Randolph Photos: Transportation Through the Years

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Randolph Photos: Transportation Through the Years

Description

Photos and postcards showing Randolph scenes from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s. This collection focuses on transportation that Randolph residents used to get around, including trains, streetcars, planes, and cars.

Publisher

Randolph Historical Commission

Contributor

Randolph Historical Commission
Kate Tardiff, archivist intern

Collection Items

Warren St. railroad station, looking northeast
This railroad branch, built in the 1860s, ran from Braintree Highlands through Randolph, South Stoughton, North Easton, North Raynham, Taunton, Dighton, and Fall River. The passenger station seen here was located at the corner of Warren and Depot…

Warren St. railroad crossing, looking southwest
This railroad branch, built in the 1860s, ran from Braintree Highlands through Randolph, South Stoughton, North Easton, North Raynham, Taunton, Dighton, and Fall River. The passenger station seen here was located at the corner of Warren and Depot…

Avon, Randolph, and Milton streetcar at car barn
This image shows the streetcar car barn for the Avon, Randolph, and Milton streetcar line. Two cars can be seen in the barn, with an employee standing at the front of one, and another, open summer streetcar, number 1514, is outside the barn with two…

Warren St. railroad crossing, looking northeast
This railroad branch, built in the 1860s, ran from Braintree Highlands through Randolph, South Stoughton, North Easton, North Raynham, Taunton, Dighton, and Fall River. The passenger station seen here was located at the corner of Warren and Depot…

Warren St. railroad crossing, looking northeast
This railroad branch, built in the 1860s, ran from Braintree Highlands through Randolph, South Stoughton, North Easton, North Raynham, Taunton, Dighton, and Fall River. The passenger station seen here was located at the corner of Warren and Depot…

Streetcar No. 1732 with conductors
In this image, two conductors stand next to and on the steps of a streetcar numbered 1732. In the background, the streetcar line's car barn can be seen. A sign on the front of the streetcar reads "Randolph". A similar image appears on another card in…

Streetcar No. 1732 with conductors
In this image, two conductors stand next to and on the steps of a streetcar numbered 1732. A sign on the front of the streetcar reads "Randolph". In the background, the streetcar line's car barn can be seen. A similar image appears on another card in…

"There Are No Speed Laws In Randolph"
An image of a well-dressed man and woman in a 1910s-style car with the legend "There are no speed laws in Randolph, Mass. The sky is the limit." The back of the card has a messace to Miss Jennie Black of East Dennis, MA from "Aunt A---".
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