The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this image (which has the street name blacked out). See it larger.
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Scollay square
By Boston Born
Mon, 07/25/2022 - 10:14am
24-28 Tremont Row at Scollay Square
Imagine
By Irma la Douce
Mon, 07/25/2022 - 10:21am
Imagine wearing all of those layers of clothing on the street a day like today.
You'd faint
By cybah
Mon, 07/25/2022 - 10:35am
Ive been on a Little House on the Prairie kick lately and I've read a few of the show's stars autobiography's (currently working thru Melissa Gilbert's 2nd book)
They all said the same thing.. that clothing is HOT. And a few of them collapsed from the heat.
That show kept pretty on-target with apparel from that era.. undergarments, petty coats, and all.
and it being filmed in the Valley (along with remotes at Old Tuscon), its H O T on that set.
And keep in mind the minute a persons scene was over for the day... off to wardrobe to get out of that hot outfit. They weren't wearing these outfits all day, every day like you actually did back then.
Bearable
By Kaz
Tue, 07/26/2022 - 11:47am
Did some reenacting on summer weekends when I was younger. Early 1800s, during summers in the mid-Atlantic.
You definitely sweat...a lot. So some source of water is a must. But once you sweat into the undergarment, any breeze becomes your friend and you turn into a walking swamp cooler. Finding shade helps take the edge off during the height of the day.
Irma La Douce
By Boston Born
Mon, 07/25/2022 - 7:48pm
One of my favorite films.
24-28 Tremont Row at Scollay Square, ca. 1880-95
By Saul
Mon, 07/25/2022 - 10:37am
https://dl.tufts.edu/concern/images/qb98mr23d
Is that a
By anon
Mon, 07/25/2022 - 11:45am
peg leg?
no, a cane
By anon
Mon, 07/25/2022 - 1:08pm
hare lip
The Answer
By anon
Mon, 07/25/2022 - 4:22pm
Thanks for playing, folks! This photo shows 22-28 Tremont Row in Scollay Square. Date is 1985. You can see a high res version of the photo here: https://cityofboston.access.preservica.com/uncateg...
1985??
By JPYuppie
Mon, 07/25/2022 - 9:34pm
1985??
Location obliterated!
By HenryAlan 2.0
Tue, 07/26/2022 - 10:21am
Frustratingly, I was uncharacteristically able to figure out where this was, and yet the street itself is gone, not just the building. No way to get a now image to contrast with 1895. :(
yeah
By cybah
Tue, 07/26/2022 - 11:46am
I found the place pretty easily but the street is what threw me off.. Its too close to be state street. Unless that part of Tremont was renumbered at some point.
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