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Why not
By capecoddah
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 1:41pm
I am going to agree with the sign above the guy on the right and say Washington St Dorchester.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fields_Corner_t...
Fields Corner?
By anon
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 1:34pm
Fields Corner?
Or possibly Andrew Station?
Sullivan?
By dd87
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 1:44pm
Sullivan?
That was my guess
By SwirlyGrrl
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 7:50pm
The station was where the bus yard is now - here's a picture of the curve from an incoming northbound train at Sullivan:
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Ashmont?
By Abishop
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 1:53pm
Looks like The old Ashmont or Fields Corner
Andrew Square?
By Suldog
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 2:08pm
Just a guess.
Suldog
I'm with you
By Waquiot
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 2:17pm
Very much like how Andrew Square looks.
Minus the bird poop of course
By anon
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 6:20pm
Minus the bird poop of course? It was like a layer of crap before the remodel!
Photo by Picasso
By Turalura Lipschitz
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 2:15pm
during his ... well, you know.
Look how clean the floors are
By anon
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 3:57pm
Look how clean the floors are! And how civilized the riders look! No socially unacceptable behavior going on in this photo.
Speak for Yourself!
By hundel
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 5:42pm
I personally find the fellow with his arms crossed in front of his waist to be highly suspect.
Old station at Mass ave and Newbury
By BrightonGal
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 4:40pm
Building is still there, just sealed off from public
I was thinking the same thing
By markk
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 6:40pm
but the in and out arches are much further apart in this picture than on Newbury St.
As for when
By Irma la Douce
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 4:48pm
I am going to guess 10:37 am.
Blue Line
By E
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 7:37pm
n/t
My guess is Ashmont Station
By EC
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 10:47pm
I’ve only been there a couple of times and it was decades ago, but I recall it looking like that. Thinking of the connecting point to Mattapan High Speed trolley (which I love-hope it stays in service). I must ride on it again sometime before it disappears.
Some Hints...
By Div2Supt
Tue, 10/15/2019 - 11:31pm
- Amazingly, you can still reach the same destinations by bus in 2019!
- The opening of this station in 1918 resulted in the long-term abandonment of the middle level of Broadway Station after October 1919.
- Most, but not all, of the streetcar lines the folks in the photograph are waiting upon were operated with trackless trolleys during the 1948-1962 period.
- One of the several current MBTA bus routes which operate before 5:00AM passes through this station at 4:02AM and 4:32AM, daily.
- All MBTA buses which currently pass through this station now do so in the OPPOSITE direction of traffic, as shown above.
- This station was extensively modernized during the 1990-1994 time period.
- Today there is a well-executed carving of a Type Four streetcar near the primary station entrance.
Andrew Station
By Don't Panic
Wed, 10/16/2019 - 12:20am
Those were some great hints!
The Answer
By Boston City Archives
Wed, 10/16/2019 - 8:57am
Thanks for playing, folks! Those of you who guessed Andrew Station are correct. The photo was taken in May of 1924