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Baker's Extracts used to be easier to find

By adamg on Wed, 05/17/2023 - 12:58pm
Street scene in old Boston

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

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By John Costello on Wed, 05/17/2023 - 2:21pm.

Looking West Along Main Street.

This is where those multi-colored townhouses are now between the bank and the vacant lot where the city keeps the ambulance.

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By ScottB on Wed, 05/17/2023 - 2:47pm.

Probably taken in the late 1890s before the construction of the Charlestown El.

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By Somebody Else. on Wed, 05/17/2023 - 3:11pm.

... back towards a simpler time when those who labored to create bread, pastries, and cakes didn't retire, but were broken down and their parts sold piecemeal out of nondescript storefronts.

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By adamg on Wed, 05/17/2023 - 7:01pm.

OK, one of the things that amazed me when I became a Bostonian was that not only was Baker's Chocolate originally from here, but that it was named for a guy named Baker, not its target market.

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By Friartuck on Wed, 05/17/2023 - 7:22pm.

Was the bitter cold temps those windows are unable to keep out.

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By Boston City Archives on Thu, 05/18/2023 - 9:16am.

Thanks for playing, folks! This image shows Commercial Street at Greenough Lane on December 7, 1900. The glass plate negative has "4th, 5th, 6th bldg north of Hanover St" etched onto it

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By Somebody Else. on Thu, 05/18/2023 - 1:32pm.

Say, do we have an understanding regarding the use of that framing in place on top of each building?

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