This video tape runs approximately 60 minutes and includes many residents of Randolph talking about their experiences in the community. It covers the period from World War II up to 1993. The video compliments Beneath the Elms which covers the time up to 1945. The tape garnered the American Women in Video prize in 1993 for its maker Metta Lyons of Randolph (ably assisted by her husband Ken) and a comment often repeated about this tape "I've played it so often, it is wearing out!"

Copies are still available at a cost of $20 each (please add $3 for postage for shipment within the Continental U.S.) All proceeds will go towards the Save Stetson Hall Fund and are tax deductible as the fund is a 501(c)(3) entity.

Please send a check payable (in U.S. funds) to "Friends of Randolph History", to Randolph Historical Society, 360 North Main Street, Randolph, MA 02368.

Copies are also available at the Town Clerk's Office or at the Executive Secretary's office both of which are in the new Town Offices at 41 South Main St.

In the 1880's and 90's artists would visit a locale and sketch the streets and buildings to produce a view as would be seen by a bird. These were enormously popular and many cities and towns were recorded in this manner. However, no extant copy for Randolph was known, until the curator of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection at the Boston Public Library casually asked our Society's President to look over their copy. Permission was then obtained to have this reproduced suitable for framing and this was done with great care by Hansen Brothers Printing of neighboring Stoughton Mass. Available on acid free paper or vellum this item never fails to intrigue all who see it especially young people. $5 each.

Bird'seye views are not maps per se, but rather an artists impression of what a town looks like from the air. Since Randolph is rather long north to south, the artist took the liberty of squashing that dimension to make it fit.

Footnote; in 1996 another Bird'seye view dated 1892, from a slightly different angle, was discovered by Society member Vera Merriken in an attic in Stoneham Mass. This copy has some slight damage but is 90% intact.

During Colonial times, hot beverages were served boiling hot in large cups without handles. To cool them, they were poured out into the plate, which left the problem of where to put the cup down, thus was invented a small plate called a cup plate. Gradually these became more decorative than functional. The modern version is made of translucent leaded glass and features a design. The Bicentennial Cup Plate shows Stetson Hall. Available in either blue or lavender. Today collectors avidly seek out cup plates. No seconds were permitted from this molding, so this is the only source for this issue. $10 per plate.

Made on a modern computerized version of a Jacquard loom, this depicts six buildings within Randolph. Blue or Cranberry. This item has sold out.

This shows a group of school children walking along North Main Street, past the Brennan Estate (now demolished), towards the Church of the Trinity (damaged by fire in 1945). On the opposite side a group of stores dominated by the McEnelly pharmacy sign. The alley of elms can be seen in the distance. From the autos and clothing it is sometime in the 1920's. Hand tinted from a black and white photo. Image area is approx. 17 inches wide by 11 inches high, printed on gloss paper. $3 per copy.

A set of two coins, one in brass and one in aluminum. These are high quality stampings. One side is the Bicentennial logo and the observe shows an American Eagle. $3 each set. This item has sold out.