Massachusetts

Back in the 1890s, this is what the city of Boston looked like. Source: Shorpy Circa 1890s Boston, Massachusetts. “Birdseye view of Charlestown & Bunker Hill Monument.” Note the number and variety of fenced “roof yards.” 8×10 inch glass negative,...

This great old photo shows Boston’s State St. way back in 1905. Click on it for some amazing details. Source: Library of Congress

What a fascinating old map of the town of Boston.

Check out this great series of photos showing Boston in the late 1850s and early 1860s. Click on them to see greater details. They’re pretty amazing. View from grounds of the State House on Beacon Hil. Ticknor House on left,...

Check out this great old photo of Boston from the air in 1928. North End with Customs House and markets in centre foreground, North Station in background. (1928) Source: Boston Public Library

This great photo shows Boston, Massachusetts in 1906, looking down Tremont St. Anyone recognize the block? Tremont Street looking south, Boston, Mass. (1906) Source: Library of Congress

Check out these cool and beautiful views of Boston from 1906, the same year President Teddy Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize, the first U.S. president to do so. Boston Harbor from the east in 1906 Source: Library of Congress Beautiful...

This beautiful old photo from 1902 shows Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue. Click on it for some amazing details. 1902 photo of Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts Source: Library of Congress

Can anyone identify where this is on Sumner Street in Boston, Massachusetts? The image was taken back in 1904. Add your comments below and if you can get a Google Street View link, that would be helpful. Thanks! Make sure...

Check out this cool then, then, and then few photos of Boston Public Library back in 1899, a year later in 1900, and then a decade later in 1910. The photos show the McKim Building in Copley Square, which was built in 1895....