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When Boston had a magical building
By adamg on Tue, 01/10/2017 - 11:37am
The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this scene. See it larger.
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103 Court St
103 Court Street on a sign, so that's behind Govt Center.
99-103 Court St
Since I was beat to the location, here are ads from 1900:
OK, I'll bite
What's a "Punch Figure?"
Puppets. As in Punch & Judy.
Puppets. As in Punch & Judy.
Perhaps
like Punch and Judy?
"Near Hanover St."?
Court Street isn't really all that near Hanover Street. Certainly not as a way to give directions to a place. Maybe things were laid out differently back then?
Hanover Street
Before Scollay Square was urban-renewed away, Hanover Street indeed did reach much further.
http://www.wardmaps.com/viewasset.php?aid=437
The Answer
Thanks for playing, folks! This shows the Boston School of Magic at 97-107 Court Street on November 27 1912.
Historic preservation of Stenographic Records at City Council...
Why not look at historic preservation of the Stenographic Records at Boston City Council?... as was preserved during Busing by Boston Public Library Special Collections!
"Magicians" Today young
"Magicians" Today young students learn to be and make a living being graphic designers back then it was magicians.
City Hall Plaza
This would be on today's City Hall Plaza, across from the Center Plaza building, between the T station and the JFK Federal Building.
The building just visible at the far left is 109 Court Street. Alexander Graham Bell rented space in the top floor of that building, which has been described as the birthplace of the telephone. There's a marker to that effect in front of the JFK Building.
As I seem to recall...
... this magic building appeared on the periphery of a prior photo quiz So I remembered it was right near (current) City Hall Plaza. ;-)
Mini-Museum of Magic and The Magic Art Book Co. Watertown
Magic Art Studio
Ray Goulet's Mini-Museum of Magic and The Magic Art Book Co.
Saturdays 10am-5pm
Watertown
http://www.magicartstudio.com/html/museum.html
Swedish print shop at Blanchard Buildings
Interesting to note that the Blanchard Building, upper, right corner has an ad for Svenskt Tryckeri, which means Swedish Printing shop. There was a Swedish grocery store on Hanover St., down a block or two from Scollay Square, in the 1950s. This would be around the corner from the Blanchard Bldg. Must have been a number of Swedes in the area, at least when the photo was taken much earlier than I remember.