Fenway Park might have Bruce Springsteen but the Boston Public Library’s got the Beatles in 1964. A new photograph gallery in the BPL’s popular online store opened today featuring images from the Beatles’ concerts at Boston Garden and Suffolk Downs, along with some of Boston ’s most famed entertainment venues.

The online gallery includes photographs of Beatles fans at the old Boston Garden , images of the old Howard and Melodeon Theaters and interiors shots of the long-closed Keith’s Theater and the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub. The display features the many places both past and present where Bostonians enjoyed theater, music and other entertainment.

The gallery is just one of the many that online visitors can search electronically in the BPL’s online store at www.bpl.org/store. The galleries include more than 350 reproductions of many priceless and rarely seen works of art and photographs available for sale to history-lovers, sports fans, and collectors of all interests and budgets.

The BPL’s Online Store was conceived and developed by the Boston Public Library Foundation’s Technology Task Force, led by Bill Seibel, chairman and CEO of Demantra, and made up of volunteer professionals from the business, technical and telecommunications sectors.

Through their efforts, the BPL’s vast, world-class collections of thousands of rare images can now be reproduced on clothing, mugs and posters. The store features online access to digitized images of antique maps, vintage posters, historic photographs, priceless art, rare books and manuscripts and other treasures.

Photographs of historic North End and Copley Square, antique maps of 18th century Boston, photos from Boston’s sports heritage, including images from the first-ever World Series in 1903, are now available and can be reproduced as fine prints, ceramic tiles, note cards and tote bags.

For more than 150 years, the Boston Public Library has pioneered public library service in America with revolutionary ideas and famous firsts. Established in 1848, the BPL was the first publicly supported municipal library in America , the first public library to lend books, the first to have a branch library and the first to have a children’s room. Today, the BPL boasts 27 neighborhood branches, free Internet access, two unique restaurants, an award-winning website www.bpl.org and an on-line store featuring reproductions of the BPL’s priceless photographs and artwork. Each year, the BPL hosts nearly 5000 programs, answers more than one million reference questions and serves millions of people in its National Historic Landmark McKim Building in Copley Square . All of its programs and exhibits are free and open to the public. At the Boston Public Library, books are just the beginning!

Prepared by the Boston Public Library's Communications Office. For more information about news, programs and events at the BPL, call 617-859-2212 or send a message to the Communications Office.