tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332335051560713217.post6872513293180133185..comments2024-03-28T17:47:13.148-04:00Comments on And This Is Good Old Boston: Boston MuseumMark B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03524735496130204611noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332335051560713217.post-50355467779932958382014-04-03T11:31:25.313-04:002014-04-03T11:31:25.313-04:00I just read a fantastic article about the Boston M...I just read a fantastic article about the Boston Museum in the Boston Globe (Boston Daily Globe; March 10, 1889; Page # 17; Reporter: V.G. Eaton). The newspaper interviewed my great-great grandfather Patrick Clark about his life & times. He was a hack and had just purchased his own team when he decided a plum place to park was in front of Kimball's Tremont Street Museum theater on opening night November (2 or 3 I can't make out the number properly) in 1846. <br /><br />It was a VERY cold night in November he retells to the reporter, and he wanted to make a bit of money so he thought that the opening night of the theater was a good choice and picked out a stand right outside of the building. The rest is history.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com