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Blue Book of Brookline, 1926
· 1926

This is not a pulp magazine issue; it is a Brookline, Massachusetts business directory and blue book dated 1926. The document contains no fictional stories or serials. Instead, it comprises: a comprehensive index to local advertisers; listings of Brookline residents organized alphabetically and by street; municipal information including churches, town officers, and public facilities; sections on clubs and societies; fire alarm box locations; and a shoppers' guide. The directory also features extensive advertisements from local businesses including real estate firms, hardware stores, tailors, printers, funeral directors, and auto dealers serving the greater Boston area. The publication was compiled by publisher Horace F. Jones and printed by The Memorial Press of Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Public domain (pre-1929), restored and presented by comicbooks.com public-domain