Historic boston

An online library of photographs, manuscripts, audio recordings, and other materials of historical interest from libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies across Massachusetts.

The Old State House is a historic building in Boston, Massachusetts, at intersection of Washington & State Streets. Built in 1713, it was the seat of the Massachusetts General Court until 1798 & is one of the oldest public buildings in the United States. One of the landmarks on Boston's Freedom Trail, it is oldest surviving public building in Boston, & now serves as a history museum. Divided Back Era postcard mailed in 1911.

These amazing aerial photographs from the Boston Pictorial Archive documenting Boston's landscape and city sections in the 1920s. Allston and Brighton, Boston Back Bay and West End, Boston Back Bay, looking west from Public Garden, Boston Beacon Hill and North End, Boston Beacon Hill and West End Boston and Albany freight yards Boston and Albany piers Boston art museum Boston common and State House Boston Elevated Railroad Boston Elevated Railroad Boston from Kendall Square Boston from South…

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Old City Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1858

“…must-see Boston sights and experiences into one blog post. Here you will find all the best tips from my years of experience taking friends and family around Boston and exploring Boston on my own. This post will map out a three-day Boston itinerary that includes, what I will refer to as: Historic B