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Official Archives of the City of Boston. We love to hear from you!
Nov 22, 2022 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Do you know why Nova Scotia sends Boston a Christmas tree every year? 🧵 On December 6, 1917, the Mont Blanc, a French ship in Halifax Harbor preparing to fight in WWI, collided with another ship and caught on fire. The Mont Blanc was s full of munitions and exploded, killing more than 1k people and destroying parts of Halifax.flickr.com/photos/mastate… individuals look at explosi...
Jan 14, 2022 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
#onthisday in 1973, a city photographer walked down Charles Street snapping photos for a city survey of #BeaconHill architecture. Let's follow along! @BostonLandmarks @universalhub @HUBhistory We start at 15 Charles St in front of the Beacon Hill Thrift Shop. The Thrift Shop advertised that proceeds went to nursing scholarships at the New England Baptist Hospital League
Jan 13, 2022 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
#onthisday in 1949, a @BostonBTD photographer walked through Boston documenting Boston's streets and intersections for a city study. Let's walk along! cityofboston.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/… At 1:43 pm, our photographer snapped a photo of Broad Street facing Atlantic, capturing this pedestrian among the delivery trucks. cityofboston.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/…
Feb 11, 2021 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
#onthisday in 1969, Boston's City Hall was dedicated. City Hall's brutalist design was chosen in a design competition that took place in 1962. Today, we're taking a look at the other competition entries to imagine what might have been...... @universalhub @HUBhistory Full disclosure, we're archivists not architects. We invite our followers with architectural knowledge to jump in on the thread!
Feb 9, 2021 • 19 tweets • 7 min read
In 1917, James Henderson, a black poet, and playwright, arrived in Boston. In the 1970s, he was interviewed abt his art, activism, and family. His oral history now lives at the Archives. We're digging in for #BlackHistoryMonth! 🧵Photo: repository.library.northeastern.edu/files/neu:28423 Image Henderson first came to Boston when he was working for a traveling theater company. He returned for education, but planned to return to the South after studying for a year. Image
Jan 15, 2021 • 20 tweets • 7 min read
On January 15, 1919, a 50-foot tall tank ruptured, sending 2.3 million gallons of molasses rushing through the neighborhood. @universalhub @HUBhistory At midday on Jan 15, 1919, the #NorthEnd was full of workers and residents venturing outdoors to enjoy unseasonably warm weather. At about 1 p.m., they heard a low rumble. Many assumed it was a Boston Elevated train. But, within minutes, they realized something was very wrong.
Jul 9, 2020 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
“Miss Ives” (b. ~1880) and Louise Goodsill (b. ~1900) lived their whole lives in #Roslindale. I'm Colleen, a History PhD student at @Northeastern, completing my fieldwork at the BCA and today I'm sharing some highlights from their oral histories! @universalhub @HUBhistory Louise Goodsill remembers how different local #Roslindale stores were compared to the supermarkets of today–homemade sausage for one example!