Pictures: 1920’s and 1930’s Boston in the Snow

The Boston Public Library has some great pictures on Flickr. I've been using them in various posts and I just found a bunch of pictures, mostly from the 20's and 30's, of Boston during snow season. Here they are.

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1919 – Boston Common subway kiosks

 

bostonPlane1919 – A plane on the Charles River

 

bostonCommon19191919  – Boston Common and the State House

 

bostonSnowCommon11920's – Boston Common

 

bostonSnowshow1920's – Snowshoeing!

 

bostonStateHouseSteps1920's – The steps of the State House at Christmas time

 

bostonCommon21923 – Boston Common

 

bostonCommonNight1929 – The Boston Gardens at night

 

bostonTownies1930 – The L Street Brownies playing checkers

 

bostonCommonSled1930 – Sledding on Boston Common. They built out a ramp!

 

bostonSkating1930 – Skating in the Public Garden

 

bostonSnowConstitution1931 — The U.S.S. Constitution

 

bostonSnowBeaconHill1933 – Mt. Vernon Street on Beacon Hill

 

bostonSaveMan1935 – A man being saved who fell into the Charles River

 

bostonCommon41936 – Digging out Boston Common

 

bostonHorse1930's – Helping the horse out

 

bostonDorcesterSubways1930's – People trying to get to work in Dorcester

 

bostonCommon31939 – Boston Common Subway Kiosks

 

bostonFire1939 – Fighting a fre in heavy snow

 

bostonCarDig1939 – A car half dug out

 

bostonCommon51939 – Boston Common

 

bostonElevated1939 – Clearing out under the train line

 

bostonCrew1939 – A crew digging out

 

bostonStreets1940 – A crew going to dig out some cars

 

There's a whole bunch more in this set: