Twentieth century Boston

This is one of the last recorded bird's eye views of Boston proper. It foreshadows the vertical growth of downtown during the 20th century when the late 19th-century skyline composed of buildings typically three, four, five, and six stories high, was replaced with a skyline do...

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x633fc36z
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map
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normalized
year
year
1905
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No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
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reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
language
English
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identifierLocal
06_01_001566
institution
institution
Boston Public Library
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1
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source
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pubPlace
Boston
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publisher
F.D. Nichols Company
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country
United States
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Massachusetts
county
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Suffolk
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city
Boston
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