White duck is pet on Beacon Hill

By adamg on Sat, 04/14/2012 - 10:02am

Just put the piano on his bill.

Somewhere on Beacon Hill in 1941, a boy had a white duck as a pet, and Leslie Jones was there to chronicle it.

From the BPL Leslie Jones collection. Posted under this Creative Commons license.

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By markk on Sat, 04/14/2012 - 3:08pm.

Good thing it didn't look up to the top of the piano and see what had happened to its dad.

By Allstonian on Sat, 04/14/2012 - 5:07pm.

That's a sculpture, not a stuffed duck. I figured it was a family portrait, kind of like the photos on either side of the statuette.

There's a ton of photos of this duck and its boy in the link; here's another one featuring the duck statuette:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library...

By Be on Sat, 04/14/2012 - 6:05pm.

What a lovely picture. That could be me and my cat, btw.

Love the Piano (a Boston Piano or a Cabinet Grand?) and absolutely adore the (maybe hand) knitted lace curtains.

Thank you for this!

By BikerGeek on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 3:00pm.

One that won't try to bite
One that won't chew a hole in my socks
One that won't quack all night.