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April 191897- The first Boston marathon was held and won by New York’s John J. McDermott.
April 152013- Two bombs went off at the Boston Marathon killing 3 and injuring 100s. This was consid
Dorchester High School Girls’ Gym class, Dorchester, Boston, MA, ca. 1901.
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Bunker Hill memorial
Man’s Top Hat Peck and Company (United States, Massachusetts, Boston, active 19th century). Ci
Portrait bust of Socrates, Roman–Imperial Period, ca. 170–195 CE. Boston, Museum of Fine
Irene Chou, Circles upon circles, 1995, mixed media, 106.5 x 152.5 cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
On this day in 1854, Mary Littlebale wrote to Boston’s Board of Aldermen to protest against th
odditiesoflife: The Man Who Had an Iron Spike Go Completely Through his Head and Lived – The S
yesterdaysprint:Boston Post, Massachusetts, December 24, 1920
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On This Day in History June 2, 1935: Famed slugger Babe Ruth announces his retirement from Professio
Happy Birthday, Arthur Fiedler!Arthur Fiedler was born in Boston on December 17, 1894. He attended B
Did you know our collections are full of statistics and data? These tables from the 1927 Parks Depar
Sitting in the Park,Boston Commons  -  Arthur Clifton Goodwin (1864-19
Lady Margaret Beaufort depicted in a stained glass window in St Botolph’s Church, Boston, Linc
In 1829, a Bostonian caught a 700 lb fish between the Charlestown and Warren bridges. On November 4,
yesterdaysprint: Santa feeds the pigeons, Boston Common, December 1928
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coolthingoftheday: This is what the tea that was dumped into the Boston Harbor would have looked lik
~ Rand, McNally & Co.’s Handy Guide to Boston and Environs, 1909(click to enlarge)
tammuz: Head from a statue of Gudea, ruler of the Sumerian city of Lagash in Southern Iraq. Boston M
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