On Sept. 17, 1970, Boston Mayor Kevin White and Brookline State Rep. Michael Dukakis boarded a small plane at Logan for a campaign trip around the state during White's run for governor and Dukakis's for lieutenant governor.
White, a Democrat, lost to Republican incumbent Francis Sargent that November. Four years later, Dukakis ran against Sargent and won.
Earlier, White had won statewide election as secretary of state - a job he held from 1961 until he took over as mayor in 1967. Dukakis, meanwhile, had lost in a run for attorney general in 1966.
Photo by Dick Thompson from the BPL's Brearley Collection. Posted under this Creative Commons license.
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BUTL ???
By Ari O
Wed, 09/16/2020 - 11:05pm
In the background there's a hangar which says BUTL— and then cuts off at the edge of the photograph.
Any idea what it is spelling out?
A little Googling revealed...
By Ryan F
Wed, 09/16/2020 - 11:24pm
...this: https://www.facebook.com/PlanesTrainsShips/posts/6...
Looks like Butler Aviation was a company with a Logan base.
Butler (Aviation)
By Oscar Worthy
Wed, 09/16/2020 - 11:28pm
https://m.facebook.com/PlanesTrainsShips/posts/159...
Butler
By anon
Thu, 09/17/2020 - 12:22am
Butler Aviation was a big company back then.
Butler Aviation
By fenway
Thu, 09/17/2020 - 12:48am
Butler Aviation
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-11...
Butler Aviation eventually merged with Page Avjet to form Signature Flight Support
https://www.signatureflight.com/about/about
That was the old Butler
By Mr. Charles
Thu, 09/17/2020 - 12:51am
That was the old Butler Aviation building.
Dont it always seem to go
By DapperO
Thu, 09/17/2020 - 12:20pm
that you don't know what you've got til it's gone.
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