Trio On A Trike

Taken in 1951 at the intersection of Warren Ave and Clarendon St, in the South End of Boston, Mass. (Facing east) There aren't any cars in the photo! The loading dock doors upper left were for the Cyclorama building, which was the Wholesale Flower Market at the time, and is now the Boston Center For The Performing Arts. The sign on the building, upper right, said something like: S.S. Pennock, Wholesale Florist Supplies. [Click To Enlarge]
























(See Google street view of what this intersection looks like today here.)




New on StuffIShoot: Gone Fishing

Football Team

Here's a photo of a Boston high school football team, circa early 1940's. Two of the men have school letters on their sweaters, a big T. I knew one of the men in this photo, but not well enough to know what high school he attended. He was born in 1926. If you see yourself or one of your relatives in the photo, let me know. [Click Image For A Closer Look]

The Blizzard Of 1978

I was looking around the internet yesterday for some weather information, and I was reminded of The Great Blizzard Of 1978, because this is the thirty year anniversary of that horrendous event. As you may know, Boston was buried in about 29 inches of snow:

February 6-7 - Blizzard of 1978, 27.1 inches of snow and 23.6 inches of snow in 24 hours for Boston. (Highest storm total and 24 hour total ever.) February 7 - Greatest snow depth for Feb. 29 inches, 1978. (Source: annandaleweather.com)

Of course, that prompted me to look around for some old photos of Boston and snowstorms. (I like to collect old, rare, or vintage photos, by the way.) Here's one taken of Route 128 during the 1978 Blizzard. Some 3500 cars were buried, and a number of people died from asphyxiation because the snow prevented the exhaust from escaping.
























Here's one, Circa 1951:
























This kid is obviously moving a mountain!

That's Warren Ave in the South End behind him, from Clarendon St to Berkeley St, before trees were in fashion.

And I came across this interesting photo of the Valentine's Day Blizzard of 1940:



That's the intersection of Comm Ave and Exeter St in the Back Bay.

Have any interesting old photos of Boston you want to share? Send them to me at beantowntoday@yahoo.com.