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Egleston Square in the snow
By adamg on Sun, 12/30/2012 - 10:35am
Back when Egleston Square had a movie theater and an elevated train, in 1939, as captured by Leslie Jones. Jones also photographed snow removal closer to downtown - back when the downtown skyline consisted of one building:
More Leslie Jones snow photos.
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Looks like the movie
Was Daytime Wife with Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell.
Double bill...
With "Bad Little Angel" starring Virginia Weidler and Gene Reynolds, released October 27, 1939.
"Day-Time Wife" was released November 24. This movie house probably showed second-run films, meaning that both features got here a few weeks after their release date -- the first few weeks of the run was exclusively for the downtown movie palaces. Hence all the snow, probably right around Christmas.
Also Bad Little Angel (1939),
Also Bad Little Angel (1939), with the dog that played Toto in The Wizard of Oz.
Great photos! Back when it
Great photos! Back when it actually snowed on a regular basis in Boston.
The Good Old Days
when Boston actually removed snow from the streets, not just push it around from intersection to intersection. One of the reasons we'll never be a world class City in the Snowbelt.