That round detail at the top is most certainly the same as on the facade of what is now the storage company at 2 Adams Street. But if you look at a map of the area, it seems from the angle that the old photo must have been taken just about where there are two brick buildings (on either side of Eliot) which themselves look older than the photo.

I dunno...

By John-W on Wed, 11/06/2013 - 1:51pm.

Cool photo. No clue as to where/when, but the real question is why are my ads cycling through plus-size women's clothiers, minus-size hipster t-shirts and Asian dating sites...? Ok....who's the sick bastard that's been using my computer???

Baby Pictures?

By KellyJMF on Wed, 11/06/2013 - 3:35pm.

Is it the Filene's hole when it was little?

The Answer!

By City of Boston Archives on Wed, 11/06/2013 - 4:18pm.

Thanks for playing! We thought we'd fool some of you, since this is not technically in Boston. Instead, this is at Eliot and Adams Street in Milton and was taken on April 4, 1929

Since you cheated, History Lesson Then

By John Costello on Wed, 11/06/2013 - 8:02pm.

The hole in the ground is the under construction former Blue Hill Bank, later. BayBank, now Bank Of America at the corner. The bank started in Dorchester in what is now the former library at the corner of Washington and Richmond Streets. Before it moved into the building under construction it was across the street where the Post Office and Hardware Store is now. When the new building opened at the site the police shut down Adams Street and armed guards with shotguns watched as the bank's vault was transferred across the street.

1929 is also the year that the Mattapan line was replaced by the current Mattapan to Ashmont trolley service. Steam service to South Station had ended two years earlier. This may be why the go park at Peabody Square sign is on the station.

Flour, hay and straw

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