Providence Furniture Company $500

1875 Advertising Note

This elaborate note announced the opening of a new furniture store at 193-195 Broad Street in Providence. It was one of several businesses owned by Flint & Co., which had been founded in 1864 by H. S. Alonzo, and Ezra H. Flint. Flint & Co. also operated the largest junk store in Providence. They manufactured a popular elixir of the day called “Dr. Flint’s Quaker Bitters” and purchased the home furnishing company, B. P. Cunningham.

In 1919, the business was renamed the Flint-Adaskin Furniture Co. as a joint venture with the Adaskin Furniture Company of Springfield, Massachusetts. It appears to have gone out of business in the 1930s.

The Providence Furniture Company ran many ads in the Bristol Phenix such as these, touting their wide selection of carpets and furniture. Left, from April 5th, 1879, right December 18th, 1880.