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This photo was taken at the Randolph Center bridge, at the intersection of North Main and Depot Sts., as the parade passed by, heading north. This image shows a truck serving as a float, covered in patriotic bunting, with several women sitting in it;…

This parade took place on May 30, 1943. In the background,behind uniformed, marching groups, the Randolph Drug Co., R. E. Lyons, and the Randolph Theatre can be seen; the movies on the marquee are "Call Out the Marines" and "The Vanishing Virginian".…

In this image, a group of policemen marches north along North Main St. around the site of present-day Diauto Dr., passing the Maguire/Brennan Estate. Policemen in the image include (front row, L to R) John Condlin, Charles Olsen, Dexter Connaughton,…

In this image, a group of policemen marches north along North Main St. around the site of present-day Diauto Dr., passing the Maguire/Brennan Estate. This image is a closeup of the other image of a police squad marching: only the squad can be seen,…

In this image, a group of men with white shirt, black pants, and batons marches down North Main St. In the lead is Joe Simmons, auxiliary police officer. George Condon may be somewhere to the left of Simmons.

This parade float with a model of a mill and mill wheel on it appears to be celebrating Randolph's old grist mill on Mill St., as well as the old nail forge, also on Mill St., where the float claims the first nail in the US was made. While the truth…

Buildings decorated for Randolph's centennial include the Randolph Register office (which also contained William French's news shop and Sidney French's boot and shoe store), the Lyceum (Young Men's Catholic Lyceum Association)/Knights of Columbus…

A woman dressed as Columbia, a personification of America, with a dress with an American flag motif, travels north on North Main St. on a horse-drawn wagon-float sponsored by the North Randolph Improvement Association. This parade, the Welcome Home…

This float sponsored by the North Randolph Improvement Association was part of Randolph's 1919 Welcome Home Parade, welcoming home soldiers who served in World War I. The centerpiece of the float was a woman dressed as Columbia, an early female…

This float sponsored by the North Randolph Improvement Association was part of Randolph's 1919 Welcome Home Parade, welcoming home soldiers who served in World War I. The centerpiece of the float was a woman dressed as Columbia, an early female…