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Charlestown
By John Costello
Wed, 05/17/2023 - 2:21pm
Looking West Along Main Street.
This is where those multi-colored townhouses are now between the bank and the vacant lot where the city keeps the ambulance.
So then
By ScottB
Wed, 05/17/2023 - 2:47pm
Probably taken in the late 1890s before the construction of the Charlestown El.
A glance ...
By Somebody Else.
Wed, 05/17/2023 - 3:11pm
... back towards a simpler time when those who labored to create bread, pastries, and cakes didn't retire, but were broken down and their parts sold piecemeal out of nondescript storefronts.
Resourceful Bostonians knew not to throw anything away!
By adamg
Wed, 05/17/2023 - 7:01pm
OK, one of the things that amazed me when I became a Bostonian was that not only was Baker's Chocolate originally from here, but that it was named for a guy named Baker, not its target market.
My first thought on this photo..
By Friartuck
Wed, 05/17/2023 - 7:22pm
Was the bitter cold temps those windows are unable to keep out.
The Answer
By Boston City Archives
Thu, 05/18/2023 - 9:16am
Thanks for playing, folks! This image shows Commercial Street at Greenough Lane on December 7, 1900. The glass plate negative has "4th, 5th, 6th bldg north of Hanover St" etched onto it
Rooftop framing
By Somebody Else.
Thu, 05/18/2023 - 1:32pm
Say, do we have an understanding regarding the use of that framing in place on top of each building?
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