Polk's Providence (Providence County, R.I.) city directory, 1944, Part 295

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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

LOANS

UP TO $300

Prompt - Friendly - Confidential Service

187 WESTMINSTER ST.

Phone CAspee 3223

(1944) R. L. POLX & CO.'8

LOANS

LOANS ON AUTOS AND TRUCKS -

Auto

Loans

Present Notes Made Smaller and Extra Cash if Desired CAR REMAINS IN YOUR POSSESSION Terms Arranged Convenient to Yourself

· Immediate Service

· No Investigation

· No Co-makers

1228 Industrial Trust Bldg. 111 Westminster Street Phone GAspee 2288

· No Red Tape

LOANS FOR EVERY WORTHY PURPOSE

$30 to $250 or more for YOU

Single Signature Loans * Co-maker Loans * Man-and-Wife Loans * Auto Financ- ing and Refinancing * Installment Sales Financing * Debt-cancelling Loans a Spe- cialty.

LOAN$ made in ONE DAY

* See M-A-C, soon!

NO RED TAPE

108 Westminster St., Providence, R. I. (PAWTUCKET M-A-C: 301 MAIN ST., at BROAD)

M-A-C PLAN DExter 5520

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

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 ORRIS 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 (1944)

LINCOLN FINANCE CORP.

LOANS

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

OFFICE HOURS

SATURDAYS

9 A.M. TO 5 P.M.

9 A.M. TO 1 P.M.

SIGNATURE PERSONAL FURNITURE

FURNITURE

LOANS Phone: GAspee 2452

LOANS

171 WESTMINSTER ST. PROVIDENCE, R. I.

PUBLIC LOAN CORP.

$25 to $600 On Your Name Only

408 UNION TRUST BLDG. 170 WESTMINSTER ST.

TEL. GAspee 2994

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

(1944) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

LUMBER

EASTWOOD LUMBER CO.

Lumber . . Building Materials Sash . Doors . Masons' Supplies Telephone GAspee 2780

65 BATH STREET

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

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.

ROGER LAUDATI, Inc.

BRICK LIME

Lumber

CEMENT

PAINT and HARDWARE WINDOWS DOORS

PLASTER

BUILDING MATERIALS

FRAMING BOARDING SHINGLES FLOORING MOULDING

SEWER PIPE

FLUE LINING

FINISH

ASPHALT ROOFING PAINT

143-147 PLAINFIELD STREET Providence, R. I. WEst 5100-5101

WALLBOARD

NAILS

A REAL NECESSITY IN EVERY OFFICE THE CITY DIRECTORY The Modern Up-to-Date Method of Getting Accurate Information Quickly

A Time Saver-A Money Maker for Every Business Let Us Show You How

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1944)

LUMBER

McDUFF COAL & LUMBER CO.

COAL ...

FUEL OIL OIL BURNERS

COKE ... 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

DExter 4496-4497

Hopkins 7100-7101

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.

"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

(1944) R. L. POLK & CO.'8

LUMBER

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.

STATE LUMBER CO., INC.

PAINTS LUMBER HARDWARE

BUILDERS SUPPLIES

MASONS MATERIALS

403 CHARLES STREET DE 4110

750 NO. BROADWAY

EA 3187

PROVIDENCE EAST PROVIDENCE

WALLACE & TUCKER LUMBER CO. Lumber Treated with "Celcure" Will not rot PROMPT DELIVERY FROM OUR OWN PLANT

Long Leaf Yellow Pine, Timber and Plank, Fir, Hardwoods, Maple Flooring, Spruce, Cypress, Lime and Cement, Creosoted Lumber and Ties

Telephones Hopkins 1720-1721-1722

434 ALLEN'S AVENUE 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.

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1944)

MACHINERY MANUFACTURERS

HARRIS TEXTILE MACHINERY CO.

THOMAS HARRIS, President

DESIGNERS and BUILDERS of SPECIAL MACHINERY MULTIPLE DRAFT SPINNING MACHINERY 159 GEORGIA AVENUE Telephone Williams 6611 PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND

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.

(1944) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

MASONS' MATERIALS

H. R. HORTON CO.

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Lime, Cement, Brick, Calcined Plaster, Metal Lath, Sewer Pipe 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.

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

HOOD'S MILK

MILK AND CREAM DAIRY PRODUCTS

H. P. HOOD & SONS 135 HARRIS AVE., PROV., R. I.

DEXTER 3024

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1944)

MILL SUPPLIES

JAMES HILL MANUFACTURING CO.

INCORPORATED

Manufacturers of

Vulcan Fibre ( ROVING Hercules " -

CANS AND SPRINGS

THI

VULCAN VULCANIZED FIBRE CAN

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.

AMERICAN EMERY WHEEL WORKS

ELS

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. Telephones Plantations 2260-2261 Abrasive Grain Plant, 169 South Angell Street

ESTABLISHED 1834 INCORPORATED 1900

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.

(1944) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

MILL SUPPLIES

"A TRAVELER FOR EVERY FIBRE"

FOR SPINNING

"U.S."-

RING TRAVELERS FOR COTTON WOOL WORSTED SILK RAYON JUTE

FOR TWISTING -"U.S."

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

MARK

GREENVILLE, S. C.

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

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

RARD

MAX SUGARMAN Monuments OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

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

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1944)

MOVERS

Established 1874

J. A. CREAMER, President

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 PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephone DExter 7860

Member of National Furniture Warehousemen's Association

NEWSPAPERS

SERVING RHODE ISLAND 24 HOURS EVERY DAY

WANT-AD PAGES

of the

PROVIDENCE JOURNAL -BULLETIN

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.

WHEN IN DOUBT

concerning WHO WHAT

or WHERE CONSULT THE CITY DIRECTORY

(1944) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

OFFICE BUILDINGS

"The Heart of Providence"

BILTMORE HOTEL

UNION STATION

CITY HALL

EXCHANGE PLACE MALL

DORRANCE STREET

83.

WESTMINSTER '71 STREET

(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 -

83 EXCHANGE PLACE

OIL BURNERS

PETROLEUM HEAT & POWER CO.

MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS

MISER

PETRO Req. U. S. Pal. ONI,

Domestic - OIL BURNERS - Industrial Distributors of - FUEL OILS - all Grades

Automatic Heating Boilers Winter Air Conditioners -

Instantaneous Water Heaters

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

375 ALLENS AVENUE - - - - PROVIDENCE, R. I.

Telephone WIlliams 0050

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1944)

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

OIL BURNERS

OIL BURNERS -

FUEL OIL

Air Conditioning - Rock Wool Insulation Refrigeration BUCKLEY & SCOTT, GILBARCO AND RAY BURNERS

Gilbarco Air Conditioning Boiler-Burner

Units Units

Ray Burners for Industrial Use WESTINGHOUSE Electric Refrigeration

BUCKLEY & SCOTT, INC. 137 BROAD STREET

GAspee 4541 PROVIDENCE, R. I.

CRANSTON OIL SERVICE 1

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

Sales and Service

Terminal

Office and Terminal 644 DYER AVE.

Tel. WEst 5300-5301

34 DIKE ST.

CRANSTON, R. I. Nights and Holidays Tel. WEst 5300 PROVIDENCE, R. I.

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

FUEL OILS

KEROSENE

GASOLINE

Automotive -

Lubricants - Greases

PENNSYLVANIA PETROLEUM PRODUCTS COMPANY

6 GLOBE ST. Tel. GAspee 5210

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

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.

(1944) R. L. POLK & CO.'8

OIL BURNERS FUEL OILS

BUCKLEY & SCOTT

AIR

CONDITIONING

OPTICIANS AND OPTOMETRISTS

ESTABLISHED 1860 J. PUTNEY & CO.

OPTICIANS

211 TURKS HEAD BUILDING - PROVIDENCE, R. I.

Telephone GAspee 2129

M. CURTIS SILVA

Optician Optometrist

236 WESTMINSTER STREET

Telephone GAspee 0666

PAINTERS

CHAS. MILLER CO.

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

JOSEPH B. MILLER

R. W. SHORT

General Painting Contractor

Industrial Painting Interior Decorating

Paper Hanging

103 PLAINFIELD ST. PROVIDENCE, R. I.

Tel. WEst 1317; Residence Scituate 282

PROVIDENCE .CITY DIRECTORY (1944)

PAINTERS

W. E. S. TANNER

FORMERLY CONTRACT DEP'T. C. S. OAKES CO., INC.

PAINTING CONTRACTOR

138 FOUNTAIN STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.

TEL. GAspee 3757 RES. PLantations 2735

PAINTERS' SUPPLIES

OLIVER JOHNSON & CO., Inc. Paint Makers

TRADE

OJACO MARK

PAINTS . STAINS . ENAMELS

169 RICHMOND STREET PROVIDENCE

Telephone GAspee 6242

T he Knowledge of "where to buy" is as important as where to sell goods.

Consult the City Directory

(1966) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

PAINTERS' SUPPLIES

BARRELED SUNLIGHT

Barreled Sunlight

QUALITY PAINT PRODUCTS

PAINT PRODUCTS

Choice for nearly half a century 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

PAINTS

PHONE DE 8911

COREY'S, INC. DUPONT PAINTS

WALLPAPER - PAINT - SUNDRIES WHOLESALE and RETAIL

WE OFFER THESE SERVICES Outside and Inside Painting - Paperhanging - Interior Decorating Floor Finishing - Commercial Painting

260 WEYBOSSET ST.

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1944)

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

PENS

SALES

SERVICE

BUXTON ROLF ROBINSON

Eversharp

$1 100

A New Sac - Clean - Adjust -

35℃

BILLFOLDS WALLETS KEYTAINERS

ROYAL PEN SHOP -

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

45 WEYBOSSET ST. GAspee 6069

This Directory Contains the Best Information obtainable in the particular field it covers-until the next one is issued-Then it becomes a back number-Always Get the Latest.

(1944) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

Sheaffer - Parker

Waterman - Moore

Mail - While You Wait

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

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 (1944)

PLUMBING AND HEATING SUPPLIES

ESTABLISHED 1889

PROVIDENCE PLUMBING SUPPLY CO., Inc.

WHOLESALERS OF

Plumbing, Heating and Industrial Supplies Pipe, Valves, Fittings and Specialties

Fuel Pump Repair Service - Oil Burner Supplies

47 PINE ST. PROVIDENCE, R. I.

TELEPHONE GAspee 2909

Rhode Island Supply & Engineering Co. Industrial, Steam and Plumbing Supplies Boilers and Radiators Refrigeration and Oil Burner Dealers' Supplies OF ALL SIZES-PUMP S-FOR ALL SERVICES PULLEYS, SHAFTING, HANGERS AND TRANSMISSION MACHINERY Material Handling Equipment 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

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

(1944) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

PRINTERS

The J. C. Hall Company

Bank Stationers

LITHOGRAPHERS - BINDERS - PRINTERS

PHONES: PErry 9512, DExter 1124

PAWTUCKET, R. I.

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.

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1944)

PRINTERS

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.

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.

GAspee 6111

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

PRINTERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS

THE OXFORD PRESS

General Printers Briefs and Publications School Annuals Press Work for the Trade

Phone DExter 5463

JOHN F. O'HARA, Proprietor 100 SOUTH STREET

PROVIDENCE

(1944) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

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

DONALD T. McCALL Vice-President

M. E. ROOT Treasurer

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

O. HARRY LARSON Vice-President

LEWIS A. WATERMAN Title Counsel

Telephones GAspee 9555-9556

2010 Industrial Trust Building - Providence, R. I.

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1944)

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. Attorney at Law

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

(1944) 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

PROTECT YOUR REAL ESTATE AND MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS

WITH

TITLE INSURANCE

MORTGAGE GUARANTEE & TITLE CO.

NATHAN M. WRIGHT, JR. President

ERNST T. VOIGT Vice-President

WILLIAM E. PARMENTER Vice-President

WALDO S. SEAMANS Assistant Secretary

MILTON SULZBERGER Secretary-Treasurer

FRANCIS J. McELHINEY Assistant Secretary

Telephone GAspee 3352

85 WESTMINSTER ST. -

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1944)

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

Office Hopkins 8500 Res. Hopkins 6782

DOYLE REALTY CO. JOHN A. DOYLE

Real Estate - Insurance - Mortgages

1985 BROAD STREET

EDGEWOOD, R. I.

(1944) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

REAL ESTATE

G. L. & H. J. GROSS, INC.

ESTABLISHED 1888 REAL ESTATE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES Insurance of All Kinds

170 WESTMINSTER ST.

TEL. GAspee 6040

CHARLES F. HUNTER

Real Estate

Mortgages

171 WESTMINSTER STREET

Insurance

Appraisals

Tels. GAspee 6582-8291

R. A. HURLEY REALTOR

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

ARTHUR B. KINNE

NORMA S. KINNE

Tel. Greenwich 598-J-4 For Appointment

KINNE

RHODE ISLAND Harms ALL LOCATIONS CARR'S POND ROAD - FRENCHTOWN

EAST GREENWICH, R. I.

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1944)

REAL ESTATE

J. BENJAMIN NEVIN CO.

REAL ESTATE -- INSURANCE Mortgages -- Appraisals

2006 INDUSTRIAL TRUST BUILDING TEL. DExter 2740

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

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS MORTGAGES

O. P. TAYLOR,

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

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.

(1944) R. L. POLK & CO.'S

REAL ESTATE

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.

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 PROVIDENCE, R. I.

ESTABLISHED 1879

HORACE REMINGTON & SON COMPANY Oldest Gold and Silver Refining Company in New England

Gold, Silver and Platinum Refiners Assayers and Sweep Smelters Office, 91 FRIENDSHIP ST. PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephone GAspee 5481

RIGGERS

D. M. WESTON & COMPANY, INC.

Riggers and General Contractors All Kinds of Heavy Machinery Moved SPECIALIZING IN EMERGENCY BREAKDOWN WORK 228 SOUTH WATER STREET - PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND Telephones GAspee 7567-Nights WIlliams 6114

PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1944)

100

ROOFERS

MAGUIRE ROOFING COMPANY .. ROOFERS ..

Felt, Gravel and Slag, Slate and Metal, Asbestos and Asphalt Shingles, Mastic Asphalt Floors, Etc. and Waterproofing Cellars.

Dealers in ROOFING MATERIALS 7 BEVERLY STREET, Room 7, PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephone GAspee 3935 118 SPRING STREET, PAWTUCKET, R. I. Telephone PErry 7447

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Polk's Providence (Providence County, R.I.) city directory, 1944, Part 295

Author: Publication date: 1944 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1368

Author:
Publication date: 1944
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1368