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Boyd's
ELMIRA DIRECTORY,
FOR 1878 / 79
Advertisers 48 64 82 98
Street Directory 114 130 146 166
Miscellaneous Directory 184 202 220 238
Abbreviations 256 275
    BOYDS'
  ELMIRA CITY DIRECTORY

   CONTAINING THE
 NAMES OF THE CITIZENS;
  A MAP; A COMPENDIUM OF THE GOVERNMENT,
   AND OF
  ITS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS;
   TOGETHER WITH A
  BUSINESS DIRECTORY
    OF THE
  PRINCIPAL TOWNS IN CHEMUNG COUNTY.

1878---'Tis Not in Mortals to Command Success, But We'll Do More Sempronius We'll Deserve It. ---1879
   (Trade Mark.)
  Compiled and Published by
   BOYD COUSINS:
Andrew Boyd. & W. Harry Boyd

   ELMIRA, NY:
HALL BROTHERS, BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS,
 313 EAST WATER STREET
________________________________________
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878, by W. Harry Boyd, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, DC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Bands Elmira 38
Banks Elmira 37
Big Flats Directory 265
Breesport Directory 265
Business Directory 275
Catlin Directory 266
Chemung Centre Directory 266
Chemung County Officers 33
Chemung Directory 266
Churches Elmira 38
East Elmira Directory 267
Elmira City Directory 48
Elmira City Government 34
Elmira Schools 35
Elmira Street Directory 25
Erin Directory 267
Fire Department 35
Government of New York State 33
Hendy Creek Directory 268
Hicks Directory 268
Home of the Aged 47
Horseheads Business Directory 268
Incorporated Companies 45
Lowman
Masonic Societies 39
Military Organizations 38
Mill Port Directory 271
Miscellaneous Societies 43
Newspapers 46
Odd Fellows’ Societies 40
Owen’s Mills Directory 272
Pine City Directory 272
Seely Creek Directory 272
Southport Directory 272
Swartwood Directory 273
Van Ettenville Directory 274
Webb’s Mills Directory 274
Wellsburgh Directory 274

INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

Allen, C.A., fifth ward marble yard........................................................................................4

Bantley, Constantine, wire cloth..........................................................................................3

Barker, Dounce, Rose & Co., hardware, cutlery, &c......................................................top line

Bartholomew, John, drugs and medicines............................................................................57

Beadle, Palmer & Co., hardware, cutlery, &c.................................................front cover and 58

Beers, Ira S., general ticket agent...........................................................................front cover

Bovier, Chas. B., manufr paper and cigar boxes.................................................................130

Bower, W.H., oysters, fresh and salt meats, & c.................................................................65

Brickwedde, H. & F., stoves, ranges & hot air furnaces.............................................front cover

Brink, A.C., monuments, tombstones, &c...........................................................................68

Cannon, Geo. B., anthracite and bituminous coals...............................................................77

Central Stove Co., Reading, Pa., hot air furnaces...................................................................6

Coke, Fred, baker, confectioner and grocer.........................................................................84

Conklin, M.M., baker and confectioner................................................................................87

Cook, E.H. & Co., steam heating, plumbing, &c, ............................................front cover and 3

Cooper & Simpson, agricultural implements........................................................................90

Cooper & Sperl, meat market.............................................................................................90

Crawford House, D.B. Else, prop'r........................................................................................8

Cross, S., lumber, wood and coal.........................................................................................4

Cruise, Jas H., florist and gardener.......................................................................................5

Delavan House, C.T. Smith prop'r.........................................................................................4

Dexter, J.M., china, glass and plated ware, front and back covers, also top lines

Dick's Place, Dick Huntington prop'r..................................................................................148

Drake, Henry E., jeweler...........................................................................................top lines

Eastman, E.F., stoves, furniture, &c.....................................................................................5

Elmira Advertiser Association.....................................................................................opp. 48

Elmira Fire Brick and Sewer Pipe Work.............................................................................113

Elmira Gazette, daily and weekly.........................................................................................7

Farr, W.O., circulating library...............................................................................................5

Farrington & Everard, Elmira Fire Brick and Sewer Pipe Wks..............................................113

Fenner, B.P., confectioner, baker and grocer.....................................................................114

Friend & Metzger, fresh and salt meats.............................................................................120

Frost Brothers & Smith, insurance office...........................................................................120

Garlinghouse & Christen, prop'rs Star Restaurant...............................................................123

George & Co., job printers.....................................................................................back cover

Greener, John, manufacturer piano-fortes...........................................................................129

Gridley, G.A. & Son, hardware, furnaces, &c............................................................front cover

Gridley & Underhill, plumbing, steam and gas fitting..................................................front cover

Hall Bros., booksellers........................................................gilt letters on back and back cover

Hart & Evans, photographers............................................................................................136

Holmes, C.W. & Co., druggists and pharmacists...............................................................144

Hudson & Howes, boots and shoes........................................................................back cover

Huntington, Dick, prop'r Dick's Place.................................................................................148

Kent's Clothing and Gents' Furnishing House...........................................................front cover

Laney, S.H., stoves, beds and bedding.............................................................................161

La Pierre, L.H., manager Park Hotel..................................................................................162

Lawrence, Thos., manufr of choice confectionery................................................................163

Lee, Mortimer M., grocer.....................................................................................bottom lines

Losie, T.M., slate and tin roofing, hot air furnaces, &c..................back cover and also 2 and 168

Luce, N.D., artistic photographer......................................................................................169

Meeker, Mrs., dress and cloak making..............................................................................182

Merwin & Dickinson, saddles, harness, &c...........................................................................8

Mosher, H.J., fresh, smoked and salted meats..................................................................188

Partridge, Henry M., planing and moulding mills.................................................................200

Phenix Foundry and Machine Shop, A.S. Turner prop'r .............................................front cover

Purdy, H.E., editor and prop'r Weekly Free Press..................................................................4

Reed, Charles A. Dr., dentist............................................................................................209

Robinson, J.M. & Sons, furniture, &c................................................................................215

Rose, James M., book binder...........................................................................................217

Russell, C.N., Atlantic Tea Store..........................................................................................5

Seeley, J.C., manufr and dealer in carriages......................................................................223

Skinner, C.W. & Co., wines and liquors.................................................................centre lines

Spaulding, H.C., lumber, &c................................................................................................2

Star Restaurant, Garlinghouse & Christen prop'rs...............................................................123

Steven, Miles, druggist.........................................................................................centre lines

Stobo, John, boots and shoes..........................................................................................234

Stowell & Young, merchant tailors....................................................................................235

Swainson, G.M., stair builder..............................................................................................5

Thousand Island Park.................................................................................................opp. 49

Turner, A.S., prop'r Phenix Foundry and Machine Shop ............................................front cover

Turner, A.S., Son & Co., lumber and coal..............................................................centre lines

Utica, Ithica and Elmira Railway Co......................................................................bottom lines

Wardner, W.C., Chemung Insurance Agency...........................................................back cover

Watts, R.M., job printing.....................................................................................bottom lines

Weekly Free Press, H.E. Purdy, editor.................................................................................4

Whitley, J.H., photographer..............................................................................................258

Whitney & Whelpton, manufrs sash, blinds, doors, &c.......................................................258

Williams, John O., granite works......................................................................................260

Wyckoff House, B.B. Holiday, agt., prop'r..........................................................................143

Yenger, Schumacher & Co., cut stone works........................................................................6

Bradford County PA
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Directory retyped for Tri-Counties by Deborah JUDGE Spencer and Lena Evans

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