The folks at Boston City Archives wonder if you can identify the people standing with then mayor Ray Flynn in this photo. This isn't one of those historic puzzlers - they really don't know (well, except one of them was Fire Commissioner Leo Stapleton) and are looking for help.
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One answer
By adamg
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 10:52am
So my guess is
By Stevil
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 11:00am
L-R
Ray, Mrs mayor of Galway, Mr. Mayor, "Sally" mayor (daughter of mayor), Mrs fire commish and fire commish. (Could be Sally fire commish)
You are close
By mangycougar
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 2:09pm
I agree with the Fire Commish family.
However, I think the woman next to Ray Flynn is his wacky housekeeper Alice (pre Mike Brady) and next to her is a young Larry David.
Working from this description
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 02/21/2020 - 8:47pm
Definitely Mayor Ray Flynn
Definitely Dr. Leahy, Galway Mayor
Others shown are:
2nd from left is Bridie Leahy:
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/bridie-leah...
3rd from right is likely Mary Leahy, daughter of the Leahys (now a city councilor in Galway and a nurse/midwife): https://www.advertiser.ie/Galway/article/84/will-t...
2nd from right is probably Doris Stapleton.
I don't know
By roxres
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 11:08am
who they are but the second woman to the left is definitely working her Princess Di look. You go girl!
Princess Di? More like Iron
By Refugee
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 3:21pm
Princess Di? More like Iron Lady.
Iron Lady would be the first
By roxres
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 3:28pm
Iron Lady would be the first woman on the left of Flynn if you're talking about the woman working her best Margaret Thatcher.
The other guests at ...
By jmeltzer
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 11:14am
someone's bar mitzvah?
Love that robe!
By anon
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 11:40am
Wish I had one.
Amazing technicolor dream
By roxres
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 12:08pm
Amazing technicolor dream coat, you mean.
The guy on the left is Tom
By anon
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 11:42am
The guy on the left is Tom Menino. He looks different without his glasses.
The one with the cutie pie and ....
By Lee
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 12:19pm
... old country style mayoral pendant and robes is obviously not from this country. I know this from watching too much BritBox.
Is Peggy Davis Mullen the Princess Di lookalike?
By O-FISH-L
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 12:39pm
Longshot guess but is the Princess Di lookalike a young Peggy Davis Mullen? It would have been before her City Council days. She was always active in Irish causes and there's a resemblance.
Possibly
By Gary C
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 1:10pm
....but I don't think so.
That’s not Peggy. Peggy is my
By Rebecca Mullen
Thu, 11/12/2020 - 6:22pm
That’s not Peggy. Peggy is my mother in law. She did rock a Princess Di look back in the day. But I can assure you it’s not her.
The gentleman on the far right
By Turalura Lipschitz
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 2:02pm
seems to have a previously-owned hairdo.
Far right...
By BT
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 2:12pm
...is Michael Reardon.
ahshit...
By John-W
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 4:15pm
...you mean it's NOT Denis Leary?
Confirmed!
By BT
Fri, 02/21/2020 - 1:24pm
Not Michael Reardon...
Far right is former Boston Police Fire Commish Leo Stapleton.
Raybo is...
By Ward8Mahatma
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 5:56pm
...still alive so why not just give him a call?
Shouldn't you just be nodding or winking?
By anon
Thu, 02/20/2020 - 7:28pm
Writing?
Good lord, you're breaking all the rules, Martin!
Love the user name though.
Ahhhh, those were the days, my friend...
By Ward8Mahatma
Fri, 02/21/2020 - 7:17am
...face-to face retail politics. But not to worry- anyone challenges me in these virtual times I just say, “Russky hackers”. Of course in my day in the West End that referred to Eastern Europeans with the croup. Also, at my advanced age, if I start nodding and winking, people think I’ve taken a shock.....
Not sure
By Lost in Boston
Fri, 02/21/2020 - 7:20pm
about the others but someone's stealing the curtains from the Parkman House.
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