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By adamg on Mon, 05/08/2017 - 11:25am
Old Boston street scene

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

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By downtown-anon on Mon, 05/08/2017 - 12:50pm.

Looks vaguely like these houses. Time looks like after 1915 and looks like there may have been a fire.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3508366,-71.0862804,3a,64.2y,336.55h,111.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stkzf_KoMkQxLAdumZau7aQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

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By Irma la Douce on Mon, 05/08/2017 - 12:53pm.

What are the people in the photo looking at?

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By downtown-anon on Mon, 05/08/2017 - 12:56pm.

Might also explain why it isn't like the others on the street.

https://backbayhouses.org/353-marlborough/

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By Nate on Mon, 05/08/2017 - 1:11pm.

I love that site! Alternate pic of the damage: IMAGE(https://backbayhouses.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/marl-353-1935-2.jpg)

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By Irma la Douce on Mon, 05/08/2017 - 2:21pm.

There is a photo at the bottom of the linked article that looks to have been taken in the same timeframe as the City Archives photo, you can just see the tail end of the Hood Truck.

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By anon on Mon, 05/08/2017 - 1:48pm.

Five people died there. Two servants would have had their quarters on the top floor, and they probably never had a chance.

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By SFPD12 on Mon, 05/08/2017 - 1:05pm.

LOOKS LIKE EAGLE HILL E BOSTON
MAYBE AROUND WHITE ST

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By Boston City Archives on Mon, 05/08/2017 - 4:13pm.

Thanks for playing, folks! 353 Marlborough in May of 1935 is correct. The photo was taken to document fire damage - as one comment noted, the fire resulted in the loss of 5 lives.

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By APB on Tue, 05/09/2017 - 7:46am.

The ONE day I'm too busy to check out Universal Hub and you post an Archives photo that's ACROSS THE STREET from my apartment!

(Pretty sure I would have figured it out but it wasn't 100% guaranteed since the glass monstrosity really changes the look of that row of houses. What a mistake that was. Everyone who lives there blocks off their windows with curtains or Japanese screens because on Marlborouogh, we all have direct views into the windows across the street — and that place is nothing but window. And their stairwell seems to become a sweltering greenhouse whenever the weather is warm.)

I never saw these photos before and I must say I'm thrilled. It's so hard to find old photos of Marlborough Street. Keep 'em coming!

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