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By adamg on Wed, 08/27/2014 - 11:21am
Old newsstand

The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this old newsstand.

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By scollaysq on Wed, 08/27/2014 - 1:03pm.

And based on the Wisdom Monthly magazine, I'm guessing 1902/1903.

(I had originally guessed Park Street, by way of my somehow missing the whole sunlit background. I now retract that guess. Duh.)

By Waquiot on Wed, 08/27/2014 - 12:18pm.

Definitely on the El, definitely a center platform station.

As for the date, if the picture could go bigger, the magazines could provide a clue.

By Rob Not Verified on Wed, 08/27/2014 - 12:55pm.

I'll guess Forest Hills, c. 1925 or so.

By cybah on Wed, 08/27/2014 - 1:14pm.

My guess.. the old Columbia Station or a stop along the Ashmont Line

If you read the sign behind the stand it says "Enter ------- Dorch---- Ave" Which Im guessing Dorchester Ave.

Date, turn of the century. That woman has a petticoat on..

Edit: one other thing.. those guys on the right look like railroad train conductors.. (am I wrong?). So maybe this is not a rapid transit station but a train station. (Old Colony?)

By joe c on Wed, 08/27/2014 - 1:47pm.

Actually it looks like that sign says "Doors" rather than "Dorch". Unless Dorchester gained an extra letter somewheres.

Even so, I have no idea where this is or how to even guess.

By cybah on Wed, 08/27/2014 - 1:55pm.

maybe so..

of course no "see it large" this time. Hard to read that..

*ahem* Adam *ahem*

By Neal on Wed, 08/27/2014 - 1:25pm.

But I notice that there's what appears to be a granite wall behind the gentleman in the uniform, so perhaps it's Forest Hills (though I I have no idea whether the viaduct walls were visible from the platform). The other place I was thinking it could be was Everett, seeing that the structure in the photo appears to be temporary and that the Everett terminal was built as a temporary structure (temporary for its whole existence).

By AlyssaK on Wed, 08/27/2014 - 3:28pm.

The train stop that marks the split between Ashmont and Braintree on the red line - JFK/UMASS?

By bulgingbuick on Wed, 08/27/2014 - 3:54pm.

have been waiting for that broken down Red Line train for 100 years.

By City of Boston Archives on Wed, 08/27/2014 - 4:13pm.

Thanks for playing folks! This photo was taken on November 5, 1902 and shows the newsstand on the East side of the Pleasant Street Station on the Boston Elevated.

By bulgingbuick on Wed, 08/27/2014 - 4:36pm.

by the Globe Directs on the ground in front of the news stand.