Dudley Street
Frank Storer plays piano to a crowded dance hall at the Intercolonial Club on Dudley Street in the 1950s. It was one of at least five dance halls that featured live music by Irish and Canadian bands in the mid-20th…
Anti-Asian Violence
After the Vietnam war, thousands of refugees from Vietnam and Cambodia were resettled in the greater Boston area. Many were traumatized by their experiences, only to face more hostility from white neighbors in their new homes. To help end this…
Eugenics and Restriction
The following pamphlet of the Immigration Restriction League was written by Prescott F. Hall, a Boston lawyer and co-founder of the League. This 1919 article calls for immigration restriction using arguments from eugenics, a scientific movement for genetic improvement of…
Welcoming the Diaspora: Restaurant Cesaria
Owners and staff at Restaurante Cesaria. Courtesy of Restaurante Cesaria.
Allston-Brighton
Postcard of Harvard Avenue in Allston Village, between Commonwealth and Brighton Avenues, 1921. Courtesy of the Brighton Allston Historical Society.
Colombians
Marcella Correa, the mayor of Don Matías, Colombia, addressed Colombians in East Boston in 2015. Photo by Jorge Caravallo.
The Provincials: Migrants from the Maritimes
Boston-bound steamers in Yarmouth Harbor, Nova Scotia, 1900.
