Representatives


20


How to Use the Directory


Y


Index to Advertisers


4


Justices of the Peace


20


Legal Holidays


21


Libraries


14


Military


15


Organizations


791


Parks in Providence


14


Police Department


12


Post Office


22


Post Offices and Localities in R I


24


Railroads


803


Rhode Island National Guard


15


Rhode Island State Government


15


Schools


13


Schools-Parochial


809


Schools and Colleges


809


Senators


21


Sheriff


20


State Government


15


Statistical Review


8


Street and Avenue Guide


825


Town and City Clerks


21


U S District Court


21


U S Government Officers 21


United States Postal Information 23


Wharves


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


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


PAGE


Adler's Inc


125


Dahlke G W 140


Danforth Leon E


140


Almy Water-Tube Boiler Co


33


Darcy Sign Co 147


American Brass Company The


89


Davis W E Co 17


American Emery Wheel Works


110


DelGiudice A & Son Inc 112


American Motors Agency Inc


86 145


Doco Insulation Co 149


Anchor Tool & Die Co


151


Doe & Little Fuel Co . left bottom lines and 45


Anderberg's Inc


153


Drabble Irving H


68 60


Anderson Sheet Metal Co The


146 154


Dun & Bradstreet Inc


109


Arnold, Hoffman & Co Inc


right side lines and 41


Atlantic Coal Co


left bottom lines and


44


Dupuis Frank Company


127


Atlas Bedding Company .


152


Eastern Coal and Oil Co right top lines and 45


Eastern Scientific Co


75


Automobile Club of Rhode Island


105 15 67


Elhatton Plumbing & Heating Co .... left top lines and 126 Embassy Flower Shop 65


Ballou, Johnson & Nichols Co


77 72


Equitable Fire & Marine Insurance Co . 87 Fanning & Doorley Construction Company Inc Federal Chain Co


50


Filing Equipment Bureau Inc


117


First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Provi- dence .front cover, right side lines and 20


54


Bennett Window Shade Co


152 and 153


Better Business Bureau of Providence


32


Bickford Engraving & Electrotyping Co


125


Borden & Remington Co


Bowerman Bros Inc right side lines and


Bowers Wm A Inc


Braley's Creamery Inc


Brewer Don C Inc .


116


Brown, Lisle & Marshall


Gammons John A Inc right top lines and 87


Gamwell & Ingraham Inc .back cover and 133 151


Ganzer Samuel Inc


Garrahan William H & Co Inc .right top lines and 88


Gasbarro A & Sons Inc .


General Engineering & Contracting Co


Gilbane Building Company .... right bottom lines and


47


Campanella & Cardi Ready Mixed Concrete Co 46


Campbell Duncan B Co


. insert at Street Section


right bottom lines 87, and 138


Capaldi Bros Construction Co


50


Capwell A A Company 17


Cardi Antonio B right bottom lines and 50


127


Carpenter & Wood Co


61


Cartier M N & Sons Company Inc .... left top lines and Central Engineering & Construction Co


47


Central Iron Works 92


Central Rubber Stamp Works .right side lines and 147


Charles Electric Co . left side lines and 60 Hairdressers Supply Co Inc back cover, left top corner cards and


Chase Brass & Copper Co 89


Cherry & Webb Broadcasting Co W P R O right side lines and 132


Childs-Mckellar Sales Development Service right side lines and 145


Chisholm William J 67


Chrome Furniture Co 70


Citizens Finance Company .right bottom lines and 104


Citizens Savings Bank . left top lines and 18


Harvey & Otis Inc


.right side lines and 95


Higgins J H Co


. left side lines and 145


Hill James Mfg Co


110


Home Center The


140 58


Home Refrigeration Service


Hope Building Co Inc The .right side lines and 48


Hope Convalescent Nursing Home


74


Horton H R Co


38 7


Howe Company


64


Howe H M Co Inc


16


Cook E Pulver Inc 58 Hurley Richard A .left side lines and 141


Cooke Henry W Company .right top lines and 138


Corbett & Quirk 68


Interlaken Mills


150


Cordin Gilbert R 39


Corp Brothers Incorporated 153


right top lines and 3


Irons Earl M . front cover and 79


Irons & Russell Company .right side lines and 96


J & H Electric Co . left side lines and 59 53 15


Jackson Harry & Son


Joel Cleansers


right side lines and 44


Cranston Oil Service


.left top lines and 119


125


Johnson E A Company .left bottom lines and 131


Johnson Oliver & Co Inc


123


Crown Hotel The


Curran & Burton Inc


101 10


Columbus National Bank of Providence


19


Congdon & Carpenter Co The


inside front cover, front cover and left side lines


Conneally J J & Sons


.. left side lines and 50


Corrado Anthony Inc right bottom lines and X


Costantino Brothers Inc . left side lines and 64


County Loan & Finance Corp .left bottom lines and 104 Crandall E S Dairy Inc right top lines and 109


Cranston Loan Co 103 Jannell Truck Body Mfg Co


Cranston Molding Company 111


Johnson Bros


122


Craven-Whittaker Co Inc Crook Frank Inc


11


77


Jordan Byron C


45 Juhlin-Pearson . left side lines and 68


95 11


Gallivan & Co Inc


87 51


Brown & Sharpe Mfg Co


Brunnckow C G Co Inc


146


Burke F J Co 117


Cady Moving & Storage Co left side lines and 113


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Campanella & Cardi Construction Company


49


Goff & Page Co 147


Gowdey J A Reed & Harness Mfg Co The 110


Graham Funeral Service . left side lines and 68 Greenwood Laundry left side lines and 101


Griggs & Browne Co Inc


right top and side lines, 63 and ribbon book mark Grimes Construction Co Inc 51


Grinnell Company Inc 128


Gross G L & H J Inc .... back cover, right top lines and 134 Guardian Life Insurance Company of America 88


Guertin Oil Company .. left bottom lines and x Gustafson Frank N & Sons Inc 51


31


Hall J C Company The


130


Halladay Inc 3 and 130


Halliday Agency The . insert at Buyers' Guide and 83 11


Hamblin W P Inc


Harris Lumber Co Inc


Harrison A & Co Inc


Hartford Auto Co Inc


107 42 12


City Hall Hardware Co .right top lines and 72


Claflin Co The .left bottom lines and 75


Clapp Otis & Son Inc 56


Cogens Inc .right top lines and 130


Coleman W Henry 140


Colonial Laundries Inc


Colonial Motor Sales Inc


Howard & Lewis Motor Sales Inc


Howard Realty Company right top lines and 116


Industrial Trust Company top edge and 21


International Detective Service Inc


96


Beach & Sweet Inc


. back cover and 78


Beacon Finance Co .left top lines and 104


Beltone Hearing Aid Center


73 10


Fletcher Costume Co


Foster J A Company . back cover and 94


Fox C J Co Inc . 34


Foxon Company The 100 36


Fraser, Phelps & Co


Freeman E L Company left top lines and 148


Fulford Manufacturing Company


Gagnier Nash Co


Broadway Press The


Gammino M A Construction Co Inc


36 C


Calder Charles G Inc


42 49 65 54 2


Bennett Chevrolet Co


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


86


Dugas Electric Co


Anthony J L & Co


Dunne Motor Sales Inc 11


Auto Owners Finance Co Inc


Bailey-Shippee Funeral Home


DeLuxe Auto Body Works 16


American Screw Company


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Allenson Bros


146


102 51


Carlton-Wright Plumbing Supply Co Inc


39


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Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co 89


Plantations Bank of Rhode Island 25


Plantations Steel Company 149


Presbrey A A & Son Company Inc 35


Providence Blue Print Co Inc


33


Providence Box & Lumber Co .. .. 35 and 108


7 Providence Buick Company .... right bottom lines and 5


Providence Chamber of Commerce 4


Providence Concrete Corp 46


Providence Cycle Shop 33


Providence Gas Company .. right top and side lines and 71 Providence Institution for Savings .... left top lines and 26 Providence Journal Co . back cover 115


Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co The left top lines and 85


Providence National Bank


27


Providence Paper Co


.right bottom lines and 124


Providence Steel & Iron Co 93


Providence Wall Paper House Inc 153


Providence Washington Insurance Company


left top lines and B


Providence-Willys Co Inc


13


Purington O D Co Inc


53


Puritan Life Insurance Company


85


Real Estate Title Insurance Company of Providence


back cover, right top lines and 136


Remington Horace & Son Co


143


Respro Inc


102


Reynolds Stamp & Stencil Works


147


Rhode Island Bus Co


40


Rhode Island Fuel Pump Service Co Inc


129


Rhode Island Hospital National Bank


left bottom lines and 28


Manor Motor Sales


Marcus Joseph & Co Inc


70


Mariani A A & Son


. left side lines and 69


Mary Elizebeth Convalescent Home . . left side lines and 74


Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co ..


left top lines and 84


Maynard & Co Inc


120


McDuff Coal & Lumber Co 107


McKendall F D Lumber Co


106


Merchants Reporting Service


54


Millard Wire Co Inc 154


Miller & George


Monahan T F & Son 69


Monroe Calculating Machine Co Inc


40


Moore J W Roofing Co


144


Morris E L Co Inc


117


Sayles & French Inc


Schmidt Electric Company . left top lines and


60


Scott White Truck Inc


152


Sessions-Gifford Co Inc


43


Shaw Paper Box Co


35


Shepard Company The .right bottom lines and


56


Sheraton Biltmore Hotel .right bottom lines and 76


Narragansett Electric Co The . left top lines and 57


Narragansett Hotel 77


Narragansett Improvement Co


National Plumbing & Heating Supply Corp


128


Neale & Carr Inc


.left side lines and 52


Nevin J Benjamin Co


142


New England Advertising Pencil Co


2


N E Staging Rental Co 145


Newcomb C F Inc 89


107


New-Mode Co Inc 97


News Gallery The 116


Nightingale, Baker & Salisbury


92


North American Accident Insurance Co


84


Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co 88


O'Connell J T Co Inc .left bottom lines, 72 and 109


O'Donnell & Co Inc right top lines and


89


O'Keefe Motors Inc


Old Colony Co-operative Bank .right top lines and 22


Olive Street Garage Inc


Olney & Payne Bros Inc


Orr John J & Son 149


Outlet Company The . left side lines and 55


Oxford Press 131


Paolino Anthony C 142


Paquin's Storage Warehouse Inc


right top corner cards and


114


Paragon Glass Works


97


Parker Geo L Co 144


Pascale Realty Co 142


Pasquarelli Flowers 65


Peerless Box Co Inc 34


Peirce Prescott H Co 64


Pellett Wm P & Son Inc 111


Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Co


Peoples Savings Bank in Providence


left top lines and 23


Peoples Storage Warehouse Co


114


Petroleum Heat & Power Co 119


Petroleum Service Co Inc 120


Petteruti Motor Sales Inc. . . left side lines and 13 United Iron Works .right top corner cards and 92


Phenix National Bank of Providence The


left top lines and 24


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Juilliard A D & Co Inc, Atlantic Mills Div 151 Kagan & Shawcross .right bottom lines and 83 Kelly & Picerne 141


Kennecott Wire & Cable Company 154


Kennedy's Inc .. .right bottom lines


Kidder, Peabody & Co


36


Kirby-Shallen Incorporated


Knowles' Horace B Sons Inc .front cover and 66


Knowles Station Inc 8


Lamson Oil Corporation 120


Lans Warehouse Co .left bottom lines and 113


Latham J A & Son 62


Laudati Peter A & Son


141


Laudati Roger Inc 107


Lawry Co The 112


Lederer S & B Company 96


Lees F G & Son


.right side lines and 126


Levaur Henry 12


Lewis John D Incorporated 42


Lewis-Williams Stores 70 59


Liberty Electric Co


Livermore & Knight Co


131


Louis and Company


101


Lunnie's Motors 12


M A C Plan Inc of R I right side lines and 105


M & F Insurance Agency


88


right top lines and


M R. T Company Inc


96 62


Manchester & Hudson Co 39


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Mann George & Co Inc 43


Manning H A Co 155 52 Manocchia & Sons 8


Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co .. left bottom lines and Rhode Island Ice Company


right side lines and 118 x


Rhode Island Label Works Inc


100


Rhode Island Plumbing & Heating Co


126


Rhode Island Sand & Gravel Co Inc 53


Rhode Island Supply & Engineering Co 129


Richardson & Clark 37


Rodman A Arnold 139


Roger Williams Savings Fund & Loan Association


right side lines and 29


Rounds T W Co


102


Rowley Construction Co .... right top corner cards and 48


Royal Auto Body Works 16


Rumford Company The 43


Sandager Harry Inc 14 45


Morris J H & Associates 141


Mortgage Guarantee & Title Co


. bottom edge and 135


Mule Battery Mfg Co . . left side lines and


15


Mulry H T Chevrolet Co 12


Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York The


89


Mutual System of Providence Inc 105


Shippee E W & Sons Inc front cover and 80 14 Silvertown Chevrolet Co Inc 108 73


Smith-Gibbs Co The


Soule Henry M Co


53


Speidel Corp Inc 97


Spencer F E Co The 122


Spencer & Preston 90


44


Starkweather & Shepley Inc .front. edge and 81


122


State Lumber Co Inc . left side lines and 106 148


101


Sugarman Max Funeral Home .... left top lines, 67 and 112


90


Swanson G Fred Inc right side lines and 54


13 Swartz Frank F 84 and 86 108


Sweet L & Co Inc


Swift-McNutt Co of R I . left side lines and 40


Tanner Walter E S


.left side lines and 122 57


Taylor, Symonds Co


Technic Inc 126


98 151


Thurston Mfg Co Tillinghast L H Supply Co The .... right side lines and 129


Tise Henry H Inc .. right bottom lines and 143


Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island right top lines and 137


Tower Iron Works 91


Tracy & Co Inc


Trinity Auto Sales Inc .right side lines and 6


Trinity Auto Top & Body Works .. right side lines and 16


49


U S Gutta Percha Paint Co 123


97


Union Finance Co


9


Union Motor Sales


Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co 90


Union Trust Co 30


United Life and Accident Insurance Co 86


Universal Plating .Co 125


Philbrick Chas H Inc 142 Vaughn L Co 37


120


Uncas Manufacturing Company


105


Newell Coal & Lumber Co


Starkweather & Williams Inc


State Office Supply Co


Stone C Moulton Co


Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada


13 73


Thornton R E & Son


58


Turgeon E Construction Co Inc


28


Rhode Island Insurance Co


Maguire Charles A and Associates


Maguire Roofing Company


144


Miller Chas Co . back cover and 121 36


52 Smith E E Co Inc


Starkweather J U Company Inc


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Victor Cleansing Co Vinay Co


98


Westminster Motors Inc


right bottom lines and 9


W J A R Radio Broadcasting Station . left side lines and 132


Walker Electric Co


61


White A A Co Inc


left top lines and 148


Walker G H & Co


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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 1950 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 24, 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 29 to 706, 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 708 and separately paged from 1 to 156, 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 709 to 824, 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.




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