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Hoof it to the Union Station Fish Market for some fresh oysters

By adamg on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 9:09am
Street scene in old Boston

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

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Comments

By tblade on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 9:19am.

Wait, is Swett, Sandborn & Co. advertising “kids” tobacco?

By Lee on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 9:38am.

Though that’s who they market to nowadays.

Unpleasant double entendre.

By Irma la Douce on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 9:47am.

There was a product called “Dixie Kids Plug Cut Tobacco” which marketed to kids-examples of their lunch boxes and other items can be found for sale on EBay. Kids in the late 19th/early 20th centuries were attracted to chewing tobacco because many of their baseball idols were users.

By Refugee on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 11:37am.

Children should be taught that professional baseball is a kids' game being played by adults. Idolizing adult baseball players is not a good strategy.

By Lee on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 12:50pm.

The good old days, eh!

By Kaz on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 10:53am.

Here's another example of their marketing for this product:

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-gra...

IMAGE(https://i.imgur.com/5jdOIHI.png)

By tblade on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 11:14am.

"Not only do I want my children to consume an age-inappropriate psychoactive addictive drug, but I want them to be reminded that this crop is harvested in a brutally violent and exploitative way by vulnerable marginalized people who are often children themselves. And definitely in a racist way. I have discerning tastes, you know."

By Raymie on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 9:23am.

North Union Station was located where TD Garden exists now.

By spin_o_rama on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 9:59am.

Bricks and details on both sides seem like bookend what is now a parking lot

By eeka on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 10:30am.

Building on the left is now Beerworks.

(I worked at 66 Canal in the 200Xs)

By redheadedjen on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 1:21pm.

I worked on Staniford Street at the same time.

By scollaysq on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 12:03pm.

The building to the left is still there, can't see enough of the building on the right to make a judgement.

Like they just excised that pretty little building and left nothing in its place.

By Neal on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 12:15pm.

can't see enough of the building on the right to make a judgement

Judging from the rounded tops of the windows, which remain today, albeit bricked up. It looks like someone added another floor and bricked up the windows.

By Section77 on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 10:00am.

Could be Lowell or Lancaster or some such.

By anon on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 9:50am.

Stores in photos from back then always seem to be so dark inside and appear to have interesting things on display in the windows.

By Scratchie on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 4:07pm.

No fluorescent tubes.

By anon on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 10:16am.

was obviously a fan of Zorro. The owner had to humor him to convince him to work in winter.

By Lee on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 4:43pm.

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By 2ool on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 10:39am.

kinda looks like like it... Which is not to say that the picture is taken in Rozzie.

By tofd on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 12:26pm.

has the name Knox above rozzie...

By FlyingToaster on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 10:53am.

Which is a parking/unloading area nowadays.

By Ari O on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 11:15am.

Between 1892 when it was on Union St and 1904 (when it had changed its name). (In 1879 it was on Central Wharf.

The B&M was required by the state to build North Union Station to consolidate operations and resisted for a while but finally built it in 1893. The old B&M station across Canal Street from here was torn down in 1894 and became the portal for the BERy (the Orange and Green lines, eventually), as well as the Green Line's old surface terminal. So probably after 1894, although apparently pretty quickly people called it North Station which stuck.

This building was American Express before the station consolidation, when the "express" services were probably consolidated into the Union Station. (South Station had a specific express baggage building shown on Bromley maps, but North Station's was probably under the same roof.)

By Ward8Mahatma on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 11:26am.

…Christmas decoration above the storefront on the right. Owner must’ve had good insurance (not!)

By SamWack on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 12:06pm.

One of the classic combinations. It is best, however, when one spits out the tobacco, and swallows the oyster, and not the other way around.

By anon on Wed, 02/09/2022 - 7:02pm.

Thanks for playing, folks! Canal Street is correct. This shows 122-124 Canal Street and was taken in about 1895. To really zoom in on the details, you can use this link: https://cityofboston.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_6f7ef0ce-623...

By Michael Kerpan on Thu, 02/10/2022 - 12:17pm.

Thanks to the new photo one can read the whole sign on that cart. I wonder just WHAT sort of express delivery was being made?