1 10 1 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/32209/archive/files/d9bd132330db094bce9677b819d554e3.pdf?Expires=1773878400&Signature=Wk0sNRbK3P0b51mog3FpQ-EqO97DwHxVoHAuoCo0dxjYO72Xk6ZPj-RD7LatreTm6qBbN%7E2Rls18FDC70hESE6Yf9mmbnkgItwUNfwJknFbbdoVhIfJhitv7YzulBplAY19o4-D99r8KBe%7EdRSGPRUnkhS4zEoyLyHwf8gWxdmS9t3wdpLalmKQugK1qqlhGdrhvioXJc3%7ERNxjGmc0P3cVDA8jnMr7MJuSHjOLSTYVGdUX%7EiTAwDf%7ETas8JH39poQwqOq18IS0U50eB8nZMujvSXuz-idphmPuTpmJbDBDiCodPN69qHaRD5Dk5kMsBM6GqOTWWe0-kM5WarP1OMw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM e59564b01b7892c41dbd4f6afac2c553 PDF Text Text Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth Postcards from Falmouth Oral History Transcript Recorded: June 30, 2021 Oral Historian: Nancy Eldridge, Camille Beale Interviewer: Barbara Kanellopoulos Topic: Falmouth Main Street in the 1900s Note: The right column references postcards by identifiers searchable in the Digital Commonwealth online collection. 00:00 [Music] 00:44 welcome to the Falmouth Public Library's 00:47 oral history project I’m Barbara 00:50 Kanellopoulos and with me are our oral 00:54 historians Nancy Eldridge and Cam Beale 00:58 who are going to tell us stories that 01:01 along with the historic postcards will 01:04 give us an idea of what Main Street in #mainstreet Gunning_Village_Sts_0017 through 0041 01:07 Falmouth looked like in the mid-1900s 01:12 Cam 01:13 Cam you arrived here in Falmouth in the 01:16 mid 50s and and married Falmouth 01:19 resident 01:21 Barry Beale whose parents owned 01:24 the Beale’s Shoe Store on Main Street and 01:27 Nancy you came to Falmouth 01:30 around 1940 as a child and you lived on 01:34 Main Street in fact Main Street was your 01:37 playground 1 #bealesshoestore �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 01:39 so I’ll turn to Cam first to tell us how 01:42 has uh how has Main Street changed over 01:45 the years well surprisingly Barbara it 01:47 really hasn't changed very much 01:50 from the mid-1900s the 01:53 buildings around the village green and 01:55 the center of Falmouth really 01:59 you would recognize them if you 02:01 looked at those postcards they look 02:02 pretty much the same as they do in the 02:05 postcards so the buildings have not 02:07 changed very much some of them have been 02:10 expanded some have been downsized for 02:13 them for 02:15 mostly 02:16 the town is the same 02:18 the town hall was 02:21 in the center of town and it was 02:24 on the Noonan Park site 02:27 that we use today 02:29 and it was 02:32 and behind it was the police station 02:35 and the police station overlooked 02:37 Shiverick’s Pond #falmouthvillagegreen #townhall #pegnoonanpark #shiverickspond Gunning_Village_Pnd_0120 through 146 Hunt_Village_Pnd_128 through 135 02:39 and of course Katharine Lee Bates Road 2 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 02:40 wasn't there at that time 02:43 and 02:44 so the Shiverick’s kind of 02:47 really came up behind those buildings 02:49 fairly close 02:52 the story goes that 02:56 Shiverick’s used to freeze over in the 02:58 winter time and they used it to skate on 03:01 like three to five weeks during the 03:03 winter 03:05 and 03:06 there was a policeman named White 03:09 and he was 03:11 quite a big man and he would go out onto 03:13 the pond and stand on the middle 03:16 of the ice and 03:18 deem it safe or not safe to 03:21 to skate on 03:23 and 03:24 one day my husband Barry 03:26 eight or nine years old went out onto 03:29 the pond 03:30 unbeknownst to anyone 03:32 hadn't been checked out 03:34 and 03:35 a policeman coming back from being on 03:37 duty saw him and went down got him off 3 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 03:40 the ice called his dad at the shoe store 03:43 his dad arrived at the police station 03:46 and they 03:47 read the riot act to Barry Beale yes yes 03:50 it was a personal time people took care 03:53 of each other yes and uh I see Nancy you 03:56 certainly were very aware of the 04:00 visibility of the police on Main Street 04:04 yes indeed I was and everyone in town 04:09 kind of knew everyone else and 04:13 I 04:14 um 04:16 when I first 04:17 know when I first learned how to drive 04:21 I learned 04:22 how to drive 04:23 and I was driving very well by the time 04:25 I was 15. 04:27 and one day for some reason I was sent 04:30 to do an errand while 04:34 using the car 04:35 at the age of 15 and I drove out on Main 04:39 Street and 04:41 there was the traffic policeman standing 04:44 as they used to in a circle in the 04:46 middle of the 04:47 Main Street 4 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 04:49 that 04:51 and of course as I 04:53 tootled on by driving my car at 15 04:58 uh the policeman 05:00 was it uh Elmer Wright by any chance now 05:03 Elmer White that was what I thank you 05:06 for reminding me that was it Elmer White 05:08 yelled 05:09 hey what are you doing driving that car 05:12 you're only 15 of course he knew 05:14 exactly how old I was he knew who I was 05:19 yes 05:20 but that was as far as it went I waved 05:23 and smiled and 05:25 yes yes 05:26 and 05:27 so and the high school was right there I 05:30 understand and that was the high school 05:32 you went to 05:33 I did indeed the red wood shingled 05:37 building with the belfry in the top was 05:39 my high school 05:41 we were 05:43 supposed to be the first class to 05:47 graduate from the new high school which 05:49 was being built across Shiverick’s Pond 05:52 which is now the middle school #lawrenceschool 5 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 05:55 but the truth 05:57 like all buildings it didn't get 05:59 finished in time so we were the last 06:01 class 06:02 to graduate from the old wood shingle 06:05 building on 06:07 right on Main Street and it was 06:11 it was an 06:12 interesting building yes I understand 06:15 there's a plaque on Main Street next to 06:18 a stone that commemorates that that's 06:21 where the old high school was 06:23 and um 06:25 and so Main Street then um 06:28 had had 06:30 markets markets for food shops 06:32 yeah they did there were three markets 06:34 that I remember when I came to town one 06:37 of them was the A&P 06:39 that was in the center of town 06:41 the other was the First National and 06:43 that was across the street from what is 06:46 now Barbo’s but it was W.C. Davis at that 06:49 time it was furniture store 06:52 and the third one was a specialty shop 06:56 it was 06:58 called Ten Acre #tenacre 6 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 06:59 and it catered to the summer people oh 07:02 yes yeah 07:03 Hollis Lovell owned it 07:05 and he hired a number of high school and 07:08 college students to work summers 07:10 and they have I’m sure 07:12 a lot of happy memories doing that 07:14 um also my memory is of the donut 07:17 machine in the window or in the front I 07:20 can't remember whether it was in the 07:21 window or the front of the store but 07:23 anyway every they wheeled it out every 07:26 uh Saturday 07:27 and it made those you know plain greasy 07:30 donuts 07:32 they put the mixture in it would plop 07:34 the donuts down into the grease they'd 07:36 bob around and turn around when they 07:39 were cooked it would automatically lift 07:41 them out and drain the grease from them 07:43 and then somebody would pick them up 07:45 through the donut holes and put them 07:47 into a bag yummy plain donuts 07:51 greasy yes delicious it sounds like 07:54 just watching this machine must have 07:56 been entertainment for the town yeah 07:59 right line up right 7 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 08:01 and 08:03 entertainment 08:05 makes me think of 08:06 Nancy you remember a movie house on Main 08:10 Street oh I certainly do I remember both 08:12 of them but the there was a 08:15 um the Elizabeth Theater which was right #elizabeththeater Gunning_Village_Sts_0025 08:18 on Main Street and is now the 08:20 location from I believe Maxwells 08:23 department store or 08:25 clothing store 08:27 and 08:29 they ran movies every single day and 08:32 evening 08:34 and I lived right next door to it so I 08:36 always knew what movie was playing and I 08:39 saw many of them but 08:42 they always had a cowboy movie on 08:45 Saturdays 08:47 and 08:48 good first run movies that ran on 08:51 Sundays and Mondays and double features 08:54 on Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 08:57 don't remember what was on Friday but 08:59 always a cowboy movie on Saturday yes 09:02 and do you remember how much 8 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 09:04 admission 09:06 well as a child up till 12 09:10 and actually I got past 12 because I 09:12 wasn't very tall and didn't look 12. 09:15 I paid 10 cents plus 2 cents tax and I 09:20 think the the adult 09:22 um 09:23 charge was under a dollar 09:26 it must have been a place where all the 09:29 children went uh while their parents 09:31 were shopping on me 09:33 I would go shopping at the First 09:35 National and then I would come back and 09:38 say to the ticket lady I’m going to go 09:39 in and check on my children and she'd 09:41 say oh go ahead and tell the usher and 09:44 he'd let you go down talk to the kids 09:46 are you doing okay yeah fine all right 09:48 see you at the end and uh yeah for sure 09:51 it was yes yes yes it seems uh 09:54 that Main Street was just so homey it 09:58 seems at that at that time 10:00 and uh 10:02 of course there was um sometimes 10:04 entertainment even in the businesses how 10:07 about uh 10:09 the place called Harvey’s #harveyshardware 9 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 10:11 somebody asked me about Harvey’s the 10:13 other day 10:15 we were at a I don't know where we were 10:17 but she said do you remember Harvey’s and 10:19 the animals and I said oh yes 10:22 Harvey had a monkey there he had that 10:24 monkey there all year long and it was 10:26 inside 10:28 and he had a Christmas time for at least 10:31 a couple of years I don't know how long 10:33 it went on but he had reindeer and sheep 10:36 now I can't remember whether they were 10:38 penned inside or whether they were 10:40 penned outside but it was a whole 10:42 different time it was an innocent time 10:44 and people and he used it crowds came 10:47 look at the reindeer it was yes and in 10:50 addition to looking it was a hardware 10:52 store it was a hardware store and Harvey 10:55 Martin owned it and he'd bring some of 10:57 his farm animals in from Hatchville 11:00 right and off and on throughout the year 11:02 but the one I remember the most is the 11:04 reindeer and Christmas yes yes 11:07 and 11:08 Nancy I understand that we had a five and 11:11 dime that you're quite familiar with 10 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 11:14 um yes well it was almost across the 11:18 street from where I lived 11:21 and 11:22 it was called Newberry’s and #jjnewberrys Gunning_Village_Sts_0025 11:25 it really did have things that were 11:29 5 and 10 cents um 11:32 if you can imagine it most of them were 11:34 a dollar or under 11:36 and actually when I was a teenager at 11:39 Christmas time 11:42 I actually got a job working there for a 11:45 couple of weeks to earn Christmas money 11:48 which was a treat for me and one of my 11:51 first jobs 11:53 now as I recall five and dimes used to 11:57 have lunch counters too it did have a 12:00 lunch counter and um 12:03 I think that a lot of people would come 12:06 in to have their lunch there are 12:08 merchants who were working on Main 12:11 Street 12:12 and that was consisted of 12:14 maybe a hot dog or something exactly 12:17 they were very 12:20 uh you know lunches under a dollar right 12:24 I see I see 11 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 12:26 can I just tell you about one store that 12:28 was kind of interesting yes yes on the 12:31 corner of Walker 12:33 there were you know where the ice cream 12:35 place is now 12:36 there was a store called the Store of 12:38 Three Wonders 12:39 and if you go to those postcards you'll 12:42 see that store 12:44 and you will see white sheets of paper 12:46 in the window because he used to put the 12:48 sale items 12:49 on the 12:51 white sheets of paper and post them I 12:53 see sort of handwritten signs 12:55 and it the three wonders were “you wonder 12:58 if I have it 13:00 I wonder where it is 13:02 and everybody wonders how I found it” 13:06 and it was kind of a precursor to Job 13:08 Lot I think because he had kind of 13:11 you know the tail end of inventories 13:14 that he had purchased I suspected 13:16 anything you needed in a hurry you could 13:18 probably find there yes yes yeah right 13:21 that that's that's charming then they 13:23 were also um #storeofthreewonders 12 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 13:26 what did people do about clothing uh 13:29 well there were no malls no no no no 13:32 malls and there were clothing stores 13:34 where you could buy adult clothing 13:37 Malchman’s was mostly women's clothes 13:40 they did have some men but mostly women 13:42 Issoksons’ 13:45 was a clothing store for mostly men's 13:48 clothing 13:49 and Butner’s carried clothing they 13:52 carried 13:53 all kinds of things curtains they were 13:55 more of a department store they had 13:58 collectibles 13:59 but 14:00 a lot of people who wanted to buy 14:02 clothing for their youngsters 14:04 would get the ferry 14:06 in Woods Hole and go over to New Bedford 14:10 and they would purchase their 14:12 maybe school clothing for September yes 14:15 from 14:16 Cherry & Webb 14:18 and the story goes that Mrs. Beale Ruth 14:22 took Barry over one day 14:24 got the ferry went to New Bedford picked 14:27 out school clothing he wasn't feeling so #ferry 13 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 14:30 great they got back on the ferry to come 14:32 home and by the time he got off he had 14:35 chickenpox and of course two days later 14:38 he was an item in the Enterprise 14:41 you know that he had gotten the 14:42 chickenpox on his his trip to New 14:45 Bedford for school clothing 14:47 I remember making that school that was 14:50 school shopping 14:52 yes 14:54 and perhaps Cherry & Webb was a bit 14:56 more economical indeed it was yes 14:59 and had a greater selection yes yes yes 15:02 that's true 15:04 and um 15:05 and so we have um 15:08 interesting that 15:10 that the stores reflected what people 15:12 needed and what people were doing at the 15:14 time for example the you spoke of a 15:18 linen store that had embroidery 15:21 and 15:22 the kinds of things that women who were 15:24 doing handcrafts 15:26 could go to for supplies exactly and my 15:30 mother was one of their best customers 15:32 because she was never without needlework 14 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 15:36 she 15:36 knitted and crocheted constantly 15:40 had did it so well that she could 15:43 read a book while doing it and 15:47 that so as I say she was Jane Russell’s 15:50 best customer yes yes I remember buying 15:53 my gloves there for when I was married 15:58 and I went in and she had all these 16:00 boxes with gloves in it and then she 16:03 took out one short long medium which one 16:06 do you want 16:07 took them out I got the short ones she 16:09 put them out on the counter 16:11 you know laid them out lovely and I 16:14 purchased my gloves I wore the short 16:16 gloves so that's so interesting because 16:19 there was a time when gloves were 16:22 important items in a woman's wardrobe 16:24 and hats and hats as well right gloves 16:27 and hats you always had to have a pair 16:29 of white gloves 16:31 wear to church yes yes interesting 16:33 interesting and then there was um your 16:37 uh 16:38 in-laws shoe store right at the Beale Shoe 16:42 Store right Granny Beale 16:44 Granny right he was called Granny #granvillebeale 15 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 16:46 because his name was Granville and 16:48 everybody in town called him Granny 16:50 Beale 16:51 he was on the Board of Trade which is 16:54 now the Chamber of Commerce 16:56 he was 16:57 on the board of the Salvation Army and 16:59 he was quite active in town and 17:02 and in politics yes um he 17:06 is however the shoe store is really 17:08 quite well known for 17:10 the x-ray machine an x-ray machine oh 17:13 yes 17:14 it was uh 17:16 considered really a babysitter of the 17:19 day because people would go into Mrs. 17:22 Weeks’ shop which was next door and send 17:24 their children in to gaze down through 17:27 the x-ray machine to see the bones in 17:29 their feet 17:30 I’m not sure that that would be 17:32 appropriate today no 17:35 uh so that was uh 17:38 the interesting part of that and Nancy 17:40 you have a really interesting story 17:42 about uh Granny yeah yes um yes I 17:47 lived 16 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 17:48 in an old apartment building that is no 17:51 longer there now right behind the shoe 17:54 store 17:56 by the back entrance of the shoe store 17:59 I’m sure you used to have fun 18:01 with the x-ray machine 18:04 I did but it didn't come along until I 18:07 was older it wasn't there when I was a 18:10 young child it was more like when I was 18:12 a teenager but I did use it a lot and 18:15 play with it nevertheless what it 18:18 faceted fascinated me as a teenager so 18:21 yes um so I’m sure that I had my 18:25 good dose of x-ray 18:28 and 18:29 but I 18:30 was 18:32 very fortunate in 18:35 Granny Beale was a very kind and gentle 18:37 and wonderful man and and I would bop in 18:41 and out the back door of the shoe store 18:45 often I bopped in and out of 18:48 many of the Main Street stores because I 18:51 lived right there 18:53 near them or by them or behind them 18:55 right next to them 18:57 and 17 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 19:00 he 19:04 I 19:06 my mother was a single parent and I my I 19:10 was rough on shoes and so my shoes 19:13 didn't always 19:14 look so good even though she tried to 19:17 keep they always fit 19:19 but they didn't always look pretty 19:22 and 19:22 um 19:24 every 19:25 now and then at least once a year 19:29 um 19:30 we would get a note 19:32 or a message from Granny Beale 19:35 that there was a an old gentleman who 19:39 would like 19:40 me to have a new pair of shoes 19:44 and so I was to come in and choose a 19:46 pair 19:47 and it was always an old kind old 19:51 gentleman 19:52 he might we might have assumed he was 19:55 rich 19:56 or maybe 19:58 that was part of his description but I 20:00 always went in and picked out 18 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 20:03 any pair of shoes in the store that I 20:05 wanted from of course it 20:08 took 20:09 I was out of college before I figured 20:11 out it was Granny Beale who was the kind 20:14 old man no no mysterious benefactor it 20:18 was Granny Beale yeah it was um 20:21 um yes that um 20:24 the people it was more personal once 20:25 it's much more personal the smaller 20:27 population people tend to 20:29 yes 20:31 yes 20:32 and then I um have heard mention of 20:36 an exciting place in town called the 20:38 Smith Surrey Room yeah that was quite #smithsoldesurreyroom Gunning_Village_Bldg_0384 20:40 active during the war actually and after 20:42 the war too and we used to go from ‘53 on 20:47 but they he Dan Smith owned it 20:50 and he would have a 20:53 what they called the annual venison 20:57 dinner 20:58 and he would invite all his hunting 21:01 buddies and some dignitaries from the 21:03 town but mostly people from Main Street 21:07 and they would go down there and have a #danielsmith 19 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 21:09 night out and enjoy 21:11 their catch 10 more minutes 21:15 so I just remember that and I remember 21:18 the special 21:20 that 21:21 that um 21:23 that 21:24 he they had there and it was baked 21:26 potato 21:27 filet 21:28 mignon 21:30 I’m looking 21:34 Barbara 21:35 yes 21:37 yes 21:38 and a uh 21:39 and canned peas 21:41 and a free drink and an alcoholic drink 21:45 like an alcoholic drink and it was music 21:49 there was lots of music 21:51 uh 21:52 it was townies all showed up so you 21:55 always knew someone yeah it was 21:57 gathering place yes yes yes you're right 22:01 one of the postcards so it's so 22:03 interesting because it's just a plethora 22:06 of signs 20 Gunning_Village_Sts_0032 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 22:08 large small neon painted and 22:12 the um 22:13 a rifle uh showing 22:16 guns for sale right yeah and uh tell us 22:19 so tell us about it well I think that's 22:21 interesting because there was 22:24 it was an Eastman’s block that that gun 22:27 shows up as an advertisement and uh I 22:31 think that there was upstairs there was 22:34 Mr. Harvey who 22:37 did 22:38 have a 22:39 a buy and sell antique guns 22:42 and so that could have been from him or 22:45 it could have been from Eastman who sold 22:48 guns and ammunition 22:51 and it was interesting because there's 22:53 so much signage in that one picture that 22:57 one postcard that you you know there was 23:00 no signage law as there is today yes 23:02 exactly you know and nobody questioned 23:05 you know in fact this 23:07 question the fact that there was a gun 23:09 as an advertisement 23:11 also there was a 23:14 speaking of things that would 23:16 would bring into thought today was there 21 #eastmanshardware �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 23:19 was a restaurant called the Wigwam and 23:22 nobody questioned that at that time yes 23:25 it was a 23:27 a casual a more casual a more innocent 23:30 time yes exactly now and the 23:33 Eastman’s block um 23:36 is isn't there something about 23:39 how they got their supplies well that's 23:41 an interesting thing I was talking to 23:43 Chucky Eastman young Chuck and he was 23:47 telling me that the train brought 23:51 a lot of their supplies and left them at 23:53 the grain mill 23:55 and then people from Eastman’s would go 23:57 up and pick them up from the early 1900s 24:00 to the 50s right that a lot of their 24:02 supplies came in through train right and 24:05 the train would then continue down to 24:08 Woods Hole where they'd unload and then it 24:11 would go on the supplies would go on the 24:13 ferry and go over to the island 24:16 so the train was an important part we 24:18 didn't have the the trucks the 24:21 you know the 16 wheelers or whatever 24:24 they call them that we have today and so 24:27 the train was the way to get supplies to 24:29 the merchants 22 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 24:31 and then the merchants on Main Street 24:35 always had their promotions Nancy I 24:37 think as a child you remember taking 24:40 part in one of those promotions 24:43 on that the Eastman’s Hardware store 24:46 carried 24:48 oh yes um 24:50 there was a 24:52 it was a it was a special day that 24:54 Falmouth used to have to I think to 24:56 promote the businesses all up and down 24:59 Main Street and every business would 25:01 have 25:01 something special to draw people in 25:05 um 25:06 over 25:07 you know from maybe 25:10 uh four to 25:12 seven in in the evening or 25:16 whatever I what I remember is that 25:20 Eastman’s um 25:22 had a 25:24 display in their 25:26 window and 25:28 they had a sign that said that in the 25:31 display there were 20 25:34 mistakes 23 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 25:35 or 25:36 anomalies that 25:38 needed to be found and it was a contest 25:41 and if you 25:42 found them all you or you 25:45 found the most you would get 25:47 ten dollars or twenty dollars I can't it 25:49 might have been 20. okay 25:52 um 25:53 and 25:54 uh so I spent a lot of time right 25:57 writing them all down 25:59 and um I won it you won you won the ten 26:02 dollars I did yes 26:05 and um I think you were also the 26:08 Enterprise picked up on lots of stories 26:10 like that and was reported in the paper 26:14 that 26:15 you won the contest 26:17 I won the contest yes and as a matter of 26:20 fact I found one more than 20. 26:23 I see I see 26:26 it was um an interesting time Main 26:29 Street was a 26:31 pretty busy camp well during the war it 26:34 was a beehive of activity yes 26:37 and uh of course Camp Edwards brought in 24 #campedwards �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth Gunning_Hatchville_Miltry_0557 through 0561 26:39 a lot of service people and their 26:40 families 26:41 oh yes and of course we rose to the 26:43 occasion with entertainment for them 26:45 right and it went on quite late into the 26:48 evenings most nights yes but after the 26:51 war it 26:52 Main Street still was the center of 26:54 business and social life 26:56 and 26:57 those stores were owned by mostly local 27:00 people 27:01 and people seemed to know each other 27:04 if they didn't know each other they at 27:06 least knew each other when they passed 27:08 each other on the street yes they 27:10 recognized each other so it was a small 27:14 town still back then yes right and 27:18 things have changed over a period of 27:19 time and we have to adjust I guess yes 27:22 exactly in fact you never went to the 27:24 store without meeting someone you knew 27:26 that's correct 27:27 well I want to thank you so much for 27:29 being here and telling us these stories 27:33 and I want to thank viewers for tuning 25 �Falmouth Public Library – Postcards from Falmouth 27:35 in 27:36 and for 27:38 learning about these stories about Main 27:40 Street that are 27:42 along with the 27:43 historic postcards I remind us to all of 27:47 us that 27:49 places everywhere Falmouth and every 27:51 place are always constantly changing 27:55 thank you 27:56 [Music] 26 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Camille Beale Nancy Eldridge Barbara Kanellopoulos Falmouth Community Television Falmouth Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 30, 2021 Barbara Kanellopoulos Beale's Shoe Store Camille Beale Camp Edwards Daniel Smith Eastman's Hardware Elizabeth Theater Falmouth Main Street Falmouth Town Hall Falmouth Village Green ferry Granville Beale Harvey's Hardware JJ Newberry's Lawrence School Nancy Eldridge oral history Peg Noonan Park Postcards from Falmouth Shiverick's Pond Smith's Olde Surrey Room Store of Three Wonders Ten Acre transcript