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This photo of the Hatch Memorial Shell was taken from the footpath of the Charles River Esplanade leading up to it. It's concrete shell stands out in contrast to the trees immediately around it and the modern buildings in the background.

A video of a panoramic shot of the Make Way for Ducklings statue, including tourists photographing each other.

Tourists and children interact with the ducklings statue in Boston Public Garden

Yachts and Ships at the Harbor at Charlestown

The states that contributed goods to the construction of the U.S.S. Constitution

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.

Copley Station entrance by the Boston Public Library

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…

Map of the stops where the U.S.S. Constitution stopped during its "Thank You" tour in the 1930s.

Two plaques are included with the statues; they honor Robert McCloskey for his children's book that the statue is based on and Nancy Schon for her creation of the sculptures