Randolph Photos: Businesses
Title
Randolph Photos: Businesses
Description
Photos and postcards showing Randolph scenes from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s. This collection focuses on Randolph's businesses throughout the years.
Publisher
Randolph Historical Commission
Contributor
Randolph Historical Commission
Kate Tardiff, archivist intern
Collection Items
William Campbell and Frank Langley blacksmith and carriage shop
This building at about 330 North Main St. opposite Pleasant St., about where Woodlawn Cleaners is as of 2020, housed the businesses of blacksmith Frank Langley and carriage smith Henry Campbell. Carriage and sign painting services were also offered.…
Business office, probably the Claff Box Factory
The man sitting down in this factory business office may be Mark B. Claff. It's likely that this office belonged to the Claff Box Factory, a factory on West St. that originally made shoeboxes. As Randolph's shoe industry declined, the box factory…
Porter Drug Store
This image shows (L to R) Constable James Foley, Bill Carroll, Ray French Hayden, Lou Boyle, and a small child in front of Porter Drug Store, also known as Porter's Pharmacy. The store, located on North Main St. at Short St. and owned by Franklin…
Richards & Brennan storefront and shoe factory
This factory on South Main St., produced shoes for the Richards & Brennan Shoe Company. The company began on Highland Ave., on a site later occupied by Chase and Sons. It then moved to the former G. H. Burt factory on South Main St. The South Main…
Richards & Brennan shoe factory and storefront
This factory on South Main St., produced shoes for the Richards & Brennan Shoe Company. The company began on Highland Ave., on a site later occupied by Chase and Sons. It then moved to the former G. H. Burt factory on South Main St. The South Main…
Randolph Savings Bank
This postcard, reading "Randolph Savings Bank, established in 1851" and carrying a picture of the Randolph Savings Bank on the front, was printed to celebrate the renovation of its main office and the addition of a new parking lot in 1998. The back…
Extra-long Holiday Inn postcard
This extra-long postcard has color images of Randolph's Holiday Inn, of Plymouth Rock, and of the Holiday Inn's formal dining room. A caption at the top of the card reads "Boston- RANDOLPH Mass. Holiday Inn, on Route 28 at Route 128, exit 67-S off…
Holiday Inn postcard: The World's Innkeeper
This postcard was produced for the Holiday Inn located in North Randolph at 1374 North Main St. The Holiday Inn was built sometime between 1964 and 1973 on the site that used to hold several residential houses, including the Hunt House. Sometime…
Holiday Inn postcard: Inn and pool
This postcard was produced for the Holiday Inn located in North Randolph at 1374 North Main St. The Holiday Inn was built sometime between 1964 and 1973 on the site that used to hold several residential houses, including the Hunt House. Sometime…
Holiday Inn postcard: The World's Innkeeper, with colonist
This postcard was produced for the Holiday Inn located in North Randolph at 1374 North Main St. The Holiday Inn was built sometime between 1964 and 1973 on the site that used to hold several residential houses, including the Hunt House. Sometime…