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Boston Streets - Historical Photos

Walk the streets of Boston during the 20s, 30s and 40s through the eyes of photographers of that era. Capturing these images from the past gives new meaning to those same streets today.

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Beacon Street

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Copley Square circa 1916

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Boston Public Garden & City Skyline
1922

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Green & Centre Street
Jamaica Plain

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Dorchester Massachusetts
1928

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Boston Public Garden
George Washington Statue
1936

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Porter Square
Cambridge Massachusetts

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Boston Public Garden
Arlington Street Church
1922

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Boston Public Garden
Parks Department Workers
1922

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Parks Department Worker Shovels in the Public Garden.
1920

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Washington Street & Milk Street
March 16, 1916

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Tremont Street, South End - National Theatre and Hotel Clarendon - May 26, 1931

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Kenmore Square & Cities Service Sign - Boston, 1943

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Beacon Street, Beacon Hill - Vintage cars enroute to dedication of Mystic River Bridge - circa 1950

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Washington Street Elevated Train dismantled for use as war materials. circa 1943

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Clinton Street Market - Boston circa 1940

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Copley Square - Boylston and Huntington Ave. - Trinity Church

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Arlington Street overlooking Ritz Carlton, Newbury Street, Commonwealth Ave and the Charles River into Cambridge - circa 1925

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Boylston Street Copley Square - January 16, 1932

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Tremont Street Boston - February 23, 1930

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Beacon Street Snowstorm

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Tremont Street, the State House and Boston Public Garden - "Old Dobbins" the Horse - 1927

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Old Corner Book Store - Washington and School St. - 1901

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Beacon Hill - 66 Beacon Street - circa 1930

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Washington Street Downtown Crossing - 1944

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West End, Boston - Circa 1940

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Suffolk Savings Bank - Tremont Street, Boston - May 24, 1950

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Pemberton Sq. circa 1930

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Sullivan Sq. Sept 4, 1912

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Tremont St Boston 1899

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Washington St Boston 1943

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Salem St Boston''s North End 1901

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Mt. Vernon St Beacon Hill 1925

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Mt. Vernon St. Beacon Hill 1945

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Centre St. West Roxbury 1953

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East Broadway and L St. South Boston

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Scollay Sq. Boston 1897

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Tremont St. Boston 1927

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Scollay Sq. station 1908

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Tremont Street 1930

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Broadway and B St. South Boston 1923

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Beacon St. circa 1936

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Stuart St. circa 1934

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Commonwealth Ave. Boston 1917

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Union Oyster House - "Americas Oldest Restaurant" - Union Street, Boston - Circa 1953

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North End - Hanover Street. February 1930

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Tremont Street, Boston Blizzard - 1929

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Tremont Street along the Boston Common. Still a hub of activity today.

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North End Feast. Summertime is fiesta time in the historic North End of Boston, as patron saints are honored with parades and celebrations.

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Boston Common 1920

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Boston Common 1920

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Louisberg Sq.

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Aerial view of Boston Public Garden from Boylston Street. Also features Longfellow Bridge - 1925

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Flag Day in South Boston
circa 1932

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Trolley
1896

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Dorchester Ave.
South Boston
1933

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South Boston
West Broadway
March 1916

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Andrew Square
South Boston
1933

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Trolley "Vacation Car" transporting children to City Point in South Boston.
July 1910