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Boston students used to be so industrious

Students in old Boston

But when and where was the photo taken? The folks at the Boston City Archives posted this. See it larger.

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Although I'm guessing there used to be more vocational schools than just that.

And we could use a few more - has anyone tried to hire a plumber or an AC repairmen these days? Yikes - and they're all busy.

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I'll Say Wentworth in, uhh, 1911?

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I am going with WIT as well, but I say more like 1906..

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...is my guess.

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Woodworking class, call it 1901-1910 by the height of the celluloid collars on some of the boys (back row, center-left has on a Clifton collar, in particular).

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on Belvidere and Dalton. The third floor shop classrooms. Around the turn of the century.

Mechanic Arts became Boston Technical became the O'Bryant exam school.

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Boston School of Mechanical Arts 1905-10, is my guess.

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The students look to be a variety of ages, rather than one class or age group.

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Thanks for playing, everyone!

This is Mechanic Arts High, ca. 1900-1920. The back of the photo says, "One of the pattern shops at the Mechanic Arts High School. The school has two pattern shops with equipment for taking care of sixty-four (64) pupils at one time. Amphitheaters, such as the one shown, are part of the equipment of all shops in the school."

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Both have computer programming schools, for example. The TV repair business has dried way up, however!

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