CardCow Vintage Postcards

B.M.C. Durfee High School

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:08:54 +0100

Title:
B.M.C. Durfee High School
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
On Elsbree St. this 26 million dollar high school composed of 4 units covering 600,000 square feet, situated on 65 acres of land, was built to accommodate 4,400 students. Occupied May, 1978. Units encompass the Robert J. Nagle Auditorium, Luke Urban Field House and The Malcolm Aldrich Football Stadium. This aerial view also shows the Wilfred C. Driscoll Skating Rink and Mt. Hope Bay in the background

Superior Court House, Registry of Deeds

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:08:41 +0100

Title:
Superior Court House, Registry of Deeds
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
In the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Bristol County, Fall River, Mass., the Corner Stone of Superior Courthouse was set August 8, 1889. Registry of Deeds began here in 1891 until the dedication, July 25, 1931, of the Registry of Deeds Building

Downtown Business District, Fall River

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:08:33 +0100

Title:
Downtown Business District, Fall River
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

Aerial View Looking North Over South Main Street

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:08:33 +0100

Title:
Aerial View Looking North Over South Main Street
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
Kennedy Park and St. Ann's Church and Shrine in foreground. Millekin and Riverview Apt., Braga Bridge and Taunton River in the background

"People's University" The Public Library

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:08:32 +0100

Title:
"People's University" The Public Library
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

St. Ann's Church

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:44:08 +0100

Title:
St. Ann's Church
Fall RIver (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
One of the many beautiful Churches in Fall River

Slade's Ferry Bridge

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:35:18 +0100

Title:
Slade's Ferry Bridge
Fall River (MA), Divided Back PM Nov-16

High School

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:07:16 +0100

Title:
High School
Fall River (MA), Post Card (Undivided Back) unused

The Central Congregational Church

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:07:14 +0100

Title:
The Central Congregational Church
Fall River (MA), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1906 Dec-31

US Post Office

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:49:50 +0100

Title:
US Post Office
Fall River (MA), Linen unused

1906

Sat, 4 Jul 2009 19:16:59 +0100

Title:
1906
Fall River (MA), Divided Back unused

Description:
Series 14 St. Mary's Cathedral, Rolling Rock, City Hall, Water Works

Post Office

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:32:51 +0100

Title:
Post Office
Fall River (MA), Divided Back unused

Notre Dame Church

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:50:42 +0100

Title:
Notre Dame Church
Fall River (MA), White Border PM 1935 Aug-07

Description:
Series 106392

Uses Massachusetts

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:04:58 +0100

Title:
Uses Massachusetts
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
Series S-62615 In some sections, eighteen inches of armor plating steel protects the 35,000 ton Battleship Massachusetts. Saved from scrapping by the citizens of Massachusetts, she serves today as the Commonwealth's Official World War II Memorial. The proud veteran of thirty-five major Atlantic and Pacific engagements is one of the most visited memorials in the United States.

Saint Anne's Church And Shrine

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:04:41 +0100

Title:
Saint Anne's Church And Shrine
Fall River (MA), Chrome PM 1971 Jul-08

Description:
Series 112796 A sunset view of this popular center of devotion. Founded in 1869, the present edifice was dedicated in 1906. The crosses are 155 feet above the ground.

Wampanoag Mills

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:43:01 +0100

Title:
Wampanoag Mills
Fall River (MA), Divided Back PM 1910 Jul-21

St. Ann Church

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
St. Ann Church
Fall River (MA), Divided Back PM 1908 Jul-19

Description:
Series 15939

View West From High School

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:49:19 +0100

Title:
View West From High School
Fall River (MA), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM Aug-04

Church Of The Holy Name

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 05:40:08 +0100

Title:
Church Of The Holy Name
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
The first Church of the Holy Name was built in 1923 on Read St. The present church of Colonial type was built in 1940 and was dedicated in 1941 and is now located on Hanover St. Maginnis, Walsh and Kennedy of Boston were the architects.

Coggeswell Fountain

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 05:40:02 +0100

Title:
Coggeswell Fountain
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
In 1882 the Coggeswell Fountain was built on the north side of the Old City Hall. Ice was placed in the well to cool the water in the summer. Inscribed thereon: Citizens and Strangers Drink Freely of this Cooling Stream. It will promote Temperance Faith, Hope and Charity. Moved and preserved at the Historical Society until Nov. 1975. Placed in this Park as a gift to the City of Fall River from the Financial and Business Community.

Government Center

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 05:29:24 +0100

Title:
Government Center
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
Our New Government Center built over Route 195 will give us a panoramic view of Mount Hope Bay, Fall River Line Pier, Battleship Cove, Braga Bridge and the ships that come up the Bay. This aerial view shows the East side of Government Center looking West down Route 195.

Public Library

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 05:29:23 +0100

Title:
Public Library
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
?The People's University? Which houses over 200,000 volumes in wide variety. The predecessor of this building was the home of ?The Skeleton in Armor? made famous by Longfellow, until destroyed by fire in the last century.

Notre Dame De Lourdes, 529 Eastern Avenue

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 05:29:21 +0100

Title:
Notre Dame De Lourdes, 529 Eastern Avenue
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
An historic monument to the devotion of the French-Canadians of the ?Flint Village?, this unique, Corinthian-style church was dedicated in 1906, Msgr. J. A. Prevost, pastor. It has not a single supporting pillar, and Cremonini's interpretation of Michelangelo's ?Last Judgment? is reputedly the largest in the world.

St. William's

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 05:29:20 +0100

Title:
St. William's
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
St. William's Roman Catholic Church in the Maplewood area of Fall River. Contemporary Georgian in style, it was dedicated November 1, 1961. The Baptistry Bell, suspended from stainless steel supports, cast by H. N. Hooper & Co., of Boston in 1852, originally hung in a church in Pawtucket and a Textile Mill in Warwick, R. I.

Downtown Business District

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 05:29:19 +0100

Title:
Downtown Business District
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

City Hall

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 05:29:18 +0100

Title:
City Hall
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
Route 195 passes under our New City Hall. In the foreground is the City Council Chamber. The main building will house all the necessary departments and the large window in the top center will give our Mayor a panoramic view of Fall River's Mount Hope Bay and surrounding facilities

St. Anne's Shrine

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 05:29:16 +0100

Title:
St. Anne's Shrine
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

New Lafayette Statue

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:45:12 +0100

Title:
New Lafayette Statue
Fall River (MA), Divided Back PM Feb-25

Normal Training School

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:45:11 +0100

Title:
Normal Training School
Fall River (MA), Divided Back PM 1912 Sep-20

In South Park

Sat, 3 May 2008 05:27:52 +0100

Title:
In South Park
Fall River (MA), Divided Back PM 1909 Aug-10

Pleasant Street

Sat, 3 May 2008 05:27:52 +0100

Title:
Pleasant Street
Fall River (MA), Divided Back PM 1910 May-12

B. M. C. Durfee High School

Sat, 3 May 2008 05:27:51 +0100

Title:
B. M. C. Durfee High School
Fall River (MA), Divided Back PM 1913 Aug-31

South Main Street And City Hall

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:22 +0100

Title:
South Main Street And City Hall
Fall River (MA), White Border PM Aug-13

Central Congregational Church

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 06:57:24 +0100

Title:
Central Congregational Church
Fall River (MA), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1906 Aug-03

Boys Club House

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 06:57:24 +0100

Title:
Boys Club House
Fall River (MA), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1907 Feb-05

High School

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 06:57:24 +0100

Title:
High School
Fall River (MA), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1906 Aug-11

Notre Dame Church

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 06:57:23 +0100

Title:
Notre Dame Church
Fall River (MA), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1911 Jun-28

City Hall

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 06:57:23 +0100

Title:
City Hall
Fall River (MA), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1908 Jul-15

Public Library

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 06:57:23 +0100

Title:
Public Library
Fall River (MA), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1908 Apr-16

Public Library

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 06:57:23 +0100

Title:
Public Library
Fall River (MA), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1908 Jul-19

B. M. C. Durfee High School

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:31:46 +0100

Title:
B. M. C. Durfee High School
Fall River (MA), Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1906 Jun-15

The U.S.S. Massachusetts Bb(59)

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:51:14 +0100

Title:
The U.S.S. Massachusetts Bb(59)
Fall River (MA), Chrome PM 1980

Description:
"The World's Largest Naval Ship Exhibit" Open all Year, the exhibit also features the destroyer U.S.S. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD850) also the submarine U.S.S. Lionfish (SS298) and the Motor Torpedo Boat (PT796). Located just off interstate 1 - 195 below the Braga Bridge.

St. Anne's Church And Hospital

Fri, 2 Nov 2007 07:00:39 +0100

Title:
St. Anne's Church And Hospital
Fall River (MA), White Border PM 1935 Jun-21

Interior St. Anne's R. C. Church

Fri, 2 Nov 2007 07:00:36 +0100

Title:
Interior St. Anne's R. C. Church
Fall River (MA), White Border unused

Redwood Manor Motel, 261 Oliver Street

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:18:07 +0100

Title:
Redwood Manor Motel, 261 Oliver Street
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
New - Modern - Congenial - Overnight and Permanent Accommodations - commercial Rate - Located South of the center of city between Broadway (Rt. 138) and South Main St. - one block from Kennedy Park (South Park). We are not expensive - we just look that way!

Uses Massachusetts

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:43:16 +0100

Title:
Uses Massachusetts
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
Awed by the huge 2,700 lb. projectile on display beneath the 16-inch guns of the Battleship Massachusetts at Battleship Cove, Fall River, are these two youngsters. Largest of our Navy's World War II weapons, the 16-inch guns of the Battleship Massachusetts at Battleship Cove, Fall River, are these two youngsters. Largest of our Navy's World War II weapons, the 16-inch gun fired these shells at targets over 23-miles away throughout the war at North Africa, the pacific Islands and the Japanese mainland. It cost 80-million dollars and three-years time to build this 35,000 ton ships.

Uses Massachusetts

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:43:16 +0100

Title:
Uses Massachusetts
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
The original ship's bell of the Battleship Massachusetts is rung in true navy tradition by a U. S. Sea Cadet on duty at Battleship Cove, Fall River, to the delight of thousands of visitors. In 1965, the Battleship was saved from scrapping by the contributions of Scholl children and Massachusetts citizens. It is now the World War II Memorial to 13,000 war dead of the Commonwealth and open to the public year round.

Uses Massachusetts

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:43:16 +0100

Title:
Uses Massachusetts
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
An unusual bird's-eye view of the Battleship Massachusetts at Battleship Cove, Fall River. The hills of the city in the background look down proudly on the massive 80-million dollar warship that fought our enemies in World War II. Her record reads; 35-naval engagements; 18-downed enemy aircraft; 5-enemy ships sunk; 9-enemy shore bombardment; and the rescue of 7 pilots from the sea. Today the ship is a living memorial to 13,000 war dead of Massachusetts.

Uses Massachusetts

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:43:16 +0100

Title:
Uses Massachusetts
Fall River (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
Hearing the colorful wartime history of the Battleship Massachusetts is this group of visitors beneath one of the mammoth 16-inch gun turrets and signal flags of the State's official World War II Memorial. About 300,000 persons stroll seven decks of the Battleship year round from the bridge to the brig - from the galleys to the barber shop.

Uses Massachusetts

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:43:04 +0100

Title:
Uses Massachusetts
Fall River (MA), Chrome PM 1967 Aug-27

Description:
Official World War II Memorial for the Common wealth, the Battleship Massachusetts at Battleship Cove, Fall River, excites the historical interest of 300,000 visitors each year. The 35,000 ton, 380 foot dreadnaught had a wartime crew of 2,400 men, and steamed nearly quarter0-million miles during 1942 - 1945. now a top New England Tourist attraction, the battleship dwarfs the excursion boat replica of the Old Fall River Line at her bow.