Back in the day, people would use the condensation from their beer bottle to make three overlapping rings on the bar

Joseph F McGinnis, the so-called "brains" of Brinks Robbery, was owner of Imbescheid's package store (3077 Washington St) in the late '40s to mid '50s, and was taken into custody there in the FBI round-up. He sold it on Feb 29, 1956.

We don't drink no Ballantines in Eggie

By TGR
Fri, 12/02/2022 - 12:25pm

This is a Haffenreffer neighborhood.

Also Washington would have had the El by this time, not streetcars.

There weren't many beers or ales I wouldn't drink

By anon
Fri, 12/02/2022 - 1:19pm

but Ballentine was truly stomach-turning rotgut.

you can see the el in the picture

By dshea
Fri, 12/02/2022 - 2:22pm

It's a little more clear in the photo on Boston City Archives' twitter, but that steel post is the orange line elevated. 3 Atherton is visible in the photo, most everything else has been torn down.

There were local streetcar

By anon
Fri, 12/02/2022 - 2:57pm

There were local streetcar tracks under the elevated, both in JP and Charlestown, the switch in the tracks suggests either Washington St. at the backend of Arborway yard or Egleston.

I found that address too

By tachometer
Fri, 12/02/2022 - 12:48pm

I'm guessing that you searched the business name as well. There's little from this era anywhere near that address when you go to the map's streetview and the archive photos always have enough of the original buildings remaining to identify it so I knew that wasn't it.

Back in the day, people would use the condensation from their beer bottle to make three overlapping rings on the bar

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Oh great

Cheating

Nope

Imbescheid's

We don't drink no Ballantines in Eggie

There weren't many beers or ales I wouldn't drink

you can see the el in the picture

There were local streetcar

I found that address too

It does look like 5 and 7

Hmm. Suburban looking,

JP

Dorchester phone number?

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