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In 1887, Edward Bellamy published. He was looking at his own era from the vantage point of the future (the year 2000). We’re looking at the past, also with the benefit of hindsight. This site pages back through the streets, scraps and happenings of a city known for its history. The goal: to recover the layers. Just from the Colonial period to the Revolutionary War, but the decades from those years to the present. Suggestions and questions welcome at bostonlookingbackward (at) gmail (dot) com.
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Thirsty horses and trolley cars | Looking Backward
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July 12, 2011. Thirsty horses and trolley cars. Photo of a downtown fountain for thirsty horses via Boston Public Library’s Flickr stream. Would take one of these for people right about now. The ASPCA, founded in 1866 spread to many American cities, and lobbied on behalf of draft horses.This scene was already on the wane in the 1920s. Horses were superseded by electric trolley lines through expanding cities (What’s that off in the background? Between 1742, when horses were taxed for the first time, and 1...
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Stony Brook - Gone But Not Forgotten: Stony Brook Stories
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Stony Brook - Gone But Not Forgotten. And This Is Good Old Boston. Remember Jamaica Plain - my general history site for JP. Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Read Me - Bottom to Top. One Way to Solve a Problem. Dr Livingstone I Presume? Aqua Vitae, Aqua Mortis. Bostons Costly Little Stream. A Street Runs Through It. Boating on Stony Brook - An Adventure. It Isnt Easy Being Green (street). Gone to the Movies. The Brook and the Tracks. More on the Flood. The Stony Brook Flood. Over Hills and Roslin-Dales.
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Stony Brook - Gone But Not Forgotten: Where It Starts
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Stony Brook - Gone But Not Forgotten. And This Is Good Old Boston. Remember Jamaica Plain - my general history site for JP. Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Read Me - Bottom to Top. One Way to Solve a Problem. Dr Livingstone I Presume? Aqua Vitae, Aqua Mortis. Bostons Costly Little Stream. A Street Runs Through It. Boating on Stony Brook - An Adventure. It Isnt Easy Being Green (street). Gone to the Movies. The Brook and the Tracks. More on the Flood. The Stony Brook Flood. Over Hills and Roslin-Dales.
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Stony Brook - Gone But Not Forgotten: Dr Livingstone I Presume?
http://stonybrookinboston.blogspot.com/2008/04/dr-livingstone-i-presume.html
Stony Brook - Gone But Not Forgotten. And This Is Good Old Boston. Remember Jamaica Plain - my general history site for JP. Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Read Me - Bottom to Top. One Way to Solve a Problem. Dr Livingstone I Presume? Aqua Vitae, Aqua Mortis. Bostons Costly Little Stream. A Street Runs Through It. Boating on Stony Brook - An Adventure. It Isnt Easy Being Green (street). Gone to the Movies. The Brook and the Tracks. More on the Flood. The Stony Brook Flood. Over Hills and Roslin-Dales.
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Stony Brook - Gone But Not Forgotten: Aqua Vitae, Aqua Mortis
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Stony Brook - Gone But Not Forgotten. And This Is Good Old Boston. Remember Jamaica Plain - my general history site for JP. Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Read Me - Bottom to Top. One Way to Solve a Problem. Dr Livingstone I Presume? Aqua Vitae, Aqua Mortis. Bostons Costly Little Stream. A Street Runs Through It. Boating on Stony Brook - An Adventure. It Isnt Easy Being Green (street). Gone to the Movies. The Brook and the Tracks. More on the Flood. The Stony Brook Flood. Over Hills and Roslin-Dales.
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Stony Brook - Gone But Not Forgotten: Boating on Stony Brook - An Adventure
http://stonybrookinboston.blogspot.com/2008/04/boating-on-stony-brook-adventure.html
Stony Brook - Gone But Not Forgotten. And This Is Good Old Boston. Remember Jamaica Plain - my general history site for JP. Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Read Me - Bottom to Top. One Way to Solve a Problem. Dr Livingstone I Presume? Aqua Vitae, Aqua Mortis. Bostons Costly Little Stream. A Street Runs Through It. Boating on Stony Brook - An Adventure. It Isnt Easy Being Green (street). Gone to the Movies. The Brook and the Tracks. More on the Flood. The Stony Brook Flood. Over Hills and Roslin-Dales.
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Stony Brook - Gone But Not Forgotten: Read Me - Bottom to Top
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Stony Brook - Gone But Not Forgotten. And This Is Good Old Boston. Remember Jamaica Plain - my general history site for JP. Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Read Me - Bottom to Top. One Way to Solve a Problem. Dr Livingstone I Presume? Aqua Vitae, Aqua Mortis. Bostons Costly Little Stream. A Street Runs Through It. Boating on Stony Brook - An Adventure. It Isnt Easy Being Green (street). Gone to the Movies. The Brook and the Tracks. More on the Flood. The Stony Brook Flood. Over Hills and Roslin-Dales.
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Stony Brook - Gone But Not Forgotten: Canterbury Brook
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Stony Brook - Gone But Not Forgotten. And This Is Good Old Boston. Remember Jamaica Plain - my general history site for JP. Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Read Me - Bottom to Top. One Way to Solve a Problem. Dr Livingstone I Presume? Aqua Vitae, Aqua Mortis. Bostons Costly Little Stream. A Street Runs Through It. Boating on Stony Brook - An Adventure. It Isnt Easy Being Green (street). Gone to the Movies. The Brook and the Tracks. More on the Flood. The Stony Brook Flood. Over Hills and Roslin-Dales.