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Shoe Hospital: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 5:20pm.
Circa 1920, another look at Main Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. Where the Shoe Hospital and Five Cents Savings Bank are mere steps apart. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Cop on the Beat
Submitted by El Gran Jugador on Tue, 01/04/2011 - 6:51pm.
Love how you can see the cop swinging his club as he walks. Mind the horse droppings as you cross the street! And you have to wonder what's playing across the street at Loew's Bijou.
Deposit Time
Submitted by RBPjr on Tue, 01/04/2011 - 6:01pm.
I noticed Chief of Police Jones escorting his wife to the bank to make her five cent deposit -- chivalry lives!
Fall River Bijou & First Baptist Church
Submitted by cnik70 on Tue, 01/04/2011 - 9:15am.
The Bijou theater (162 N Main St) was built in 1904 and was partially demolished in 1933.
In the back of this photo, you can see the old steeple that used to be on the top of the First Baptist Church of Fall River. The church still stands, but the steeple is long gone.
Tiny stop sign
Submitted by Tessalina on Mon, 01/03/2011 - 11:19am.
I love the tiny "Cars stop here" sign on top of the cable car wires. Were drivers actually supposed to see that?
["Cars" means streetcars. - Dave]
Bank and North Main
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 01/03/2011 - 7:26am.
The Five Cents Savings Bank was the ancestor of today's BankFive.
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