Old pictures of Groton

1897

Franklin D. Roosevelt and Students

c. 1901

Elbert Hubbard

1896

Bates Hall, Boston Public Library

1899

Elsie Leslie as Lydia Languish in Sheridan's play The Rivals

1909

Slums

1890

Charlestown & Bunker Hill Monument

1914

Junior dressmaking class at the Boston Trade School for Girls

1919

Babe Ruth Red Sox

1860

Crowd waiting near Boston Common for the Prince of Wales

1905

Old State House

1897

Tremont Street Subway

1968

Boy Wearing Supercap

1948

Blue Hill Avenue and Quincy Street

1882

Bearded Irish clam diggers

1859

Inauguration of Daniel Webster statue, Massachusetts State House

1949

Salem Street

1870

Louisa May Alcott (writter)

1925

AERIAL VIEW

1846

First Surgery Using Inhaled Ether

1905

Jaynes Store at Hanover and Washington streets

1951

New traffic lights at Walnut Avenue

1970

Bobby Orr

1860

Aerial photo of Boston was captured from a hot air balloon

1898

Boston City Hospital during the Spanish-American War

1860

Boston Public Garden. Detail of photo by D. Barnum

1952

The famous “O’Neil sisters”

1909

Fish Peddlers

c. 1900

Apothecary

c. 1940

KNIFE SHARPENER AT WEST END

1920

Frozen Cars After Severe Frost Fire in Boston

1909

Boy selling fish from a basket in Boston street market

1920

Custom House Tower

1909

132 Marginal Street, East Boston

1908

Harry Houdini before he jumped off the Harvard Bridge

1932

TRAFFIC

1916

Snow plow on Berkeley Street

1901

East Platform of North Station

1903

Mechanics’ Hall

1914

Weather kiosk, Boston Common

1963

Taxi at Saxony Bar & Lounge

1967

Attempt To Stop WOMAN From Competing In The Boston Marathon