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| Boston, Massachusetts |
| A 1908 view of Trinity Church. |
| This card dates from 1913. "The City Hall, an imposing structure built of white granite in Italian Renaissance style, was erected in 1865. In the foreground may be seen a heroic statue of Joseph Quincy, designed by Thomas Ball." (Z) |
| "The towering shaft of the Custom House at Boston dominates the city's skyline. The business of the thriving Port of Boston is conducted within its walls." (Z) |
| North Station, Boston - an unused postcard of indifferent quality. |
| This postcard of the statue of General Washington was mailed in 1904. |
| An unused postcard of Crispus Attuck's Monument on Boston Common. "Erected by the State in 1888 - commemorates the Boston Massacre." |
| South Terminal Station in 1909. |
| An undated postcard of North Union Station. |
| Newspaper boys in Pie Alley. |
| Tremont Street in the early 1900s. |
| Esplanade from West Boston Bridge - a postcard mailed in 1920. |
| This view of the Navy Yard was mailed in 1908. |
| No date for this postcard of Washington Street. |
| T Wharf - a postcard from 1920. |
| A postcard of the Public Gardens in Boston, dating from about 1910. |
| No date for this postcard of the First Presbytarian Church in East Boston. |
| Another undated postcard of the State House. |
| An undated view of the State House. |
| Postcards of the Past |
| Sullivan Square Elevated Station - not a very good quality image, sorry !! |
| An unused and undated postcard of Symphony Hall. |
| Boston Opera House. |
| The Hotel Essex. |
| The Christian Science Library in Boston. |
| North Union Station. |
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| Boston is the capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one of the states of New England in the USA. The majority of the state's roughly 6.5 million inhabitants live in the greater Boston area. Boston is one of the oldest cities in the USA, having been founded about 1630 by Puritan settlers from England. |
| Prudential Center, Boston - a postcard from the 1960s. "A 31-acre "city-within-a-city" - 750-foot-high tower building, Sheraton-Boston Hotel, City of Boston War Memorial Auditorium, two apartment buildings, four commercial buildings, shopping malls, ice-skating rink." |
| Did You Know....that Elizabeth Short, the "Black Dahlia" who was the victim of a gruesome - and unsolved - murder in Los Angeles in 1947, was born in Hyde Park, Boston, in 1924 ? |
| And Did You Know....that from 1962 to 1964, the so-called "Boston Strangler" is thought to have murdered at least 13 women in the Boston area ? But was the killer ever really caught ? Follow the link to read about it. |
| The Parker House is a hotel on School Street in Boston. It was opened in 1855. Follow this link for a comprehensive history of the hotel and its many distinguished guests. |
| Boston Harbour, Graves Light. |
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| Another view of Trinity Church. |
| South Station and the Elevated Railway. |
| The Institute of Technology. |
| Copley Square. |
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