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19^th and 20^th century photographs documenting Boston’s architecture and development as well as the daily life of the city. Photographs include street scenes, important buildings, harbor views and the park system. Photographers J.W. Black, Josiah J. Hawes, Nathaniel Stebbins, Thomas E. Marr and Baldwin Coolidge have significant holdings in the collection. Also included is an important series of photographs of the Boston Public School system by photographer A.H. Folsom taken in the early 1890s. The collection also includes non-photographic images including color lithographs, colonial and revolutionary era engravings and some documentary material.

Cleaning Crew in a North End Alleyway, Photograph #16919 by T.E. Marr, 1909,  Boston Pictorial Archive

Corner of Unity and Charter, Streets, North End Photograph, 1893, Boston Pictorial Archive

Fishermen Baiting Trawls at T-Wharf,Boston Photograph, 1903, Boston Pictorial Archive

Horace Mann School for the Deaf, Miss Fuller and Her Class, Boston, Photograph by A.H. Folsom, 1893, Boston Pictorial Archive