When horsies ruled the earth
By adamg - 1/14/13 - 12:56 pm
The folks at the Boston City Archives challenge you to say where and when this Boston photo was taken. See it larger (and in stereoscope mode).
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looks a lot like the shirley
looks a lot like the shirley eustis house, without the cupola and columns.
Wild guess
There was a house that is long gone, but the foundation remains, near Jamaica Pond - in the Northeast corner (?) - there are two guys carrying some kind of poles (fishging?) and the short stone wall looks like it may have fit around there.
Very little to go on unless you recognize that house - as the poster above may have done.
Pinebank Mansion
you're referring to the Pinebank Mansion. I know it went through a bunch of revisions because of fire, so it could ahve been an older iteration, but the mansion pictured in the wiki is definitely not it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinebank_Mansion
Those fishing poles may be
Those fishing poles may be surveying equipment. The tripod with the lined panel may be as well.
No lined panel(?)
I think those are stairs - although I think the guess about surveying equipment is likely accurate.
the building facade and
the building facade and stairs look like the Loring Greenough house. There is no stone wall at the street but the grading could have changed over time....
The grade hasn't changed at
The grade hasn't changed at the Loring Greenough house.
biggie smalls funeral?
did that go thru boston?
This was taken yesterday...
on the set of This Old, Old, Old, House. Ancient, museum-grade carriages are ideal for hauling Bob Vila's extinct elm timber and copper pipes.
The Answer - kind of
We know that this was taken in June 1877, somewhere in South Boston, but we're unsure of the exact location. If anyone recognizes it, definitely let us know!
I think I got it!
951 E. Broadway