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1908 antique PROVIDENCE DIRECTORY rhode island BUSINESS ADS city directory
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Original 1908 Providence, Rhode Island city directory, a substantial period reference packed with names, addresses, businesses, trades, institutions, and an extensive illustrated advertising section.
The advertising material is especially appealing, with large period ads representing the enormous variety of businesses operating in Providence and the surrounding Rhode Island industrial region. Examples visible include Tierney-Colgan Co. plumbing and heating, Carl Robb Heprints, Gifford Bros. sanitary plumbers, Strauss Company metal work, Rüeckert Manufacturing Co. sample cases and trays, jewelers' suppliers, machinists, nickel plating works, building movers, contractors, insurance companies, textile machinery, boilers, banks, vacuum cleaning, bowling alleys and billiard tables, automobile suppliers, and many others.
Particularly interesting illustrated advertisements include machinery and industrial equipment, an Ernest Russell Artesian Well Co. drilling rig, Westmacott Gas Furnace Co., Putnam Foundry & Machine Co. heating equipment, Excelsior Nickel Plating Works, a magician advertisement for Tillenghast, and numerous early Providence manufacturing and commercial firms.
The directory provides excellent primary-source material for research into Providence genealogy, local history, businesses, occupations, addresses, architecture, manufacturing, industry, advertising and Rhode Island commercial history. Directories of this type can be particularly useful for tracing individuals and businesses between federal census years.
The red cloth exterior itself carries printed advertising, including Providence Box and Lumber Co., Central Trust Company, B. F. Harrington & Son, Vacuum Cleaner Co., Famiglietti Bros. Co., and Wm. P. Goodwin Investments. The cover also identifies it as the Pawtucket and Central Falls Directory for 1908, adding further Rhode Island research interest beyond Providence.
Condition shows expected age and use, including toning, scattered marks/soiling, edge and corner wear, and exterior wear. Some handwritten notation is visible. Please examine all photographs closely for binding, page and cover condition and for the best representation of completeness and overall condition.
A particularly useful Rhode Island genealogy and business-history reference with a terrific assortment of turn-of-the-century illustrated commercial advertising.
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
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