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Solarium

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Description: A view of the solarium at the Hotel Vendome. The solarium is arranged with plants and wicker chairs. Built in 1871 and massively expanded in 1881, the Vend...
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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...
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First Spiritual Temple

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Description: View across intersection toward the temple, which is a large stone building with a large arched entrance. Other structures and row houses are on the left a...
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...
Print

"Merry Christmas"

Date: 1928
Description: Holiday card depicting a view of the front of an automobile with a couple inside driving down a snow-covered road at night. Two crystals are glued to the h...
Photograph

Boston Branch House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester Company branch building. Large show windows line the first floor along the sidewalk. A large electric sign on t...
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Texaco Trucks

Date: 01 14 1938
Description: A fleet of international D-346-F trucks owned by Texaco parked outside the Lapham Brown Texaco service station. The text on the photograph reads: "Part of ...
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Texaco Truck at Service Station

Date: 01 14 1938
Description: Two men stand beside an International D-346-F truck owned by Texaco. The truck is parked outside Lapham Brown Texaco service station.
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...
Book or Pamphlet

Planet Jr. Implement Catalogue Cover

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of the Planet Jr. catalog. Features an illustration of a man and young girl (about 5 or 6 years old) in a garden pushing a Planet Jr. Garden Drill to...
Photograph

Emil Kramer

Date: 09 1940
Description: Conservation Warden Emil Kramer is standing on a float in the American Legion National Convention parade in Boston, Massachusetts. He is wearing waders and...
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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Woman Shaking Her Fist at School Bus

Date: 1975
Description: A woman in a crowd shaking her fist at a school bus. The bus is carrying minority students to another high school as part of a school integration program. ...
Photograph

Ku Klux Klan Sign

Date: 1975
Description: A man, sitting on porch steps, is holding up a sign that reads: "K.K.K. + S.B + H.P." (Ku Klux Klan plus South Boston plus Hyde Park.) Standing on the porc...
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Racist Graffiti

Date: 1975
Description: Two students are standing behind a fence enclosing the yard of a housing project. Below their feet is a concrete retaining wall with racist graffiti spray ...
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Racist Graffiti

Date: 1975
Description: Two students stand next to a fence enclosing the yard of a housing project. Below their feet is a concrete retaining wall with racist graffiti spray painte...
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Racist Graffiti

Date: 1975
Description: View across street towards a man leaning against a street sign near the corner of a fence enclosing the yard of a housing project. On the right is a concre...
Photograph

Three Women and a Baby

Date: 1975
Description: A recent graduate of South Boston High School and her friends are standing on the sidewalk in front of a house. One of the woman has a baby in a baby strol...
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Racist Graffiti

Date: 1975
Description: Racist graffiti spray painted on the wall of a South Boston housing project. It reads: "We HATE Niggers." This image was captured during the unrest followi...
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Teen Girl and Dog

Date: 1975
Description: A teen girl is sitting on the steps leading up to a doorway, pointing to something on the right. A dog is standing behind her. This image was captured in S...

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