Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Two Scollay Scenes

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I fell in love with this 1860 photograph of a horsecar passing by Pemberton square along Tremont Row.This is Scollay square wayyy back in...
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Sunday, February 17, 2013

William Ladd Taylor's Washington Street

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Busy Washington Street Scene, 1901, W.L. Taylor ( BPL Flickr photo group ).  W.L. Taylor was a painter and  illustrator whose work was ...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Charlestown State Prison

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Early print of Charlestown Prison -  looks like the illustration of a Poe story. Charlestown, showing the prison and the new Prison P...
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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Boston Boys and their Winter Games - 1850s

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For your winter enjoyment :  A favorite book of mine is Old Boston Boys and the Games They Played , by James D'Wolf Lovvett. Publish...
Monday, January 21, 2013

Alger's Gun Works

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Cyrus Alger, 1827. Cyrus Alger was born in West Bridgewater Massachusetts in 1781, and learned metal casting from his father. He set up...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Book Review: Boston's Depots and Terminals

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When I set out to cover the old train depots of Boston on this blog, I didn't know that there was a book that covered the same subj...
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

The Disappearance of General Joseph Warren

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General Joseph Warren statue, 1904, with the Hotel Warren in the background.  (BPL Flickr photo group). ( edited to add a link to a Bost...
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