Black & White Sunday: Traces of the Past Y2-08
Visible evidence of history in this country is limited. We live in the earliest settled (by Europeans) area in the U.S., but most of the “old buildings” are not terribly old … at least not by the standards of other continents and cultures.
Most of the “old buildings” date to the 1700s. There’s a lot of stuff from the 1800s, a great deal of it from the 1880s into the early 1900s. You aren’t going to find medieval architecture in North America … not the real stuff. Imitations, yes. Real? No.
Bearing that in mind …
Forge House
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Church steeple
Boston Harbor
Boston Statehouse
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I haven’t been to the Tea party museum- please could you tell me in which part of Boston it is so I can go there the next time I am there.
Susie
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I don’t honestly remember the exact address, but I’m sure you can find it with Google. It’s on Boston Harbor at what is called Tea Party Wharf. So Good Tea Party Museum. I’m sure you’ll find it 🙂
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There’s a lot of history there. Thanks for sharing Marilyn.
Leslie
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Thanks. For this part of the world, it’s almost as far back as (European) history goes. Natives, obviously, have a lot more than we do.
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Marilyn such beautiful examples of traces of the past. Even better in black and white. Love the capture of Beacon Hill
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Beacon Hill is a great place to take pictures. Other than a few trees and the color of the bricks and cobblestones, there’s not a lot of color, so black & white is a natural. We briefly lived there, but it’s a better place to visit than live!
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1880 is still a distant past. I appreciate your panoramic view of Boston Harbor and the Tea Party Wharf. You have assembled a series of images that give a feel of the old Boston. Extremely successful and yes, THE REAL stuff 🙂 Thank you!
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Thanks Paula 🙂 Tea Party Wharf was especially interesting … and some of the buildings along Boston Harbor are pretty spectacular 🙂
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Agree about the Boston Wharf area. Triggers memories about Boston’s Market area in the pre Fanueil Hall days. The smell from the market was something else.
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WOW, those are spectacular pictures!
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