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South Station Terminal

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the South Station terminal with elevated track in the foreground, Boston, Massachusetts. Streetcars and pedestrians can be seen on the str...
Postcard

Mission House

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view across yard toward the mission house. Caption reads: "Old mission house built about 1740 by Reverend John Sergeant, first missionary to the S...
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

Four P&H Lattice Girder Bridges & Trolley Hoists

Date: 1919
Description: Four Pawling & Harnischfeger lattice girder bridges trolley hoists used in shipbuilding. There are men on the bridge of the nearest crane and the banner on...
Photograph

Pilgrims and Native Americans

Date: 1909
Description: Painting of an elevated view of Pilgrims and Native Americans meeting in a town.
Photograph

Fireplace at the Paper House

Date: 1930
Description: Interior view of the Paper House, featuring furniture and fireplace embellishments constructed out of rolls of newspaper. The walls and windows are also de...
Photograph

Piano at The Paper House

Date: 1930
Description: Interior view of the Paper House, featuring a piano, a bench, a lamp and a chair constructed with rolls of paper.
Photograph

Old North Wharf

Date: 1936
Description: View down a street with storage buildings at Old North Wharf.
Photograph

Country Road

Date: 1940
Description: View down a country road leading from the outskirts of town. On the right, a horse-drawn carriage is parked outside the Post Office and F.A. Irish Grocerie...
Photograph

Dock with Fishing Boat and Wharf

Date: 1936
Description: View of a fishing boat, 'Stella,' near a dock and wharf. The city's shoreline restaurants can be seen in the background.
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...
Print

Smith Law Club Menu

Date: 05 02 1916
Description: Card menu from Smith Law Club at Harvard University, with a three-quarter duotone view of a law school building.
Photograph

Frederick J. Turner

Date: 1924
Description: Outdoor portrait of Frederick J. Turner wearing an overcoat and standing in the snow. Location is 7 Phillips Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Photograph

Mears Family

Date: 1906
Description: Five people posing in an automobile parked in front of a large frame house. The house is identified as the birthplace of Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears (1830-1...
Photograph

Delegation to Meet 32nd Division

Date: 05 11 1919
Description: Six men are posing in front a wall where Home Service Fund posters are hanging. Two of the men are smoking cigars. Caption reads: "Delegation to meet 32nd ...

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