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Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Avatar

Date: 08 04 1967
Description: Cover of "The Avatar," an underground newspaper, featuring a charcoal drawing of a woman, facing away, with a pack over her shoulder and a white and red fl...
Photograph

Music Room

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Description: A view of the Hotel Vendome's music room. The room has a piano, tables, lamps and chairs. Built in 1871 and massively expanded in 1881, the Vendome was a l...
Print

No Traitor's Flag Shall Tarnish Thy Golden Dome With Its Rebellious Shadows

Date: 1861
Description: The State House of Massachusetts in Boston with the Union flag flying over it. Men and women walk in front of it. The caption below reads, "No traitor's fl...
Print

With Many Merry Christmas Greetings, the Brownies' Dance

Date: 1893
Description: Holiday card with six brownies depicting six different nationalities. One brownie is playing a trumpet, and another brownie is playing an upright bass fidd...
Photograph

Daisy Bates Accepts a Gift

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Description: The Honorable John D. Brown, Director of Public Celebrations for the City of Boston, presents Daisy Bates with a replica of the famed "Paul Revere Bowl" at...
Magazine or Periodical

Wheelmen in Boston

Date: 05 30 1881
Description: Engraving of a sketch by Joseph Pennell showing a parade of League of American Wheelmen bicyclists along Commonwealth Avenue between Dartmouth Street and W...
Poster

"In the Year of the Pig"

Date: 02 26 1969
Description: Poster advertising the premiere of Emile de Antonio's documentary film "In the Year of the Pig," at the Symphony II theater in Boston. Although the film wa...
Map or Atlas

A Map of 100 Miles Round Boston

Date: 1775
Description: Map of Boston and surrounding regions, from Massachusetts Bay to the Connecticut River, and including part of southern New Hampshire. It shows the colonies...
Photograph

Harold Lloyd

Date: 10 09 1955
Description: Harold Lloyd with Stereo Realist Award. He was an actor and stereo photography enthusiast. He said: "I own one, I use it, I love it. It takes the most amaz...
Photograph

Banner on South Boston Home

Date: 1975
Description: Hand-drawn banner hanging from the bay window of a home. The banner features a cartoon, rear view, of a boy holding an American flag, with his arm around a...

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