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Old South Meeting House, Boston
The view looking north on Washington Street toward Old South Meeting House, sometime shortly before the Great Boston Fire of 1872. Photo courtesy of New York Public Library. The same view, in the...
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Old Corner Bookstore, Boston
The Old Corner Bookstore in Boston, around 1865. Photo courtesy of Boston Public Library. The building in 2014: Once a meeting place for authors such as Longfellow, Emerson, Dickens, and Hawthorne, the...
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Washington Street, Boston
Looking north on Washington Street from School Street in Boston, around 1906. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection. Washington Street in 2015: In the days...
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Boylston Market, Boston
Boylston Market, at the corner of Boylston and Washington Streets in Boston, around 1870. Image courtesy of the Boston Public Library. The scene in 2015: Boylston Market was built here in 1810, and it...
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Washington and Court Streets, Boston
The northwest corner of Washington and Court Streets in downtown Boston in 1891. Image courtesy of the Boston Public Library. The scene in 2015: Boston’s first skyscraper was the Ames Building, which...
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Cornhill from Washington Street, Boston
Looking up Cornhill from Washington Street, on April 14, 1897. Image courtesy of the City of Boston Archives. The scene in 2016: This narrow cobblestone street in downtown Boston connected Adams Square...
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Washington Street, Boston
Looking north on Washington Street in Boston, toward Stuart Street, in October 1909. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, National Child Labor Committee Collection. The scene in 2014: Like many...
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Washington Street and Dock Square, Boston
The corner of Washington Street and Dock Square in Boston, on June 17, 1875. Photo courtesy of Boston Public Library. The scene in 2014: Taken on the same day as the photo in this post, the first photo...
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