1840_view

1950_sullivan_square

Charlestown_handwriting

Navy_yard_1851 August 23, 1851 edition of, "Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion".

bridge_1910

bunker_hill_school

burning 1882 - copy of 18th c?

burning1

charlestown_air_1959_1

charlestown_air_1959_2

charlestown_air_1959_3

charlestown_bridge_1908

charlestown_from_somerville_1855

chelsea_bridge_1910

city_square_1875

city_square_1952 Boston Elevated Railway station and railroad yards in the distance. Basic construction work is underway for the support footings of the Northeast Expressway taking place in the foreground.

citysquare_1900

color_aerial

el_1930

from_north_end_1848 South View of Charlestown, Mass. Showing a south view of Charlestown viewed from the burying ground on Copp's Hill in Boston. Bunker Hill Monument, in its unfinished state, on Breed's Hill can be seen in the center of the engraving. Part of the U.S. Navy Yard can is at the extreme right. Source: Historical Collections, Being a General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, &c., Relating to the History and Antiquities of Every Town in Massachusetts, with Geographical Description. By John Warner Barber. Worcester: Published by Warren Lazell, 1848. (The first edition was published in 1839.) Artist:: John Warner Barber. Engraver: S. E. Brown, Boston.