Returning home with Ol' Hoss and some planks

By adamg on Fri, 05/08/2020 - 9:42am

Old Boston street scene with horse and wooden planks

The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this scene. See it larger.

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Some Hints...

By Div2Supt on Fri, 05/08/2020 - 10:57am.

- The boy on the far left is standing beside a railroad station. It features a very-rare-by-this-time grade crossing.

- The railroad line is still there and carries passengers; but this station has been demolished for decades.

- This photo was taken circa 1903-1910

- The photographer afterward could have walked a few blocks and caught a streetcar on the Mattapan-North Station Line {BERy Route #54 via Blue Hill Avenue + Southie}.

Good luck!

On the right

By Don't Panic on Fri, 05/08/2020 - 1:20pm.

On the right that street looks wide enough to be Columbia Road but wasn't Franklin Park built by then? I always thought that rest station at Blue Hill Avenue and Franklin Park was built in the 1930s as part of the WPA program.

River street and gordon ave

By anon on Fri, 05/08/2020 - 12:13pm.

in hyde park

Looking down Ceylon St. from

By anon on Sat, 05/09/2020 - 10:51am.

Looking down Ceylon St. from Bird St. in Dorchester.
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The Answer

By Boston City Archives on Sat, 05/09/2020 - 12:25pm.

Thanks for playing, folks! This photo was taken in June of 1903 and shows Ceylon St from Bird St. For more details and info, use this link to the original photo: https://cityofboston.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_eacb0a1b-c90...