Polk's Providence (Providence County, R.I.) city directory, 1943, Part 390

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Anaconda Brass Pipe and Copper Water Tube Sheet Copper for Roofing

200 CHESTNUT STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.

TELEPHONE GAspee 2180

General Offices, Waterbury, Conn. Boston Office, One Forty Federal Street

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LAUNDRIES

TWELVE SERVICES

HENNESSEY ESTABLISHED 1885

CLEANSERS

Laundry Contractors

"The Home of Miss Prim"

Telephones GAspee 9626-9627-9628

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND

LAUNDRY

THE LIBERTY LAUNDRY, INC.

499 DEXTER ST. PROVIDENCE, R. I.

A Service For Every Need Telephone HOpkins 5300

MODERN LAUNDRY

INCORPORATED

Complete Laundry Service

1083 CHALKSTONE AVENUE PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephones WEst 2875-2876

"The Laundry That Pleases"

RHODE ISLAND LAUNDRY CO., Inc. Complete Laundry Services

DRY CLEANING BONDED FUR STORAGE

Curtains and Blankets a Specialty

Telephone WEst 4103 PROVIDENCE, R. I.

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1943)

LEATHER GOODS

C. MOULTON STONE COMPANY

Manufacturers of RUSSET, CALF AND SHEEP LEATHER

Telephone GAspee 0511 456 BENEFIT STREET - PROVIDENCE, R. I.

LOANS

AUTO LOANS $10 to $300 Cash on any make or model quickly. Wife's signature or cosigners not necessary. 2nd Mortgage Loans-$10 to $100.

Kwik

Kash

LOANS

FROM "THE FRIENDLIEST COMPANY IN TOWN"

SIGNATURE LOANS

$10 to $300 on just your own signature. Any working person can qualify. No cosigners necessary. Step in, phone or write.

Plenty of Free Parking Space

AETNA FINANCE CO.

206 Washington at Empire Phone GA 4511

LOANS UP TO $300 BEACON FINANCE CO.

ON YOUR OWN SIGNATURE - HUSBAND AND WIFE CO-MAKER AND AUTO 202 National Bank of Commerce Bldg., 146 Westminster St. Phone GAspee 0248 JOSEPH HOMEN, Manager

CITIZENS FINANCE COMPANY G. K. DEGNAN, Manager Personal Loans - No Endorsers Required $20 to $300

Member Rhode Island Association of Personal Finance Companies Providence Chamber of Commerce

Affiliated with American Association of Personal Finance Companies Chamber of Commerce of the U. S.

Hours 9 to 5-Saturdays 9 to 1

268 WESTMINSTER STREET

Telephone GAspee 5642

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LOANS

OVER 75 YEARS OF HONORABLE DEALING AS PAWNBROKERS

LOANS

In any amount on

IT WILL PAY YOU TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH OUR HIGH GRADE SERVICE.

Diamonds, Jewelry, Watches, Etc.

Hours 9.30 A.M. to 5.30 P. M.

COLLATERAL LOAN CO. 103 EDDY STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephone GAspee 5110

COLONIAL FINANCE CORPORATION LOANS (A Rhode Island Corporation)

Personal Loans on Automobiles, Furniture and Co-maker Notes Phones GAspee 0296-0297 74 WEYBOSSET STREET (Opposite The Arcade) PROVIDENCE, R. I.

COUNTY LOAN & FINANCE CORP.

PERSONAL COMAKER

LOANS

COLLATERAL AUTOMOBILE MORTGAGE

387 ATWELLS AVENUE Telephone DExter 9550

304 POCASSET AVENUE Telephone WEst 5749

INDUSTRIAL FINANCE CO.

AUTOMOBILE FURNITURE PERSONAL

UP TO

LOANS $300

Prompt - Friendly - Confidential Service

187 WESTMINSTER ST. Phone GAspee 3223

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1943)

LOANS

PERSONAL LOANS 303 STRAND BLDG. 77 WASHINGTON STREET PL 1890

MONROE LOAN SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND ROBERT M. MACDONALD, Manager

PERSONAL LOANS 303 STRAND BLDG. 77 WASHINGTON STREET PL 1890

THE MUTUAL SYSTEM

A Financial Service for the Individual

MUTUAL SYSTEM LOANS

Telephone GAspee 7654 Room 719 Industrial Trust Bldg. 111 Westminster St. Providence, R. I.

THE NEW METHOD FINANCE CORPORATION

SIGNATURE PERSONAL FURNITURE

OFFICE HOURS 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M.

SATURDAYS

9 A.M. TO 1 P.M.

SIGNATURE PERSONAL FURNITURE

LOANS

Phone: GAspee 2452

LOANS

171 WESTMINSTER ST. PROVIDENCE, R. I.

PUBLIC LOAN CORP.

$25 to $300 On Your Name Only

408 UNION TRUST BLDG. 170 WESTMINSTER ST.

TEL. GAspee 2994

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LOANS

WHEN YOU NEED MONEY CONSULT

Salinger SERVICE "Where Your Credit is Good"

307 INDUSTRIAL TRUST BLDG. PHONE GAspee 5360

UNION FINANCE COMPANY LOANS UP TO $300

FURNITURE - AUTOMOBILE NOTES Prompt, Efficient Service - Completely Confidential Phone GAspee 3434 405 Woolworth Building - 187 WESTMINSTER ST., Corner DORRANCE

LUMBER

CHASE LUMBER COMPANY Construction Lumber Industrial Lumber Millwork

WASHINGTON and DEAN STREETS PROVIDENCE, R. I.

Telephone GAspee 5230

CHARLES C. GARDINER LUMBER CO.

AIR-DRIED AND KILN-DRIED HARDWOODS

PACIFIC COAST WOODS

Custom Saw and Planing Mill TELEPHONES GAspee 0741-0742 258 EDDY STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1943)

LUMBER

ROGER LAUDATI, Inc.

BRICK

Lumber

FRAMING

LIME

BOARDING

CEMENT

PAINT and HARDWARE

SHINGLES

PLASTER

WINDOWS

DOORS

FLOORING

SEWER PIPE

BUILDING MATERIALS

MOULDING

FLUE LINING

143-147 PLAINFIELD STREET

FINISH

ASPHALT ROOFING

WALLBOARD

PAINT

Providence, R. I. WEst 5100-5101

NAILS

McDUFF COAL & LUMBER CO.

COAL ... FUEL OIL

COKE ...

OIL BURNERS

Lumber - Masons' Materials - Paints

11 HIGH STREET

PAWTUCKET, R. I

Telephones PErry 2400-GAspee 4148

F. D. McKENDALL LUMBER CO. BUILDING MATERIALS "From Foundation to Finish"

LUMBER BRICK LIME CEMENT

PAINTS VARNISHES

HARDWARE

Offices and Yards

735 ELMWOOD AVENUE - - 519 CHARLES STREET

Hopkins 7100-7101

DExter 4496-4497

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND

ESTABLISHED 1857

INCORPORATED 1888

NEWELL COAL AND LUMBER COMPANY COAL - LUMBER MASONS' SUPPLIES Complete Building Service PErry 7900 - TELEPHONES - GAspee 3392 Connecting All Departments

28 HIGH STREET

PAWTUCKET, R. I.

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LUMBER

"When it's LUMBER, Call our NUMBER" - PErry 0147 ROSCOE W. PHILLIPS

PAWTUCKET, R. I. LUMBER FOR Mill Repairs - Foundry Purposes - Pattern Work - Manual Arts

Office and Yard: TURNER ST. at Pawtucket and S. Attleboro State Line

E. E. SMITH COMPANY

MILL WORK LUMBER Kiln Dried Oak Flooring

BUILDERS' FINISH

Cabinet Work Wood Turning Phone GAspee 3217 136 RHODES STREET . PROVIDENCE, R. I.

MACHINERY MANUFACTURERS

THE AMERICAN GILL SCREW CO. (W. HOLDSWORTH) Makers of New patented High Speed Faller Screws and Fallers for all makes of Gill Drawing Frames GILL BOX ROLLERS AND CHANGE GEARS Originators of Changing-over Bradford or Open Type Gill Boxes to Intersecting, with patented High Speed Screws, Fallers and Roller Bearings 1 EUDORA STREET Telephone DExter 8460 PROVIDENCE, R. I.

HARRIS TEXTILE MACHINERY CO. THOMAS HARRIS, President

DESIGNERS and BUILDERS of SPECIAL MACHINERY MULTIPLE DRAFT SPINNING MACHINERY 159 GEORGIA AVENUE Telephone Hopkins 0462

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1943)

MACHINERY MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS

THE McWILLIAMS MFG. CO., Inc. Established 1870

ROLLING MILLS

Jewelers, Wire and Reed Manufacturers' Machinery Special Machinery and General Jobbing

Rolling Mills Corey Straighteners Foot and Screw Presses

Draw Benches Rotary Shears Coilers

Hot Air Dryers Polishing Heads Glass Presses

237 EDDY STREET

Telephone DExter 7092

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

NEW ENGLAND BUTT COMPANY

MANUFACTURERS OF BRAIDING MACHINERY

of every description for Silk, Worsted and Cotton Braid, Wire Rope Machinery also Machinery for Insulating Electrical Wires, Braiding, Taping, Winding, Twining, Cabling, Stranding, Polishing and Measuring Machines, Cable Covering Braiders.

Textile Finishing Machinery

Fine Casting a Specialty

304 PEARL STREET -

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

MACHINISTS

HENRY OWENS & CO. Machinists and Toolmakers

MAKERS OF SPECIAL MACHINERY - TEXTILE SPECIALTIES TILLOTSON STEAM TRAP PROVIDENCE GAS SOLDERING FURNACE TELEPHONE WEst 5562 1734-1738 WESTMINSTER STREET

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

JAMES C. GOFF COMPANY Building Materials JOHNS-MANVILLE PRODUCTS

Asbestos Shingles

Asphalt Shingles

Refractory Cements

WALL BOARDS Fireproof Asbestos Wainscoting and Decorative Flexboard for Kitchens, Bathrooms, etc.

BUILDING MAINTENANCE SPECIALTIES

CAULKING Vulcatex and Kaukit.

FIREPLACES Heatilators for increased radiation. INSULATION Insulating Board-Rock Wool FACE BRICK, FIRE BRICK and FIRE TILE CEMENT-WATERPROOFED and QUICK SETTING

90 RESERVOIR AVE. Tel. Hopkins 5800 PROVIDENCE, R. I.

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MASONS' MATERIALS

H. R. HORTON CO.

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Lime, Cement, Brick, Calcined Plaster, Hair, Metal Lath, Etc. DISTRIBUTORS OF Master Builders Products and J. H. France Refractories Celotex Shingles

Gypsum Products of all Kinds Rock Wall Gypsum Lath

Telephones GAspee 3569-9653

459 SOUTH WATER STREET

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

R. I. BUILDERS SUPPLY CO.

B. FRED GENTILE, Manager COMPLETE LINE OF BUILDERS SUPPLIES and MASONS MATERIALS LUMBER, BRICK, LIME, CEMENT, ETC.

Telephone WEst 1776

1776 CRANSTON STREET

CRANSTON, R. I.

MERCANTILE AGENCIES

Established 1841

Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. The Mercantile Agency

1103 Union Trust Bldg., 170 WESTMINSTER ST. Phone GAspee 8370

MILK DEALERS

E. S. CRANDALL Fresh Rhode Island Milk

Baby First

PASTEURIZED

Baby First

GRADE A MILK From Own Guernsey Tested Herd

Cream and Buttermilk

Wholesale and Retail

12 LOWELL AVENUE - PROVIDENCE, R. I.

Telephones WEst 4358 Try Our Pure Tomato Juice and Mission Orange Drink

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1943)

MILK DEALERS

HOOD'S MILK

MILK AND CREAM DAIRY PRODUCTS . H. P. HOOD & SONS 135 HARRIS AVE., PROV., R. I.

DEXTER 3024

WHITING MILK CO.

MILK . CREAM . BUTTER

157 WEST EXCHANGE STREET

Telephone GAspee 5363

MILL SUPPLIES

JAMES HILL MANUFACTURING CO. INCORPORATED

THE VULCAN VULCANIZED FIBRE CAN

Manufacturers of

Vulcan Fibre ( ROVING CANS AND

Hercules " SPRINGS

GALVANIZED Ash and Garbage Cans Pails, &c.

Stove Pipe-Elbows Fittings in Blk .- Galv.

TIN PIPE AND ELBOWS

Job Galvanizing

20 GORDON AVENUE PROVIDENCE, R. I.

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MILL SUPPLIES

"A TRAVELER FOR EVERY FIBRE"

FOR SPINNING "U.S."-

FOR TWISTING -"U.S."

RING TRAVELERS FOR COTTON WOOL WORSTED SILK RAYON JUTE ASBESTOS UNIVERSAL STANDARD TRAVELERS THE BOWEN PATENTED BEVEL EDGE TRAVELER The traveler without angular edges Sole manufacturers

THE U. S. RING TRAVELER COMPANY TRADE

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

AMOS M. BOWEN President and Treasurer

U.S. RING TRAVELER CO

GREENVILLE, S. C.

WILLIAM M. P. BOWEN Vice-Pres. and Secretary

MARK

AMERICAN EMERY WHEEL WORKS Makers of Grinding Wheels and Abrasive Grain Stones, Bricks, Sticks and Grinding Wheel Dressers Office and Grinding Wheel Works Waterman, East River and Pitman Sts. Richmond Square, Providence, R. I. NO WHEELS Telephones Plantations 2260-2261 Abrasive Grain Plant, 169 South Angell Street

INCORPORATED 1900

ESTABLISHED 1834 THE J. A. GOWDEY REED & HARNESS MFG. CO. JAMES A. WILSON, Pres. and Treas, The Pioneer Reed Works of America

REEDS HARNESS SHUTTLES

MILL SUPPLIES SERVICE AND SATISFACTION 1226 NORTH MAIN ST. Tel. PErry 1874 PROVIDENCE, R. I.

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1943)

MONUMENTS

OVER FIFTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE WM. P. PELLETT & SON, INC. MONUMENTS HEADSTONES MARKERS OVER 200 IN STOCK TO SELECT FROM Send For Designs and Prices 1855 Elmwood Avenue - Providence, R. I. Open Daily Including Sundays Phone WILLIAMS 2440

MAX SUGARMAN

Monuments OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Marble, Granite and Bronze Headstones, Markers 146-150 RANDALL ST., PROVIDENCE Telephone DExter 8094 Residence Telephone GAspee 6655

MOVERS

J. A. CREAMER, President Established 1874

CADY MOVING & STORAGE CO. RHODE ISLAND'S OLDEST MOVING CONCERN Fireproof Storage Warehouse, Local and Long Distance Moving, Crating and Shipping Agent for Allied Van Lines, Inc. The World's Largest Long-Distance Movers

80-90 DUDLEY STREET Telephone DExter 7860

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

Member of National Furniture Warehousemen's Association

Your City Directory is one of the Surest ways of directing the demand for the goods or service you want to sell.

(1943) R. L. POLK & CO.'S.

NEWSPAPERS

SERVING RHODE ISLAND 24 HOURS EVERY DAY

WANT-AD PAGES

of the

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Rhode Island's Daily Directory of Personal Service

CALL DEXTER 2800

for quick results at low cost. One of our experienced Ad-Takers will help you with your message under one of these Journal-Bulletin Want-Ad classifications: Transportation; Lost and Found; Automotive; Motorcycles and Bicycles; Business Services; Building and Contracting; Moving, Trucking, Storage; Painting, Papering, Decorating; Printing; Repairing; Employ- ment; Help Wanted; Financial; Instruction; Live Stock; Pets; Poultry; Articles For Sale; Building Materials; Farm Implements; Fuel; Household Goods; Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds; Machinery and Tools; Musical Merchandise; Radio Service; Wearing Apparel; Wanted to Buy; Rooms and Board; Real Estate; Farms; Boats; Shore and Mountain Properties; Lots For Sale; Real Estate Exchange; Real Estate Wanted; Business Opportunities; Etc.

OFFICE BUILDINGS

"The Heart of Providence"

BILTMORE HOTEL

UNION STATION

CITY HALL

EXCHANGE PLACE MALL

DORRANCE STREET

WESTMINSTER 71 STREET

Do You Know-

(1) That Eighteen Transportation Lines Terminate at the Howard Building

(2) That 90,000 People pass its corners daily

(3) That any part of this building can be reached quickly and easily

(4) That its Offices are Light and Rents are Reasonable

(5) That Your business will prosper in such a Location

Other Properties under the same Ownership-Management

(1) WARWICK BUILDING Cor. Weybosset and Richmond Sts.

(2) WINSLOW BUILDING Cor. Weybosset and Mathewson Sts.

(3) TESTE BUILDING Cor. Weybosset and Dorrance Sts.

171 WESTMINSTER ST.

HOWARD BUILDING "The Heart of Providence" HOWARD REALTY CO. GAspee 5443

81 EXCHANGE PLACE

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1943)

OFFICE EQUIPMENT

THE OFFICE APPLIANCE CO.

OFFICE FURNITURE

Mechanical Office DEVICES

Desks Chairs

Typewriters Adding Machines

Steel Shelving Filing Cabinets

Mimeograph Machines Calculating Machines

Telephones GAspee 3817-3818

60 PINE ST. Corner ORANGE -

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

OIL BURNERS

PETRO

PETROLEUM HEAT & POWER CO. MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS

MISIR

PETR Req U S Pat Off

AND

Nokől Automatic Oil Heating for Homes

Domestic - OIL BURNERS - Industrial Distributors of All Grades of FUEL OIL

Automatic Heating Boilers Winter Air Conditioners

Instantaneous Water Heaters

"Every Petro Burner is an Oil Miser that Squeezes Every Drop of Oil Heat-Dry"

32 FRANKLIN STREET - - - PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephone GAspee 9166

CRANSTON OIL SERVICE

Range and Furnace Oil SILENT GLOW, REIF-REXOIL and ACME OIL BURNERS

Sales and Service

Office and Terminal 644 DYER AVE. CRANSTON, R. I.

Tel. WEst 5300-5301 Nights and Holidays Tel. WEst 5300 PROVIDENCE, R. I.

Terminal 34 DIKE ST.

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OIL BURNERS

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

FUEL OILS

KEROSENE

GASOLINE

Automotive - Lubricants - Greases

PENNSYLVANIA PETROLEUM PRODUCTS COMPANY

6 GLOBE ST. Tel. GAspee 5210

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

OPTICIANS AND OPTOMETRISTS

ESTABLISHED 1860 J. PUTNEY & CO.

OPTICIANS

209-210 TURKS HEAD BUILDING -

PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephone GAspee 2129

M. CURTIS SILVA

Optician Optometrist

236 WESTMINSTER STREET

Telephone GAspee 0666

PAINTERS

S. CARLSON & SON

General Painters and Interior Decorators

Hardwood Finishing a Specialty. Full line of Wall Papers and Paints. Orders Promptly Attended to

Telephone GAspee 9182 Residence BAyview 0573

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

126 PRAIRIE AVENUE

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1943)

PAINTERS

CHAS. MILLER CO.

General Painting Contractors 6 PORTLAND STREET - - GASPEE 2048 PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND

JOSEPH B. MILLER

PAINTERS AND PAINTERS' SUPPLIES

OLIVER JOHNSON & CO., Inc. Paint Makers

TRADE

OJACO MARK

PAINTS . STAINS . ENAMELS

169 RICHMOND STREET PROVIDENCE

Telephone GAspee 6242

Many other SUPPLY HOUSES are listed in this book. A careful study of the business classifications will be of benefit to you.

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PAINTERS AND PAINTERS' SUPPLIES

BARRELED SUNLIGHT

Quality Paint Products

Barreled Sunlight

FOR EVERY INSIDE AND OUTSIDE PAINTING USE

PAINT PRODUCTS

There's a Barreled Sunlight product- in white and colors-for every inside and outside painting use. Choice of architects, homeowners, painters, and paint buyers for in- dustrial plants and large buildings the country over.

Manufactured by

U. S. GUTTA PERCHA PAINT COMPANY FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICES: PROVIDENCE, R. I.

M. N. CARTIER & SONS COMPANY

Wholesale Distributors of

Roofing Materials Sheet Metals Building Materials Plumbers' Supplies

Paints, Varnishes, Enamels, Window Glass

Distributors of Barrett's Asphalt Shingles and Roofings

INSULATING MATERIALS Quick Service at Wholesale Prices Telephone DExter 0400

Office and Salesroom - 275 CANAL STREET, PROVIDENCE, R. I. Warehouses, West Park and Bath Streets

ESTABLISHED 1860

Starkweather Williams, Inc.

Wholesale and Retail

PAINTS CHEMICALS and ALLIED MATERIALS

Photographic Supplies

IMPERIAL Mashable WALLPAPERS

160 WESTMINSTER STREET

Telephone GAspee 7350

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1943)

PAINTERS AND PAINTERS' SUPPLIES

W. E. S. TANNER - CONTRACTING -

PAINTER and DECORATOR

138 FOUNTAIN STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.

TEL. GAspee 3757 RES. PLantations 2735

PAPER

THE NATIONAL PAPER CO. H. J. KAUFFMAN

JORDAN J. KAUFFMAN, Mgr.

Wholesale and Distributors of Paper Bags, Grocers' Supplies A Full Line of Toys and Novelties :

Woodenware and Specialties

61 PINE STREET AND 82 ORANGE ST.

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

Tels. GAspee 2980, MAnning 9077

"Representing the Country's Foremost Manufacturers of Quality Products"

Providence Paper Company

Printing Papers

Twine

Cordage

Office Equipment

Filing Supplies

Textile Papers

Drinking Cups

Paper Towels

76-78 WEYBOSSET STREET 160 DORRANCE STREET

Telephone GAspee 7600 PROVIDENCE, R. I.

PEN REPAIRERS ROYAL PEN SHOP

FOUNTAIN

SALES

SHEAFFER - PARKER WATERMAN - MOORE

$1 up EVERSHARP

ROYAL PEN SHOP PROVIDENCE, R. I.

PENS

SERVICE

A NEW SAC - CLEAN -

ADJUST -

MAIL - WHILE YOU WAIT

35€

45 WEYBOSSET ST. GAspee 6069

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PLUMBING AND HEATING SUPPLIES

Established 1898

Heating

Plumbing

Telephone PErry 0080

FRANK DUPUIS COMPANY

Telephone PErry 0080

Engineers

Supplies

Rhode Island Distributors for Gar Wood Oil Burner and Air Conditioner

Oil Burner Service 24 Hours a Day

599 MAIN STREET - - PAWTUCKET, R. I.

GRINNELL

COMPANY

OUNDED INC

EXCLUSIVE SALES COMPANY FOR GENERAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER COMPANY

Manufacturers and Jobbers of Cast Iron and Malleable Fittings, Hangers, Nipples, Grey Iron Castings and Galvanizing.

Engineers and Contractors for

Grinnell Automatic Sprinkler Systems, Moistening, Air Conditioning; Pipe Bending and Flanging a Specialty.

Supplies for Heating, Industrial Piping and Power Plants.

Distributors of National Steel and A. M. Byers Wrought Iron Pipe.

260 WEST EXCHANGE ST.

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1943)

PLUMBING AND HEATING SUPPLIES

Rhode Island Supply & Engineering Co. Industrial, Steam and Plumbing Supplies Boilers and Radiators Refrigeration and Oil Burner Dealers' Supplies OF ALL SIZES-PUMPS-FOR ALL SERVICES PULLEYS, SHAFTING, HANGERS AND TRANSMISSION MACHINERY Automatic Sprinkler Systems Phone GA 7333 156 WEST EXCHANGE ST., PROVIDENCE

PLUMBING, HEATING AND SUPPLIES

ALLEN & REED, INC. STEAM SUPPLIES

Pipe, Fittings, Valves, Packings and Specialties for Steam, Gas, Water, Oil and Air ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS

Steam and Hot Water Heating Apparatus Boilers and Unit Heaters 178 DORRANCE STREET, PROVIDENCE, R. I.

PRINTERS

The J. C. Hall Company

- C

Bank Stationers

LITHOGRAPHERS - BINDERS - PRINTERS

PHONES: PErry 9512, DExter 1124 PAWTUCKET, R. I.

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PRINTERS

ESTABLISHED 1866

INCORPORATED 1879

THE PROVIDENCE LITHOGRAPH COMPANY

All Kinds of Color and Commercial Lithography

LABELS, SHOW CARDS, POSTERS AND HIGH GRADE ADVERTISING, INCLUDING WINDOW TRIMS AND CUT OUTS

TELEPHONE WIlliams 1200

353 PRAIRIE AVENUE

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

EUGENE A. CLAUSS, President E. STANLEY CLAUSS, Treasurer DONALD H. CLAUSS, Secretary

The Akerman-Standard Company Established 1836 Typographers · Printers · Bookbinders 56 Pine Street, Providence, R. I.

F. L. TITSWORTH TELEPHONES GAspee 4800-4801 R. H. CHRISTOPHER

E. A. JOHNSON COMPANY THE ROGER WILLIAMS PRESS BOOKS, CATALOGS, PAMPHLETS and COLOR PRINTING

Manufacturers of Johnsigns, Sailor's Guide and Die Cut Specialties 71 PECK STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1943)

PRINTERS

GAspee 6111

LIVERMORE & KNIGHT COMPANY Established 1875 42 Pine Street, PROVIDENCE, R. I.

PRINTERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS

THE OXFORD PRESS

JOHN F. O'HARA, Proprietor 100 SOUTH STREET

General Printers

Briefs and Publications School Annuals Press Work for the Trade

Phone DExter 5463

PROVIDENCE

RHODE ISLAND LABEL WORKS INCORPORATED Label Printers Gummed and Ungummed Labels In Rolls or Separate also Strip Gumming TALCOTT BUILDING, 91 SABIN STREET, PROVIDENCE, R. I. TELEPHONE GAspee 0170

RAW HIDE PRODUCTS

AMERICAN RAW HIDE PRODUCTS CO.

INCORPORATED

Successors to HOLBROOK RAW HIDE COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1822 Manufacturers bf RAW HIDE GOODS

CABLE ADDRESS: "RAWHIDE" PROVIDENCE, R. I. 748 NO. MAIN STREET

TEL. DExter 2009 PROVIDENCE, R. I.

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REAL ESTATE

Real Estate Title Insurance Company of Providence

Real Estate Titles Examined and Insured

An Adequate Trained Staff of Title Experts to meet Your Requirements Courteously and Promptly

-OFFICERS-

CLAUDE C. BALL President

O. HARRY LARSON Vice-President

M. E. ROOT Treasurer

DONALD T. McCALL Vice-President

PATRICK H. QUINN General Counsel

SAM S. TOURTELLOT First Vice-President and Secretary

ADOLPH GORMAN Associate Counsel

J. BENJAMIN NEVIN Vice-President

PHILIP A. GORY Title Counsel

Telephones GAspee 9555-9556

2010 Industrial Trust Building - Providence, R. I.

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1943)

REAL ESTATE

TITLE GUARANTEE COMPANY of Rhode Island ESTABLISHED 1902

IVORY LITTLEFIELD President

CHARLES J. HILL Vice-President

ROBERT L. WALKER Secretary and Treasurer

EDWARD L. SINGSEN Assistant Secretary

CLARENCE L. FULLER Assistant Secretary

FREDERICK E. SCHOENEWEISS Assistant Secretary

ARTHUR E. MUNRO Counsel

EUGENE H. SULLIVAN Title Officer

DIRECTORS

ROBERT L. WALKER President, Robert L. Walker Company

WILSON G. WING President, Providence Institution for Savings

IVORY LITTLEFIELD President, Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island

CHARLES C. MARSHALL President, Peoples Savings Bank in Providence

GEORGE H. HUDDY, JR. Chairman of the Board of Directors Industrial Trust Company

HOVEY T. FREEMAN President, Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance Company

G. BURTON HIBBERT President, R. I. Hospital Trust Company

CHARLES J. HILL Vice-President, Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island

ERNEST CLAYTON President, Industrial Trust Company

Insurance against flaws in Real Estate Titles 66 SOUTH MAIN STREET Providence, Rhode Island

(1943) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

REAL ESTATE

JOHN B. CARPENTER, Inc. - REAL ESTATE -

Sales - Appraisals - Mortgages Property Management

58 WEYBOSSET ST. PROVIDENCE, R. I.

Phone GAspee 6989-6990-0745

TITLE INSURANCE MORTGAGE GUARANTEE & TITLE CO.

YOUR TITLE PROBLEM IS OUR BUSINESS PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT WITH TITLE INSURANCE

NATHAN M. WRIGHT, JR. President

ERNST T. VOIGT Vice-President

WILLIAM E. PARMENTER Vice-President

MILTON SULSBERGER Secretary-Treasurer

Telephone GAspee 3352

85 WESTMINSTER ST. -

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1943)

REAL ESTATE

WILLIAM H. BERGIN

HARRY L. SLIDE

BERGIN & SLIDE

Real Estate Mortgages

Insurance

17 EXCHANGE ST., ROOMS 121-127

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

TELEPHONE MAnning 5357

DUNCAN B. CAMPBELL

Successor to Mrs. Leonard H. Campbell Real Estate Since 1888

REAL ESTATE INSURANCE

MORTGAGES - SALES - RENTALS - APPRAISALS We Specialize in Fine Residential Property

9 SOUTH ANGELL ST. PROVIDENCE, R. I.

PLantations 3312 After Hours PErry 9247

HENRY W. COOKE O REAL ESTATE Residential, Industrial and Commercial Brokerage Auctions

Appraisals INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS 615 HOSPITAL TRUST BUILDING TELEPHONE GAspee 5350

G. L. & H. J. GROSS, INC. ESTABLISHED 1888 REAL ESTATE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES Insurance of All Kinds

170 WESTMINSTER ST.

TEL. GAspee 6040

(1943) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

REAL ESTATE

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R. A. HURLEY REAL ESTATE ADVISING

Selling Auctioneering Appraising Mortgages Insurance Property Managing GAspee 7210 723 HOSPITAL TRUST BLDG., PROVIDENCE

J. BENJAMIN NEVIN CO.

REAL ESTATE -- INSURANCE

Mortgages -- Appraisals

2006 INDUSTRIAL TRUST BUILDING TEL. DExter 2740

J. W. RIKER Real Estate and Insurance APPRAISALS -- PROPERTY MANAGEMENT -- MORTGAGES

208 HOSPITAL TRUST BUILDING PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephone PLantations 1113

FORREST W. TAYLOR, INC. 438 MAIN STREET WORCESTER, MASS.

Commercial Real Estate For Rent

PAUL A. SMITH

144 WESTMINSTER STREET, PROVIDENCE, R. I. Tel. GAspee 4560

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1943)

REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS MORTGAGES

INSURANCE. ROOM 218 TURKS HEAD BUILDING · PROVIDENCE, R.I.

P. TAYLOR,

Tel. GA 8205 Res. Tel. WEst 6655-R

R. E. WALLACE

Real Estate Mortgages - Insurance HOMES, FARMS, RENTALS, ACREAGE, BUILDING LOTS CAMPS, SHORE PROPERTY Clearing House for Farms Anywhere in Rhode Island 3129 Post Road Telephone Greenwood 1010-W and 1720 Apponaug, R. I.

Telephone GAspee 6386 Telephone DExter 4927

WILLIS H. WHITE (& SONS CO. INCORPORATED

Real Estate, Mortgages, Insurance Surety Bonds

49 WESTMINSTER STREET Room 720 PROVIDENCE, R. I.

The Advertisement that Lives and Works for a Year

YOUR ADVERTISEMENT HERE REACHES THE PROGRESSIVE CUSTOMER AT THE TIME HE IS LOOKING FOR YOUR SPECIAL PRODUCT

A telephone call from you will bring more information as to its value

(1943) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

REFINERS

CONLEY & STRAIGHT, Inc. ESTABLISHED 1896

Gold, Silver and Platinum Refiners Dealers in Platinum, Gold, Silver and Alloys ACIDS AND CHEMICALS Purchasers of Old Gold and Silver Telephones DExter 0704-0705 236 EDDY STREET

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Polk's Providence (Providence County, R.I.) city directory, 1943, Part 390

Author: Publication date: 1943 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1408

Author:
Publication date: 1943
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1408