Since I didn't get very far with finding all references and ads in the Westerly and Providence directories, I decided my problem might be complicated by the sheer number of directories that cover that area. So I spent an hour making this chart in Microsoft Word.
So many years have overlap and I see why. Whoever scanned them didn't put them in the right full scan. I found that for the year 1900, I had to search all three sections to get the whole of the information.
As you can see #6, #2 and #1 all contain entries for 1900. I think this will help me pinpoint certain places on the timeline where the business did:
- change the name from Westerly (Steam) Laundry to Victor Laundry to Victor Cleansing Co.
- give the address of the business and the address of the house where the family lived.
my goodness - how confusing about all those incomplete overlapping scans! Now you're much more likely to find what you're looking for! All the best.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why they did that! Maybe because they cover different towns, the person who scanned it thought it needed to be separated.
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