GOLDEN ROLL OF HONOR 
“A continuous business relationship of 40 years or more is 
certainly a fair test of integrity and honorable dealing. 99 
jHE continued growth of our Golden Roll of honor is very gratifying to us. It is one of the sources of 
strength which enables us to maintain the standard that satisfies so many thousands of customers. It 
indicates the mutual confidence that exists between our patrons and ourselves. It shows that our methods 
are right, and that we supply our trade with “the best goods at fair prices.” 
Our business, established over ninety-four yeais ago by the grandfather of the Brecks now in control, is still 
conducted under the same roof, but with its growth it has spread on all sides, so that we now occupy the entire block 
bounded by North Market Street, Merchant’s Row, North Street, and BendalPs Lane. Five floors of 10,000 square 
feet each constitute our salesrooms, offices and accommodations for a working stock for our retail business. 
Our great storehouse of seven floors, 93 to 103 Cross Street, affords facilities for carrying and handling goods 
for our wholesale trade. 
For this growth we are in a great measure indebted to the friends who constitute our Golden Roll of Honor, and 
to the many new customers they have made for us through their recommendations. We take this opportunity to 
thank all our friends for their many favors, and we beg to assure them that no effort will be spared to maintain the 
high standard of goods and service. 
This year we are privileged to add to our list the names of eight more valued customers whose photographs we 
reproduce on the opposite page. 
We print below recent additions to our already large list of Golden Roll of Honor friends who have traded with 
us for forty years or more. 
Y ears 
Mr. J. H. Phair, Presque Isle, Me 4 . . 40 
Mr. T. N. Snow, Dorchester, Mass. 48 
Mr. E. M. Hixon, Sharon, Mass. 50 
Mr. I. W. Denison, Mystic, Conn. 50 
Mr. George W. Gould, Newtonville, Mass. 50 
Mr. Frederick Denison, Mystic, Conn. 40 
Mr. Charles L. Allen, Amesbury, Mass.. . . 50 
Mr. Ilale Knight, Newburyport, Mass. 50 
Mr. S. I). Atwood, New Boston, N. II. 46 
Mr. Jeremiah R. Downing, Brighton, Mass. 44 
Mr. J. L. Greenwood, North Abington, Mass. 44 
Mr. Jacob W. Berry, Andover, Mass. 40 
Mr. S. T. Spear, North Scituate, Mass. 40 
Mr. Charles Sherwin, Ayer, Mass. 40 
Mr. C. D. Hill, Randolph, Mass. 40 
Mr. R. F. Ford, Wakefield, Mass. 40 
Mr. R. M. Bailey, Dedham, Mass. 40 
Mr. G. F. Sumner, Canton Jet., Mass. 56 
Mr. S. A. Smith, Brownville, Me. 43 
Mr. A. A. Howes, Belfast, Me. 40 
Mr. M. Little, Hanover, Mass . 42 
Mr. J. M. Arnold, Braintree, Mass. 45 
Mr. W. P. Dickey, Bangor, Me. 50 
Mr. Joseph Dyer, South Weymouth. 50 
Rev. C. S. Locke, Westwood. 53 
Mr. Thomas PI. Lyndon, Malden. 42 
Mr. H. Y. Mitchell, South Easton. 40 
Mr. Arthur Trainer, Needham Heights. 50 
Mr. J. A. Vaughan, Carver. 40 
Mr. Geo. Cruikshanks, Chelsea. 45 
Mr. S. A. Mathes, Somerville. 50 
Mr. John Chaloner, Digby, N. S. 54 
Mr. Thomas PI. Lord, Ipswich. 60 
Mr. J. W. Parmenter, Wayland. 50 
Mr. Lemuel H. South worth, West Stoughton. 48 
Mr. Charles Porter Wright, Dorchester. 59 
Mr. W. C. Spaulding, Caribou, Me. 40 
Mr. Wm. E. Potter, Plympton.. 40 
Mr. Alvan L. Lovejoy, Boston.45 
Mr. Asa T. Newcomb, P'aston ( Father ) ^ 
Mr. T. L. Newcomb, Dorchester j and son J 
Mr. V. L. Coffin, Harrington, Me. 40 
Mr. James B. Poor, Topsfield, Mass. 40 
Mr. S. R. Carter, West Berlin, Mass. 50 
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Mr. G. R. Campbell, Cherryfield, Me. 40 
Mr. S. S. Pineo, Milltown, Me. 40 
Mr. Chas. A. White, Mountain View, N. II. 40 
Mr. S. M. May hew, West Tisbury, Mass. 40 
Mr. Moses Underwood, Waltham. 41 
Mr. Ira E. White, Melrose Highlands. 60 
Dr. Edward M. Skinner, Newton Centre.. 40 
Mr. B. L. Alley, Danvers... 40 
Hon. Aaron Low, Hingham. 50 
Dr. J. L. Simonds, Dorchester .. 50 
Mr. Andrew Able, Boston. 50 
Mr. D. Tuttle, Saxonville. 45 
Mr. Thomas Brassel, South Weymouth. 45 
Mr. E. H. Stoddard, E. Brookfield. . . . 40 
Mr. John Chisholm, Round Lake, N. Y. 40 
Mr. J. M. Conant, Maynard... 40 
Mr. John D. Flagg, Roxbury. .. . . . . . 65 
Mr. Samuel A. Thompson, Weymouth Heights. 55 
Mr. James Webb, Cotuit. 45 
Mr. Patrick Daly, Holbrook. 40 
Mr. Samuel Tufts, Woburn. 60 
Major Stephen Cabot, Andover, Me. 52 
Mr. H. A. Turner, Norwell. 50 
Mr. E. S. Tappan, Newburyport. 50 
Mr. H. A. Ball, Newton. 45 
Mr. I. I). Edgerly, Newmarket, N. H. 40 
Mr. N. E. Proctor, Wenham. 30 
Mr. Abijah Thompson, Winchester. 55 
Mr. Dudley Bradstreet, Topsfield. 52 
Mr. Warren Johnson, Winchester. 50 
Mr. F. B. Pratt, Weymouth. 50 
Mr. Michael Fallon, Roxbury. 49 
Mr. J. V. Jackman, Marlboro . 52 
Mr. Joseph H. French, Hingham Centre. 45 
Mr. Horace Eaton, Cambridge. 42 
Mr. N. Tarr, Ashmont. 40 
Capt. J. II. Burgess, East Wareham, Mass. 45 
Charles Esty, Newton Centre, Mass. 40 
Geoige E. Bartlett, Eliot, Me. 60 
John >heridan, Brighton, Mass. 50 
J. E. Ober, West Medford, Mass. 45 
L. L. Harris, Ka*t Boston, Mass.. 40 
Stillman Holt, 48 Essex St., Malden, Mass.. 60 
Joseph Martin, Van Buren, Me. 40 
PLEASE NOTICE . — We will esteem it a special favor if parties who have traded with us for forty years and upwards 
will advise us of the fact, with particulars as to length of time of their dealing with us, and of any features of interest that 
may be connected with the same during this long period of years. One cannot but agree that when a silvery-haired 
customer remarks to us, as is not infrequently the case, "I have traded with this house, father, son and grandsons,” 40, 50 or 
even 60 years, as the case may be, the relation between us is a little more than that of mere buyer and seller, and that it 
is not surprising we feel it to be so. 
