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Old image depicting a crowd of fans waiting in line at the ticket sales at Fenway Park.

Every year residents of South Boston celebrate the British evacuation of Boston with an Evacuation Day parade. The primarily Irish population of South Boston has since combined the Evacuation Day parade with St. Patricks Day due to the coincidence of…

The source describes the photo as "Looking west on Beacon Street in Boston, near the State House, sometime in the 19th century." The scene in the photo looks down the hill of Beacon Street, just past the State House. Not much has changed in this…

These photographs depict Post Office Square circa 1984, occupied by the 1953 Parking Garage 3 structure. Photos depict aerial views, structural damage, and traffic.

These photographs depict Post Office Square circa 1984, occupied by the 1953 Parking Garage 3 structure. Photos depict aerial views, structural damage, and traffic.

This is a 1938 aerial shot of Charles River Esplanade, which shows the esplanade with a temporary bandshell and oval. We can see that Storrow Drive did not extend very far in 1938, and is only reconstructed as a major freeway later on.

This is a 1952 aerial shot of Charles River Esplanade, which shows the esplanade with a permanent, and larger shell: the Hatch Memorial Shell built in 1941, and the same oval we see in the 1938 aerial shot. Storrow Drive has been extended farther…

This is a 2016 aerial shot of Charles River Esplanade, which shows the esplanade as it is today. The Hatch Memorial Shell is central to the Esplanade. In comparison to the older aerial shots, we can see that the island extensions are more fully…

People congregate at the pond, depicting the network of people in the Public Garden