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When Boston had more than one oyster house

Higgins' Oyster House in old Boston

The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this photo. See it larger.

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Looking down Cornhill toward Fanueil Hall, Sears Block on right, Crawford House on far left (with awnings) Quincy House tower in the distance (on Brattle), subway under construction so I'm going to say 1897

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That's almost exactly what I tweeted, except I said 1898 for the year.

We need to turn this into a bet. Winner gets a jar of genuine Tremont Subway subway dust, containing particles from 1896 through 2014.

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because I'm sure there is already plenty of said dust somewhere among my belongings

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I didn't notice until I looked at the full linked photo.

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Scollay Square, late 19th century. The Sears crescent is at right, and Chapman house at left.

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Near City Hall, with the building with the steaming kettle on the right in the foreground. Rest is all gone.

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.. these old photos.

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The sign on the building at the far right does say "Tremont Street"

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All those dirty people, businesses, streetcars and bicyclists sullying our city. Time for some street widening, building bulldozing, and desolate concrete plaza making.

We'll fix all the problems with our city by getting rid of all the people and building a monument to governmental hubris. That'll teach 'em.

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Obviously creating havoc.

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The building at the extreme right, with the Tremont Street sign on it, is still there. The storefront has been remodeled, but the upper floors are the same.

The Steaming Kettle sign used to be on another nearby building and was moved to its present location in 1967.

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Like everything is old and dirty and stuff! Ewwww...and where's,like, the Starbucks and forever21?!

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snake oil ad. "Nervine". Calm's your nerves.

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Thanks for playing folks! This is looking east from Tremont Street into Scollay Sq, on August 26, 1897.

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