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A map showing the layout of Boston in 1876.

This is a digitally sourced image of the MFA's original location in Copley Square in the late 1800s.

This is a digitally sourced image of the MFA's original location in Copley Square in the late 1800s.

scan from archaeological dig

scan from archaeological dig

photograph of archaeological dig finds

photograph of archaeological dig finds

Photos from the Boston Globe gallery

Photos from the Boston Globe gallery

July 8, 1955: Blown over during Hurricane Carol on Aug. 31, 1954, the steeple on the Old North Church was repaired and restored. The bells in the tower pealed out a traditional hymn as the crane lowered the steeple into place and workmen used cable…