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CityLab Fall 2024 - East Boston: Images

Images

BAC Librarians created a Prezi tour of East Boston using archival postcards and photos. Click "Present" to explore the map.

Open the image group below and choose which ones you want to download from our Artstor/JSTOR database.

Artstor digital images are provided for academic research.

DOCUMERICA - Michael Philip Manheim

"For the Documerica Project (1971-1977), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired freelance photographers to capture images relating to environmental problems, EPA activities, and everyday life in the 1970s.

Michael Philip Manheim was one of nearly one hundred photographers hired for DOCUMERICA. His assignment was to document the noise pollution crises in the East Boston neighborhood around Neptune Road.

Manheim captured powerful images of the deteriorating community, illustrating its uncomfortable proximity to one of the nation's busiest airports and the plight of residents living under the landing path of jets on the approach to Logan's busy runways."

Boston Transit Archive

Postcards - Maverick Square

A trolley passes through a tunnel. Two people stand on a bridge above the tunnel.

Entrance to East Boston tunnel in Maverick Square. 1909.

A large billboard for Burrill's Tooth Powder hangs over buildings in Maverick Square. On the ground, a horse-drawn cart waits outside a store while a streetcar passes through the square.

A streetcar passes through Maverick Square. 1912.

Image of Maverick House

Maverick House. 1909.

A trolley emerges from the East Boston tunnel into Maverick Square

A trolley emerges from the East Boston tunnel into Maverick Square. 1906.

Exterior of the Lyceum Hall

Lyceum Hall. 1910.

Two trolleys enter the East Boston tunnel.

View of Maverick Square from above the East Boston tunnel. 1906.

Postcards - Airport

Two airplanes outside the Boston Airport Corp. hangar.

Boston Airport Corp. hangar. 1925.

A ramp connecting the sandy beach to a boat-filled harbor.

Seaplane ramp and landing. 1940.

Aerial view of hangars and runway.

Early aerial view of the airport. 1927.

Aerial view of airport with the Boston skyline visible. Graphics laid over image read

Greetings from Logan Airport! 1994.

Aerial view of Logan Airport and surrounding harbors.

Logan Airport and its surrounding harbors. 1950.

Aerial view of planes on the runway.

Aerial view of a Logan terminal. 1950.

Postcards - Ferries and Harbors

Gate labelled

South Ferry gate. 1930.

The moon peeks out from behind clouds and illuminates the harbor. Boats fill the harbor, each one aglow with a small red light.

East Boston Waterfront. 1916.

View of docks from across the water. A large warehouse reads

Cunard Docks. 1910.

Moonlit scene of a ship in a harbor

East Boston Ferry Slip -- at night! 1911.

A ferry travels through Boston Harbor

The East Boston Waterfront and Ferry, seen from Boston Harbor. 1907.

A ferry travels through Boston Harbor at dusk

East Boston North Ferry. 1907.

A horse and carriage wait in front of a gate leading to the ferry

East Boston North Ferry gate. 1908.

Postcards - Central Square

A busy sidewalk outside Goldenberg's

Busy sidewalks in Central Square. 1920.

Men walking in the center of a street

View of Meridian Street. 1918.

People walk down a dirt street

Meridian Street. 1908.

View of the street from outside Woolworth's

Woolworth's and Sonora on Meridian Street. 1920.

Trees in a park. People sit on benches

Trees in Central Square. 1905.

Images - Wood Island Park

Sepia photo overlooking a section of a running track surrounded by trees.

Gymnasium and running track, Wood Island Park, East Boston, Mass. Via Historic New England.

A single man walks in a grassy field outside an old-fashioned tennis court. A park stretches out in the background.

Tennis court and gymnasium, Wood Island Park, East Boston, Mass., undated. Via Historic New England.

People sit on the grass near the bath houses and beach at Wood Island Park, East Boston, Massachusetts.

Bath houses and beach, Wood Island Park, East Boston, Mass. Via Historic New England.

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