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File name: 08_02_004639
Box label: Boston Public Library: Construction: November – December 1888
Title: Boston Public Library, McKim building's view of foundation from Dartmouth St.
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Date created: 1888-12-05
Physical description: 1 photographic print : albumen ; 6 x 8 1/4 in.
Genre: Albumen prints
Subjects: Boston Public Library; Public libraries; Building construction
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Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Rights status not evaluated.
File name: 08_02_004370a
Box label: Boston Public Library: Interiors: Bates Hall
Title: Boston Public Library, Bates Hall
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Physical description: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.
Genre: Gelatin silver prints
Subjects: Boston Public Library; Public libraries; Reading rooms
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Statement of responsibility: Richard Cheek [photographer]
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Rights status not evaluated.
Boston. This beautiful historic city was a hotbed of rebellion and the main centre for the start of the American War of Independence. Today it is the capital and major city of Massachusetts with a metropolitan area of 4.5 million people. Like most tourists we will walk the ‘Freedom Trail’- the historic sites related to the origins of the Revolution but we need a little more knowledge of the Revolution itself. When War in 1775 (declared 1776) broke out Boston was the third city of the colonies and a major centre for discontent partly because it was a major port and the city had many articulate men with legal backgrounds involved in politics. The early 20th century view was that the American Revolution was about trade and the British system of mercantilism whereby England taxed and controlled the trade of the colonies. This view is now tempered with the knowledge that commitment to ‘democracy’ and self government was already strong in the colonies. For over 100 years the colonies were largely ignored by England and the powers of the Governors were reduced by the colonial assemblies. Every colony had an assembly that advised and exerted strong influence over their Governor. Usually there was a property qualification for voting, but in the American colonies most adult men owned some property and so the franchise was very wide for the 1700s. But why did it all change and become confrontational? England fought a long and costly war with France to determine superiority in North America. France, you will remember controlled what is now Canada. The Seven Years War 1756-63 was the last of almost a century of war between the Indians, the French and the British over territory. In the Treaty of Paris 1763 England got Quebec and the rest of Canada. To pay for the War, the British parliament decided that the Americans were receiving benefits from the war so they should be taxed to pay for the war. The famous Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax in the American colonies. The colonies developed the framework to conduct a war of resistance from this tax. They developed their slogan- “no taxation without representation”; their leaders emerged; a newspaper and pamphlet war began; they developed a trade boycott of British goods which worked; and for the first time representatives of all the colonies met to discuss their grievances. At this time, the colonists accepted that England could tax their trade - external taxes - but they refused to admit that England could tax them internally, without the consent of their colonial assemblies and the American people. Despite their slogan the colonists did not want representation in Westminster in London; they wanted their own colonial assemblies to be in charge. England repealed the Stamp Act because of the trade boycott but it responded with further acts. The Americans took umbrage at every act. One of the worst incidents was the Boston Massacre in 1770 when British Redcoats opened fire on a crowd of hecklers, killing 5, and wounding 8. Paul Revere, a Boston radical, made an engraving of the Massacre which is depicted to the left. Later a tax on tea precipitated the infamous Boston Tea Party in 1773. The first battles between Redcoats and American rebels began outside Boston in 1775 at Lexington and Concord. Thus it was not surprising that representatives of the all the colonies met that year in Philadelphia to consider their options and finally to declare Independence from England on 4th July 1776. So Boston was a major revolutionary city. The rebels of Boston were led by Samuel Adams, Paul Revere and others. The Revolution became as much about political rights and the independence of colonial assemblies as trade and taxation. Some historians argue that there was growing class conflict and dissatisfaction in the colonies as well and that that played into the mix creating a fertile bed for revolution. Certainly economic depression in colonial trade across the Atlantic in the 1770s was a major factor in the Americans feeling so disgruntled and aggrieved and settlers in the western parts of all colonies felt very aggrieved with the luxuries and relative flamboyance of the east coast cities like Boston. Consequently, the Revolutionary leaders had no trouble in gathering supporters, and finally amassing troops to fight a long, bloody and costly war against the British. Against all odds the Americans won, but they had considerable financial help from France which was still smarting from losing Canada and Quebec in the Seven Years War. We already have seen how a fine general emerged, George Washington, and he had great help from Baron Von Stueben who was paid for by France to train and organise the American troops. The British Redcoats were very slow to adapt to guerrilla warfare and the Americans turned out to be an awesome foe.
(Boston, MA 3/6/20) Mayor Martin Walsh participates in International Women’s Day at City Hall. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox)
File name: 11_07_000223
Title: Trolley at Park Street MBTA station, Boston
Creator/Contributor: Grant, Spencer, 1944- (photographer)
Date created: 1978
Physical description: 1 negative : film, black & white ; 35 mm.
Genre: Film negatives; Panoramic photographs
Subjects: Boston (Mass.); Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority; Subways; Subway stations; Crowds
Notes: Title from photographer caption.
Collection: Spencer Grant Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright © Spencer Grant
Maud Foster Drain, Willoughby Road, Boston. A series of reports had been made during the C18th by the civil engineers John Smeaton, John Grundy, Sr., his son John Grundy, Jr., Langley Edwards, and others, but it was not util 1801 that the Maud Foster Drain, a navigable ditch to drain the fens, opened. It is connected to the River Witham and is part of the flood defences for the area.
Boston, Lincolnshire, England - Maud Foster Drain, Willoughby Road
January 2019
Welcome to Boston Guildhall Museum and Tourist Information Centre.
Built in the 1390’s this building is a testament to the wealth and influence of the Guild of St Mary at a time when Boston’s power as a centre of trade was second only to London. This wonderfully preserved building, with a wealth of original features, has survived the centuries and is to be enjoyed as one of Boston’s finest visitor attractions.
A wealth of stories, secrets and experiences are told and shared throughout the building including the history of the Guild of St Mary, international trade with the Hanseatic League, the foundation of the Corporation of Boston and the very famous trial and imprisonment of the Pilgrims.
Boston Guildhall Museum is free to visit and our opening hours are Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10:30am – 3:30pm, last admission to the museum is 3pm.
www.mybostonuk.com/bostonguildhall/
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Boston’s wealth was due to the activities of the Guildsmen of St Mary – an internationally significant religious fraternity in one of the most important ports of medieval England who were able to communicate directly with the pope.
The merchant’s Guild of St Mary was a religious guild founded in 1260. For a gold coin fee and annual subscription, men, and unusually for the time, women, could be members and they maintained the Lady Chapel in Boston Stump for the purposes of “get out of purgatory” prayer. They also made provision for support of the poor of the parish.
The merchants made their fortunes trading mainly in wool – the backbone and driving force of medieval English economy. Boston’s Guildsmen worked hard and played hard. They recruited paupers of the town, giving them board, lodging and pay, to be beadsmen. The Beadsmen, so named because of the rosary beads they used during prayer, were paid by the merchants to help save their souls from the torture of eternal damnation. They believed that they could carry on living sinful and debauched lives so long as they continued to pay the Beadsmen to say prayers to reduce the time they would have to spend in the limbo of purgatory where their souls would be purified from sin.
When the Crown gave approval for guilds to possess assets, Boston’s fantastically rich merchants almost immediately built the Guildhall, making it one of the first in the country. The Guildhall was built from a new material not readily available in the 13th Century. The clay to mike its red bricks was dug out locally, and even Flemish brick makers were employed when it would have been much easier and cheaper to build out of more traditional materials such as stone or timber.
Their Beadsmen now had a home from which to pray for doomed souls – and the merchants celebrations went on, much of it actually in the new Guildhall’s banqueting hall. Many of these celebrations or festivities centred around religious dates on the calendar – feast and saints’ days – but there would always be food galore and mead and wine on these occasions.
They believed that in order to further to reduce their time in purgatory, gifts of property and land were given to the guild in return for salvation, calculated on a “pay” scale, ranging from 100 days remission from penance all the way up to 500 years of absolution. Over the centuries the guild acquired many sacred relics including a silver and gilt case containing an image of the Virgin and Child and, most fantastically, a sample of the Virgins breast milk. These items, along with others, recorded on an inventory on display in the Council Chamber. Were such alleged artefacts to still exist today Boston would be a world centre for pilgrimage to rival Lourdes and Turin. Along with a silver and gilt case containing part of the stone of Calvary, Boston Guildhall’s treasures have been long lost, claimed by King Henry VIII when he broke his ties with the pope and renounced religious guilds, taking land and property from them.
The Guildhall’s use as a religious building ended with the dissolution of the guilds and the founding of the new Corporation in 1545.
www.mybostonuk.com/bostonguildhall/museum/
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Boston Guildhall is a former municipal building in Boston, Lincolnshire. It currently serves as a local museum and also as a venue for civil ceremonies and private functions. It is a Grade I listed building.
The Boston Red Sox logo. Designed for phone and device cases. society6.com/ottopixel/Boston-Red-Sox-F8G_Print
Boston Harbor July 2nd fireworks 2019.
I took these from the empty/closed parking lot at the end of Lewis Wharf. That's Commercial Wharf and Boston Yacht Haven in the foreground. It's nice to remember that you can watch the fireworks - or enjoy the harbor anytime - from any of these Wharfs thanks to Chapter 91.
I was hired to paint graff for the set of a TV show shot here in Boston. They wanted it to look "authentic." so it had to be a little messy.
Boston Harbor July 2nd fireworks 2019.
I took these from the empty/closed parking lot at the end of Lewis Wharf. That's Commercial Wharf and Boston Yacht Haven in the foreground. It's nice to remember that you can watch the fireworks - or enjoy the harbor anytime - from any of these Wharfs thanks to Chapter 91.
(Boston, MA 6/9/19) Mayor Martin Walsh attends Rep. Michlewitz’s 4th Annual Cornhole Tournament in the North End. (Mayor’s Office Photo by John Wilcox)
File name: 08_02_004566
Box label: Boston Public Library: Construction: Interiors
Title: Boston Public Library, Copley Square. Interior during construction
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Date created: 1888-1895 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 photographic print : albumen ; 8 x 10 in.
Genre: Albumen prints
Subjects: Boston Public Library; Public libraries; Building construction; Interiors
Notes: Image dated bet. 1888-1895 on label and handwritten note on item dates image as Jan. 10, 1893.
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Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Rights status not evaluated.
The station opened for service on 17 October 1848 with the opening of the Great Northern Railway East Lincolnshire line.
Boston station was once an important junction, with two lines diverging in either direction. Today, only the eastbound line to Skegness, and the westbound line towards Sleaford remain in use. There was previously a southbound line to Spalding (closed in October 1970) that joined the line to Peterborough (and formed part of the original GNR main line from London to York), and a north-westbound line to Woodhall Junction (closed in June 1963) and thence on towards Lincoln, Horncastle, or Louth. Both surviving routes are single line, with a passing loop at the station.
The station has declined in importance since the 1960s. In its heyday the station had two through tracks and cover over the platform tracks. The Skegness bound platform had classic Great Northern Railway architecture buildings as well, now replaced with plastic shelters. The station frontage remains, albeit altered, in partially reconstructed manner, and some of the buildings have found new uses.
File name: 08_02_001364
Box label: Harbor views: Islands & lighthouses
Title: Boston lighthouse
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Creator/Contributor: Stebbins, N. L. (Nathaniel Livermore), 1847-1922 (photographer)
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Date created: 1890 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 photographic print : albumen ; 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.
Genre: Albumen prints
Subjects: Harbors; Islands; Lighthouses
Notes: Number on image: 699
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Statement of responsibility: N. L. Stebbins photo.
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Rights status not evaluated.