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FREDERICK C. FREEMAN
THOMAS E. STEERE
CLAUDE R BRANCH
CARROLL HARRINGTON
HOVEY T. FREEMAN
DeFOREST W. ABEL
MAXWELL C. HUNTOON
NORMAN A. MacCOLL
ROBERT W. UPHAM, Treasurer and Secretary RAYMOND H. BLAKE, Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary WILLIAM P. DODGE, Assistant Secretary RALPH L. SMITH, Assistant Secretary
Money deposited at this Mutual Bank on or be- fore the 16th of any month draws interest from the first of that month unless it is with- drawn before the next semi-annual dividend is payable.
PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK
$1.00
H
Opens an Account
Interest is compounded
semi-annually
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
DONALD S. BABCOCK RICHMOND VIALL WILLIAM H. EDWARDS
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BANKS
Providence Institution for Savings
HOME OFFICE 86 SOUTH MAIN STREET
BRANCHES EMPIRE-ABORN STREETS, BETWEEN WESTMINSTER AND WASHINGTON STREETS
OLNEYVILLE BRANCH, 1917-1921 WESTMINSTER ST. PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
Resources over $70,000,000 Guaranty and Surplus Fund $2,000,000 Deposits over $68,000,000
OFFICERS
WILSON G. WING, President WILLIAM GAMMELL, JR., 1st Vice-President ROBERT H. I. GODDARD, 2nd Vice-President PAUL C. DeWOLF, 3d Vice-President
BOARD OF INVESTMENT
WILSON G. WING
WILLIAM GAMMELL, Jr.
ROBERT H. I. GODDARD EVERITTE St.J. CHAFFEE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
HENRY D. SHARPE
EVERITTE St.J. CHAFFEE
ROBERT H. I. GODDARD
WILLIAM L. SWEET
WILLIAM GAMMELL, Jr.
JOHN NICHOLAS BROWN
HENRY S. CHAFEE
JOHN B. LEWIS
PAUL C. DeWOLF
BENJAMIN R. STURGES
WILSON G. WING
ROBERT H. I. GODDARD, JR.
THOMAS F. BLACK, JR.
EZRA W. MASON. Treasurer PARDON R. KENNEY, Assistant Treasurer
FRANK M. MASON, Secretary and Clerk of the Corporation
HARRY V. MAYO, Assistant Treasurer
FRANK G. HOWARD, Assistant Secretary
Interest paid from day of deposit to day of withdrawal. Your money starts working for you immediately.
Withdrawals may be made without forfeiting interest.
Dividends semi-annually, January 16 and July 16.
$1.00 will open a new account; $5.00 draws interest.
Deposits will be received by mail. Addressed envelopes, etc., will be supplied upon request.
This is a MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK; all earnings belong to depositors; there are no stock-holders.
THE OLD STONE BANK Incorporated 1819
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1942)
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BANKS
ESTABLISHED 1791
PROVIDENCE NATIONAL BANK
100 WESTMINSTER STREET
Second Oldest Bank in America
Capital - -
$1,500,000
Surplus - - $2,000,000
OFFICERS MOSES J. BARBER, Chairman of the Board THOMAS L. PIERCE, President RUPERT C. THOMPSON, Jr., Vice President and Cashier CHARLES L. EDDY, Asst. Cashier HENRY H. EDDY, Asst. Cashier CHARLES E. MUNYAN, Asst. Cashier BENJAMIN H. CATE, Asst. Cashier CHARLES M. SMITH, III, Trust Officer HARRY B. FREEMAN, Trust Officer B. H. LILLIBRIDGE, Asst. Trust Officer
DIRECTORS
WILLIAM GAMMELL, JR. MOSES J. BARBER EDWARD P. JASTRAM A. LIVINGSTON KELLEY WILSON G. WING
THOMAS L. PIERCE
MAXWELL C. HUNTOON CHARLES E. RIGBY
WILLIAM L. SWEET
FREDERICK T. MOSES
WILLIAM SLATER ALLEN
JOHN B. LEWIS
ROBERT J. BEEDE
CHARLES C. MARSHALL
GEORGE A. FREEMAN
RICHMOND VIALL
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
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BANKS
THOSE WHO MANAGE the Oldest Trust Company in New England
DIRECTORS
STEPHEN O. METCALF
PRESTON H. GARDNER
CHARLES H. MERRIMAN, JR.
ROBERT H. I. GODDARD
GEORGE T. GREENHALGH
HAROLD C. FIELD WILLIAM S. INNIS
HENRY D. SHARPE
CHARLES A. HORTON
FRANK H. SWAN
ROBERT R. JENKS
RAYMOND H. TROTT
ROYAL C. TAFT
RUSH STURGES
JOHN JOHNSTON
G. BURTON HIBBERT
FREDERICK A. BALLOU
CHARLES B. ROCKWELL
G. PIERCE METCALF
WALLACE CAMPBELL
R. H. I. GODDARD, JR. CLARKE F. FREEMAN
G. MAURICE CONGDON
KENNETH D. MACCOLL
MALCOLM G. CHACE, JR.
OFFICERS PRESTON H. GARDNER, Chairman of the Board of Directors G. BURTON HIBBERT, President WILLIAM S. INNIS, First Vice President
JOHN H. WELLS, Vice-President
RALPH S. RICHARDS, Vice-President
RALPH W. BOWEN, Vice-President
HERBERT P. SUTTON, Assistant Secretary
SUMNER E. SIMMONS, Vice-President
LINCOLN E. BARBER, Vice-President
GORDON L. PARKER, Vice-President
GEORGE H. CAPRON, Secretary
ROBERT F. MUNRO, Assistant Secretary C. HERBERT POND, Assistant Secretary THEODORE P. COOK, Assistant Secretary
KENNETH SHAW SAFE, Assistant Secretary EDWIN F. MORGAN, Assistant Secretary MAURAN S. PEARCE, Assistant Secretary JOHN A. GRAHAM, Assistant Secretary E. LAMBERT CLIFFORD, Assistant Secretary WILLIAM W. WHITE, Assistant Secretary ALLEN B. HAGAN, Assistant Secretary
Trust Department
PRESTON H. GARDNER, Vice-President KENNETH J. TANNER, Asst. Trust Officer RAYMOND H. TROTT, Vice-President FREDERIC J. HUNT, Trust Officer ROBERT T. DOWNS, Trust Officer PHILIP B. SIMONDS, JR., Asst. Trust Officer
FREDERICK B. KIMBALL, Trust Officer
HAROLD J. FIELD, Assistant Trust Officer
PRESTON F. ARNOLD, Trust Officer
LOUIS B. PALMER, Asst. Trust Officer
ERNEST G. ADAMS, Trust Officer
CHARLES B. CORNELIUS, Asst. Trust Officer ERNEST L. ANDERSON, Asst. Trust Officer HAROLD L. KENDALL, Asst. Trust Officer
Safe Deposit Department GEORGE B. MUNROE, Manager
Statistician
Comptroller
FRED B. BARROWS
OSCAR T. SHERMAN
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company
Pawtucket - Providence - Woonsocket
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1942)
PAUL C. DEWOLF THOMAS E. STEERE JOHN NICHOLAS BROWN
J. ARTHUR ATWOOD WILLIAM C. DART
FRANK M. MAXCY, Assistant Secretary HAROLD H. KELLY, Assistant Secretary
FREDERICK E. ATKINSON, Asst. Trust Officer JOHN A. ANDERSON, Asst. Trust Officer
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BANKS
CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK
JUNCTION WESTMINSTER AND CRANSTON STREETS President, CHARLES A. POST Vice Presidents
EDWIN O. CHASE
WILLIAM A. HATHAWAY
CHARLES A. POST EDWIN O. CHASE
ARTHUR O. OSTBY ARCHIE W. MERCHANT
TRUSTEES WILLIAM A. HATHAWAY JOSEPH H. GAINER ROGER W. COOKE
RUSSELL W. KNIGHT NORRIS G. ABBOTT FREDERICK B. WILCOX CLARKE F. FREEMAN
Treasurer-ROGER W. COOKE Assistant Treasurer-CHARLES H. JACKSON
Assistant Treasurer-PHILLIPS R. WEATHERBEE
Assistant Treasurer-LEROY B. LUNDBLAD Statistician-LOUIS E. GROVER, Jr.
Dividends January and July. Deposits made on or before the sixteenth of any month draw interest from the first.
THE BANK OF FRIENDLY SERVICE
THE COLUMBUS NATIONAL BANK OF PROVIDENCE
MEMBER OF FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
ECONOMICAL PERSONAL LOANS
COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE
MAIN OFFICE 20 WESTMINSTER ST. Telephone GAspee 3241
BRANCH 361 ATWELLS AVE. Telephone GAspee 3244
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
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BANKS
The Sturdy Oak of Upper Westminster Street
HIGH STREET BANK & TRUST COMPANY 846 WESTMINSTER STREET INCORPORATED JUNE 1828
CAPITAL - SURPLUS -
- $120,000
$180,000
OFFICERS
WILLIAM A. HATHAWAY
President
VICTOR H. FRAZIER
Vice President and Treasurer
SAMUEL J. GREENE
Vice President
LOVETT C. RAY
Secretary and Trust Officer
HOWARD A. JEPSON
- Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
DIRECTORS
VICTOR H. FRAZIER GEORGE W. HALLIWELL
CHARLES A. POST
RUSSELL W. KNIGHT KIRK SMITH
This Institution Invites Accounts of Firms, Corporations and Individuals
LINCOLN TRUST COMPANY
61 WEYBOSSET ST., PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Business and Personal Accounts Invited
A. WILSON BARSTOW CHARLES BROWN EMILIO N. CAPPELLI
DIRECTORS
GEORGE W. HOLT, JR.
JESSE L. JOHNSON
JOHN E. MARTIN
FRANK D. McKENDALL ARCHIBALD SILVERMAN EVANGELISTE TURGEON
OFFICERS FRANK D. McKENDALL Chairman of the Board
ARCHIBALD SILVERMAN, President JOHN E. MARTIN, Vice-President EMILIO N. CAPPELLI, Secretary
J. WILLARD BECK, Auditor GEORGE W. HOLT, Jr., Treasurer
F. ARTHUR DeBLASIO, Asst. Treasurer
LINCOLN TRUST COMPANY
SOUND BANKING SERVICE COURTEOUSLY RENDERED
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1942)
WILLIAM A. HATHAWAY SAMUEL J. GREENE HOWARD F. BARKER
EDWIN O. CHASE
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BANKS
THE PHENIX NATIONAL BANK OF PROVIDENCE ESTABLISHED 1835
85-89 WESTMINSTER STREET
Capital Surplus and Profits
$450,000
$893,000
FREDERICK B. WILCOX, President
BENJAMIN P. MOULTON Vice-President
FREDERICK W. YORK Vice-President
CHARLES W. HERRMANN Cashier
WALTER C. JOHNSON Asst. Cashier
Directors
MALCOLM G. CHACE
FREDERICK B. WILCOX
ARTHUR M. ALLEN
CARROLL HARRINGTON
ROBERT L. KNIGHT
ERNEST I. KILCUP
BENJAMIN P. MOULTON
PHILIP C. WENTWORTH
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
PHENIX TRUST COMPANY
710 MAIN ST., WEST WARWICK, R. I. Branch Office at Apponaug
Capital -
-
$100,000
Surplus -
-
$100,000
Resources total over
-
$2,000,000
DANIEL A. CLARKE, President HAROLD A. CAMPBELL, Vice-President EARL R. HANDY, Secretary and Treasurer
DIRECTORS
Nathan E. Kendall Harold A. Campbell Daniel A. Clarke Frederick G. Brown
Earl R. Handy Edwin H. Arnold
Peirce H. Brereton Patrick H. Quinn
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BANKS
Tastes Differ
No one house plan will suit every family and no single mortgage plan will answer the requirements of every home-builder and buyer.
That's why we offer several mortgage loan plans, adaptable to individual needs. All, however, have the modern advantages of low interest rate, periodic reduction of principal.
The advice of our experienced officers is at your service.
UNION TRUST COMPANY
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
CENTREVILLE NATIONAL BANK
1218 Main Street, West Warwick, Rhode Island
Established 1828
Chartered as a National Bank 1865
Capital $100,000
Surplus $175,000
EVERETT W. WHITFORD President
ANDREW YORSTON Vice President DIRECTORS Andrew Yorston George B. Parker
J. ROBERT ABRAMSON Cashier
Everett W. Whitford
Charles H. Sprague
Aime Harpin
A General Banking Business Transacted For Over a Century Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Financial Service for the Individual Morris Plan's many loan and finance plans are the result of more than a quar- ter century of experience in helping the individual to help himself out of debt . . not further into debt. We can help you, too!
Special Loans for School Teachers Policemen Firemen Postmen and others
The MORRIS PLAN CORRI COMPANY of RHODE ISLAND
TWENTY-FIVE CANAL STREET . THIRTY OLNEYVILLE SQUARE DExter 9800
PROVIDENCE WEst 3350
Auto Finance Tax Pay't Loans Collateral Loans Business Loans Travel Loans Loans for any worthy purpose
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1942)
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BANKS
LD COLONY CO-OPERATIVE BANK 58 WEYBOSSET ST., PROVIDENCE
PAWTUCKET-WOONSOCKET-WEST WARWICK-NORTH PROVIDENCE
MEMBER. FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK SYSTEM MEMBER, U. S. SAVINGS & LOAN LEAGUE
A mutual savings-and-loan association which encourages long-term, systematic saving by its members-investing funds in sound first mortgages on Rhode Island homes.
WILLIAM L. SWEET, Pres. WILLIS H. WHITE, Vice-Pres. CHAS. H. S. BROWN, Treas.
ROGER WILLIAMS Savings Fund & Loan Association
Main Floor 10 WEYBOSSET ST.
Grosvenor Building GAspee 5112
Direct Reduction Mortgages at 5% or 6%, according to Value of Property and Amount of Loan, to help you build or buy a home or refinance your present mortgage.
BLUE PRINTS
BLUE PRINTS .. PHOTOSTAT PRINTS
REPRODUCTION SPECIALISTS OF 37 YEARS SERVICE We Carry the Largest Stock of DRAWING MATERIALS IN RHODE ISLAND Supplies for Commercial Artists PROVIDENCE BLUE PRINT CO., INC. 86 WEYBOSSET STREET, PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephones GAspee 5074 and GAspee 5527
BOILER MAKERS
ALMY WATER-TUBE BOILER CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Almy's Patent Water-Tube Boiler For Marine, Stationary and Heating Boilers Telephone DExter 0433 178-184 ALLEN'S AVENUE .. PROVIDENCE, R. I.
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
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BOX MANUFACTURERS
Lumber
AND
Building Materials
FROM
BUILD
WHY WAIT
"Cellar to Roof" NOW
GOOD WOOD BOXES
Manufacturers of
Boxes and Packing Cases of All Kinds
PROVIDENCE BOX & LUMBER CO. 1108 Cranston St .- WEST 6300-6301 - Cranston, R.I.
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1942)
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BOX MANUFACTURERS
F. H. BUFFINTON CO. PAPER BOXES Made-Rite Mailing Boxes
Stiff Boxes Brightwood Specialties
Telephone DExter 4230 363 EDDY STREET - PROVIDENCE, R. I.
THE C. J. FOX COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF
Folding Boxes
CFJ
Jewelry Cards
SHIPPING - TAGS
- MARKING
236 ABORN STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I. TELEPHONE DExter 1000
A. A. PRESBREY & SON CO., Inc. Manufacturers of PACKING BOXES General Woodworkers
Telephone GAspee 4681
125 SUMMER ST., COR. MEADOW ST.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
SHAW PAPER BOX CO. Creators and Manufacturers of
PAPER BOXES
AND RIGID ACETATE BOXES TEL. PErry 0410-0411 37 SABIN ST., PAWTUCKET, R. I.
Branch Factory, Charles St., Meriden, Conn.
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
BOX MANUFACTURERS
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ROBERTS MANUFACTURING CO.
Mailing Boxes Gummed Tape Tissue Paper
Corrugated Boxes Paper Products
Twine & Cordage Kraft Wrapping Paper Paper Bags
11 HOSPITAL ST., PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Tel. DExter 8500
Tel. DExter 8501
PLAIN and FANCY BOXES and DISPLAYS
Taylor Box Co. TAYLOR - MADE
PAPER
For JEWELRY, COSMETICS and PERFUMES
BOXES
HOWARD S. SCHOLES
73 EAGLE STREET
Telephones GAspee 1700-2112
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
ENTRANCE THROUGH EAGLE STREET OR GILES PLACE AT 557 ATWELLS AVENUE
BROKERS, INVESTMENT
BODELL (& CO., Inc.
Investment Securities
32 CUSTOM HOUSE STREET, PROVIDENCE Telephone GAspee 5220 NEW HAVEN 205 Church Street
NEW YORK 111 Broadway
HARTFORD 15 Lewis Street
TEL. DEXTER 1180-1-2-3-4-5
TEL. BOSTON CAPITOL 1229
GILBERT F. BROOKS & CO.
Investment Securities
1012 HOSPITAL TRUST BLDG.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1942)
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BROKERS, INVESTMENT
BROWN, LISLE & MARSHALL
Investment Securities
Telephone GAspee 8900
201 TURKS HEAD BUILDING .. PROVIDENCE, R. I.
KIDDER, PEABODY & CO.
Members of the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges
100 GROSVENOR BUILDING Telephone GAspee 3500 PROVIDENCE, R. I.
115 Devonshire Street, Boston
17 Wall Street, New York
LITTLEFIELD & CO. Investment Securities Telephones DExter 1144-1145
724 HOSPITAL TRUST BUILDING, 15 WESTMINSTER STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.
MacCOLL, FRASER & CO.
Investment Securities
Telephone GAspee 8950
640 HOSPITAL TRUST BUILDING PROVIDENCE, R. I.
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
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BROKERS, INVESTMENT
MILLER & GEORGE
INVESTMENT SECURITIES
330 HOSPITAL TRUST BUILDING - PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephones GAspee 6070. 6071, 6072
PAINE, WEBBER & COMPANY
ESTABLISHED 1880
Investment Securities Members New York and Boston Stock Exchanges
638 HOSPITAL TRUST BUILDING .. PROVIDENCE, R. I.
BOSTON CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK
Telephone GAspee 2193
WADDINGTON & COMPANY INVESTMENT BONDS PREFERRED STOCKS AND LOCAL SECURITIES 1021 INDUSTRIAL TRUST BLDG., PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephones GAspee 4033-4034
CAUTION:
Pay no money in advance to itinerant Directory Canvassers. We are led to mention this from the fact that certain parties have been fraudulently using our publications as specimens, and by that means collecting money in advance. Before signing an order, see that it has the name of R. L. Polk & Co. printed thereon. We ask no payment until the work is delivered, and our solicitors have strict orders not to take payment for either advertising or subscriptions.
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1942)
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POLK'S BANKERS ENCYCLOPEDIA
M.D. KNOX&CO
MARICHALCO
Polk's Bankers Encyclopedia
MOST CONVENIENT AND COMPLETE BANK DIRECTORY
Arranged in one volume with sections devoted to United States and possessions, Canada and Banking Laws and other banks throughout the world not listed in the sections devoted to United States and Canada.
Contains lists of banks with bank statements, bank officers, bank directors, investment dealers, stock exchange members and bank attorneys.
Some other reference features include data concerning Federal Re- serve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Farm Credit Administration, Joint Stock Land Banks, National and State Bank Examiners, Airmail Schedules, Postage Rates, Clearing House Figures and other statistical tables.
Accessibility of information, maintained up-to-date by new. merged and closed bank supplements, coupled with durable, convenient in- dexing makes it the outstanding publication of its kind in the field.
PUBLISHED SEMI-ANNUALLY in MARCH AND SEPTEMBER
$15.00 per copy; $20.00 in Canada and foreign countries.
POLK'S BANKERS ENCYCLOPEDIA
R. L. POLK & CO. Publishers
Executive Office 431 HOWARD STREET DETROIT, MICH.
New York Office 354-60 4TH AVE. NEW YORK CITY
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
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BUILDERS' FINISH
ESTABLISHED 1847
L. VAUGHN CO.
Sash, Doors and Builders' Finish
SPECIAL DETAILED MILLWORK OF ALL KINDS
Distributors of UPSON WALLBOARD, PLYWOOD and "LUCAS PAINTS" WINDOW GLASS
1143-1155 WESTMINSTER ST. PROVIDENCE, R. I.
TELEPHONES GAspee 1141-1142-1143
Judicious Advertising
CREATES A New Business
REVIVES A Dull Business ENLARGES An Old Business RESCUES A Lost Business
PRESERVES A Large Business SECURES Success in Any Business It SAVES A Failing Business ENABLES You to Pay Your Taxes
Directory Advertising BRINGS SATISFACTORY RESULTS
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1942)
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BUILDERS' SUPPLIES
MANCHESTER & HUDSON CO.
Mason Materials - Refractories
PAINTS and VARNISHES
RUST INHIBITIVES and COATINGS ASPHALT MATERIALS SHINGLES-ROLL ROOFING JOINT and PLANK EMULSIONS-FABRIC, ETC. SHEATHING PAPER and FELT
Fire Resisting BUILDING MATERIALS Of All Kinds
Telephones DExter 1975-1976
573 EDDY STREET
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
BUILDINGS
FULLER BUILDING WEST EXCHANGE and SABIN STREETS, PROVIDENCE CENTRALLY LOCATED
100 FT. FROM FREIGHT TERMINAL 1 BLOCK FROM BUS TERMINAL 1 BLOCK FROM RAILROAD STATION
HEATED AND SPRINKLERED 3 FLOORS, 20,000 SQ. FT. EACH CONVENIENTLY SUB-DIVIDED UNEXCELLED FOR WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND MANUFACTURING For Information Call GAspee 9008 or Your Own Broker
CASE MAKERS, WOOD-FOR ALL ITEMS
ESTABLISHED
1890
O
Case Makers
FOR SMALL TOOLS, GAUGES, CHRONOMETERS SURGICAL AND DRAWING INSTRUMENTS
Jewelers' Sample Cases and Trays
Optical Cases
Ring Cases
Silverwear Chests
.
Display Pads
RUECKERT MANUFACTURING CO. 69 SPRAGUE STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.
(1942) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
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CEMETERIES -
ESTABLISHED 1847 TELEPHONE HO. 8182
OAKLAND CEMETERY Burial Lots For Sale at Reasonable Prices Terms if desired. Cemetery Equipment for Rental Office and Cemetery located on Broad St., at City Line, Edgewood Take Broad Street Car Appointments may be made at any time. Resident Telephone HO. 2806
SWAN POINT CEMETERY
City Office, 535 Hospital Trust Building
15 Westminster Street, Providence, R. I.
Burial Lots sold with the provision for care of grass can be selected at the Cemetery, where persons are in constant attendance to wait upon visitors.
Electric cars run direct to the Cemetery.
For further information apply to Noel T. McCarthy, Superintendent, at the Cemetery, or to the undersigned. TELEPHONES GAspee 9541 and GAspee 6331
HENRY F. HARBACH, Treasurer
CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS
RUMFORD CHEMICAL WORKS Established 1854
MANUFACTURERS
Rumford Baking Powder
Rumford Yeast Powder Health Club Baking Powder Rumford Special Yeast Food Sulphuric Acid
Horsford's Bread Preparation
Quadrafos
Calcium Sulphite Sodium Bisulphite
General Offices and Factory RUMFORD, R. I.
CHEMICALS
JOHN D. LEWIS INCORPORATED
CHEMICALS
OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE, FOX POINT, PROVIDENCE, R. I. GASPEE 0262
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CHEMICALS AND DYESTUFFS
GEORGE MANN & CO., INC. MERCHANTS AND DISTRIBUTORS Acids, Heavy Chemicals, Starches, Waxes and Solvents Main Office and Warehouse 251 FOX POINT BOULEVARD - PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Telephones GAspee 8466-8467-8468
Branch Office and Warehouse
150 CAUSEWAY STREET, BOSTON, MASS. Telephones CAPitol 2217-2218
SESSIONS- GIFFORD CO., Inc. Importers and Distributors HEAVY CHEMICALS
Soy Bean Oil
Acetic Acid Calcium Chloride
Caustic Soda
Soda Ash
Carbon Tetrachloride
Red Oil and Stearic Acid
Denatured Alcohol
Castor and Coconut Oils Linseed Oil
Trisodium and Disodium Phosphate
Gum Tragacanth Borax-Boric Acid
Turpentine
TELEPHONES Hopkins 0770-0771
255-261 ALLEN'S AVENUE - PROVIDENCE, R. I.
BOSTON OFFICE, 47 McGrath Highway, Somerville, Mass., Telephone Prospect 3070
J. U. STARKWEATHER CO. INCORPORATED 1896
Caustic Soda
Alcohol
Soda Ash
Castor Oil
Laundry Soda Calcium Chloride
Textile Soaps Glycerine
Chemicals and Specialties for the Textile and Allied Industries Telephones GAspee 0977-0978 929 HOSPITAL TRUST BUILDING - PROVIDENCE, R. I.
CHEMISTS
HERBERT A. HARRISON, Pres .- Treas.
GEORGE F. HARRISON, Secretary
A. HARRISON & CO., Inc. ESTABLISHED 1883
Manufacturing Chemists Sulphonated Oils and Tallows-Sizes, Softeners and Special Products for Textile Finishing PAWTUCKET, R. I. Office and Works: HURDIS ST. off Charles - NO. PROVIDENCE, R. I. P. O. BOX 494, PAWTUCKET, R. I. Telephones DExter 5192 - PErry 0190
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CHEMISTS, MANUFACTURING
ESTABLISHED 1815
ARNOLD-HOFFMAN & CO., INC.
Main Office 55-61 Canal Street Providence, R. I. Tel. GAspee 2935
Manufacturing Chemists
Plant, DIGHTON, MASS.
Offices, New York Philadelphia Boston Charlotte, N. C. Greenville, S. C. Columbus, Ga.
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CLEANSERS AND DYERS
Victor
CLEANSING COMPANY Jaunderers . "Cleansers . Dyers . Cold Storage
Men's, Women's and Children's Garments, Rugs, Draperies, Curtains, Blankets, Etc. "COMPLETE LAUNDRY SERVICES"
COLD STORAGE VAULTS FOR FURS, FINE CLOTHING,
RUGS, ETC.
Downtown Store, 72 DORRANCE ST.
East Side Store, WAYLAND SQUARE
Pawtucket Store, 22 HIGH STREET, PAWTUCKET
Plant, CYR STREET and MONTGOMERY AVENUE, WASHINGTON PARK
Simply Phone Williams 2000-PErry 1700 WE CALL AND DELIVER
CLOTHING
KENNEDY'S
Apparel For -
· MEN
· WOMEN · · BOYS ·
A Complete Line of Men's Haberdashery and Accessories
180 WESTMINSTER cor. DORRANCE Tel. GAspee 7800
CONDITIONED BOND CLOTHES
More Men Wear Bond Clothes Than Any Other Clothes in America 165 WEYBOSSET STREET PHONE GAspee 5700
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CLOTHING
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HOWARD CLOTHES 200 WEYBOSSET STREET Crown Hotel Building Providence, R. I. Tel. GAspee 9379
COAL
CURRAN & BURTON, Inc.
Wholesale COAL - OIL Retail
GENERAL MOTORS DELCO HEATING EQUIPMENT OIL BURNERS
STOKERS
Turks Head Bldg.
GAspee 8123
Providence, R. I.
DOE & LITTLE FUEL CO.
COMPA
Best Quality
OLD
ANY
Prompt Service
Automatic Heating
LEHIGH
Equipment
COAL - COKE - FUEL OIL Plantations 1125
561 SOUTH MAIN ST.
EASTERN COAL & OIL CO. COAL - FUEL OIL - COKE Williams Oil-O-Matic Oil Burners
DExter 2500
36 WEYBOSSET ST.
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PENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE COAL
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COAL
KEYSTONE OIL & COAL CO.
Wholesale and Retail
CHARCOAL
Coal, Coke Bag Fuels 140 India St., Providence
Gasoline, Range Oil Fuel Oils, Motor Oils Phones DExter 0230-4940
WHITE FUEL CO.
MOTORSTOKOR - HART OIL BURNERS
Coke - Coal - Oil WHITE FUEL CO. GASPEE 0943
13 EXCHANGE STREET
CONCRETE
PROVIDENCE CONCRETE CORP.
MASONS' MATERIALS H & W FIRE BRICK
READY MIXED CONCRETE OWENS ILLINOIS GLASS BLOCKS
TELEPHONES DExter 1203-1204
40 ALLEN'S AVENUE
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
This Book is a Silent Salesman
Advertise and Put It To Work
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CONTRACTORS
ESTABLISHED OVER TWENTY YEARS
CONS
ST. CO.
CI HOPED
QU
SER
of MILLS
C. I. BIGNEY CONSTRUCTION CO.
BUILDERS
44 FRANKLIN STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Modernize the Bigney Way and Save PHONES GAspee 7947-7948
THE HOPE BUILDING COMPANY
Incorporated
HOPE BUILDING SINCCOMPANY
GENERAL
CONTRACTORS
PROVIDENCE
ISLAND
RHODE
36 EXCHANGE PLACE P. O. Box 358
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
GE
Telephone
A
C
G
GAspee 4483
JO.THE ·OF AMERICA·
JOSEPH A. FAMIGLIETTI, President and Treasurer
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C
BUILDERS
GNE C.I.BI
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CONTRACTORS
ARGENTIERI CONSTRUCTION CO. GENERAL CONTRACTORS Concrete, Commercial and Industrial Building Construction Tels. GAspee 4300 - 4301 49 WEYBOSSET STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.
SECURITY DEPENDABILITY
THE BLANCHARD ORGANIZATION
Modernized Systematic Savings Income Protection
405 INDUSTRIAL TRUST BLDG. GAspee 2059
BOWERMAN BROTHERS General Contractors Brick, Steel and Reinforced Concrete Buildings Concrete Bridges, Dams, Tanks, Swimming Pools, Etc. Commercial and Industrial Building Construction Telephone GAspee 6529 70 BATH STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Telephones DExter 0952-GAspee 5706 - 5707 DI SANDRO BROTHERS (SEVERINO DI SANDRO)
General Contractors 93 EDDY STREET and 106 LANGDON STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.
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CONTRACTORS
M. A. Gammino Construction Co., Inc.
MICHAEL A. GAMMINO, President and Treasurer
GENERAL CONTRACTORS
Sewers, Water Works, Grading and Excavations, Plain and Reinforced Concrete Construction, Mill and Factory Construction. Construction Machinery and Steam Shovels for Rent
Sand-Stone-Colprovia and All Asphalt Paving Mixes
Main Office, 728 VALLEY STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.
TELEPHONE DExter 4883
ORGANIZED 1873
GENERAL
INCORPORATED 1908
C
G
OF AMERIC
GILBANE BUILDING CO., Inc. General Construction Engineers and Builders TELEPHONE DExter 3730-3523 90 CALVERLEY STREET - PROVIDENCE, R. I.
FIORE LEPORE
Excavating Contractor
TRUCKING TRAILER SERVICE
Bulldozer and Air Compressor for Hire
Sand
Gravel
Office, 461 DOUGLAS AVE.
Office Telephone GAspee 7927
Res. 457 DOUGLAS AVE.
Residence Telephone GAspee 7927
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
ESTABLISHED 1895
INCORPORATED 1905 McKINNON CONSTRUCTION CO. INCORPORATED General Contractors
Foundations Dredging
Diving Dams
Pile Driving Wharves
Bridges Excavations
Marine Railways Submarine Pipe Laying All Kinds of Contractors' Equipment For Rent Estimates cheerfully given on repairs to Wharves and Bulkheads EAst Providence 0770 - TELEPHONES - Night EAst Providence 2408 54 WATER STREET
EAST PROVIDENCE, R. I.
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CONTRACTORS
A. W. MERCHANT, INC. .. BUILDERS ..
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