Miscellaneous C

Callender, McAuslan, & Troup-

Established in 1866. Walter Callender, John McAuslan, and John E. Troup created a dry goods store.

 Within 7 years they outgrew their first building.  By 1882 the store occupied 50,000 square feet.  In 1880 they were dealing in dry goods at 209 Westminster St. They were at 225-249 Westminster St. in 1915-18.  In the 1950s this company was sold to the Peerless Co. of Pawtucket.

These factory inspection reports show just how big the company was.

1882 250 employees.

1906 graded as excellent with 605 employees.

1907 graded as excellent with 811 employees.

1908 graded as excellent with 684 employees.

1909 graded as excellent with 789 employees.

1910 graded as excellent with 781 employees.

1911 graded as excellent with 857 employees.

1912 graded as excellent with 887 employees.

1915, 16 graded as good with 737 employees.

1917 graded as excellent with 717employees.

1918 graded as excellent with 759 employees.

1919 graded as excellent with 631 empoyees.

1920 graded as excellent with 741 employees.

1921 graded as excellent with 679 employees.

1922 graded as excellent with 711 employees.

(perfume bottle)

1889 ad

Thomas W. Camm-

Thomas W. Camm (1819-1878) was a hairdresser in Providence. In 1849 he was listed as a “hair artist” at 108 Westminster St. In 1853 he was listed as a wig maker. He had a house built on Haswell St. in 1860.  He was still listed as a hairdresser in 1875 at 46 Westminster St. In 1880 Mrs. Thomas W. Camm was at 46 Westminster St., dealing in hair-related goods.  His popular product was Camm's Spanish Lustral or Hair Preservative.

1856 ad

Carpenter & Wood Inc-

Carpenter & Wood manufactured enamel and paints in Providence. Edgar B. Wood (1838-?) (1856-1907) and Alfred I. Carpenter (1858-1904) became partners in 1887. In 1889-1909 the company was at 38 Friendship St. In 1907 Alfred died in 1904. Edgar continued to run the company by himself until he died in 1908. The company was taken over by an unknown person. It was at 14 Calender St. in 1910-1916. The company was first called Carpenter & Wood Inc. in 1914. Carpenter & Wood Inc. was at 27 Mathewson St. in 1917-1923.

(bottle looks like it is medicinal but held paint or enamel)

1923 ad

Bela P. Clapp & Co.-

B.P. Clapp & Co. were ammonia manufacturers in Pawtucket, RI. Bela Parsons Clapp (1830-1907) established the business in 1859. He originally started out as a druggist in 1854 before becoming interested in ammonia. In 1872 Walter E. Colwell and Martin H. Lewis joined the company, and it became B.P. Clapp & Co. It became the B.P. Clapp Ammonia Co. in 1889. Their office was at 245 Broadway in 1889. The factory was just north of the Division St. bridge. They were still in business in 1911.

Shards of a bottle that say "app" and “ammonia // Pawtucket, R.I. were found so this is by far the most likely company.

Charles M. Cole-

See Charles M. Cole under the medicine category

Combination Ladder Co.-

In 1882-83 the Combination Ladder Co. was located in Pawtucket. In 1884-89 the company was at 300 Fountain St. in Providence. J.A. Weston and C.N. Richardson were the proprietors in 1889. 366 Fountain St. 1904

A 1906 factory inspection graded the company as very good with 53 employees.

1909 graded as very good with 64 employees.

1911 graded as good with 76 employees.

1912 graded as fair with 86 employees.

1919 graded as very good with 55 employees.

In 1921 a factory inspection graded the company as good with 57 employees.

(fire grenade style bottle, plain)

1882 ad

Connecticut Cream Co.-

The Connecticut Cream Co. was run by the Oakdale Mfg. Co. F.M. Mathewson was the president in 1896. They manufactured butterine. It was at 156 South Water St. in 1897-99. They were at 160 South Water St. in 1905. They were not listed in 1906.

(tin top milk)

1898 ad

Crary & Co.-

This was not a RI company, they were from New York.  Owned by Alart & McGuire.

Cross Pen Company-

Alonzo T. Cross emigrated from England to Rhode Island around 1852, and founded the Cross Pen Company around 1862. His pens became widely successful. In 1892-1915 he was at 53 Warren St. He was selling stylographic and fountain pens, as well as Shipman automatic steam engines. The company was still based in RI, and was sold in 2012.

According to an 1897 ad, the Cross Pen Company that produced ink was run by Greenough, Adams, & Cushing in Boston, Mass.

(ink bottles) 

1897 ad