Boston, Massachusetts - Illustrated Book - Guide to the City. c.1878

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 BOSTON ILLUSTRATED by Houghton Mifflin & Co. Published Boston. c.1878

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An really interesting Guide Book containing numerous small in text engravings, with scenes in and around the city.
The larger & more interesting of these have been scanned and can be viewed by clicking the link in the table below.

The Overall size is some 5.5 x 7.75 inches. You will note is was sold at the time for 40 Cents!

THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
VIEW AT THE HEAD OF STATE STREET
VIEW OF BOSTON FROM TREMONT STREET NEAR CHESTER PARK
LATIN AND ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOLS
THE DRIVE SHOWING THE LARGE RESERVOIR
VIEW OF HARVARD COLLEGE: THE QUADRANGLE
THE MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE MECHANIC ASSOCIATION
THE NEW ENGLAND MANUFACTURERS' AND MECHANICS' INSTITUTE
THE NEW TRINITY CHURCH CORNER OF CLARENDON STREET AND HUNTINGTON AVENUE
PLAN OF BOSTON

The book begins with 'A Glance at its History', revealing that Boston was called 'SHAWMUTT' by the Indians.
The colonists of 1630 called it Trimountaine. A Public School was voted for by the Town in 1635, 3 years
before the founding of Harvard, which nevertheless was to have a profound influence on the city.

The 143 page Guide is crammed with fascinating historical details & information about the City.
We are informed that there is a folding map inserted inside the back cover, regretfully missing from the copy we have reviewed.

Here is a list which includes the smaller engravings :-

Advert for Fairbanks Platform Scales
Advert  for Boston Post and S.W. Warren Paper Company


The first Major section is

A glance at History
1722 map of Boston
Old State House
Birthplace of Benjamin Franklin
Dock Square, Dorchester Heights
Statistics by decades from 1800-1870
Detailed map of Boston (c.1870)

The North End
Faneuil Hall
Mass General Hospital
Haymarket Square
Brattle Square Church
Christ Church

The West End
Frog Pond
Boston Common
Brewer Fountain
State House
Beacon Street Mall
Public Garde (plus Bridge)
Everett Statue
Washington Statue
Emancipation Group
Beacon Street
Commonwealth Avenue (newly created)
Arlington Street Church
Trinity Church
Museum of Fine Arts 
Boston Public Library 
Athenaeum 
Society of Natural History -- Institute of Technology (MIT)
Park Street
Beacon Street
Franklin Street
State Street
Where the Great Fire began
Custom House
Pre-fire Old South Church
Music Hall
Globe Theatre
Jordan Marsh
Washington Street
Old Corner Bookstore
Parker House

South End
Chester Square
Hotel Boylston
St. James Hotel
Boston College
City Hospital
Latin and English High School

The Harbor
Boston Light
View of Hull
Fort Independence
Point Shirley

New Boston and the Suburbs
Consumptives Home, Dorchester
Savin Hill
Chestnut Hill
Jamaica Pond
Forest Hills
Bunker Hill Monument
Gore Hall - Harvard
The Quadrangle - Harvard
Memorial Hall - Harvard
Riverside Press - Cambridge
University Press - Cambridge

Mount Auburn
Longfellow's Residence

Group of Suburban Rides

Practical Notes with Hotel Listings - Ocean Steamer Schedules - Coaches - Hack Fares - Telegraph Offices - Etc - Index

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