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Lynn

June 21, 2021
Lynn Johnson

Immigrant neighborhood in downtown Lynn, looking up Amity Street from Washington Street, ca 1900. Courtesy of Lynn Public Library.

A 1922 Postcard Of The Central Square In Cambridge Mass. The Postcard Shows A Busy Street With Many People Waiting To Board The Streetcar In The Middle Of The Street. On Either Side Of The Street Are Businesses And Individuals Walking On The Sidewalks.

Central Square became Cambridge's largest commercial center in the early 20th century, serving growing immigrant communities from Ireland, Canada, Portugal, and the West Indies. After World War II, the Square and an adjoining area known as "the Port" would become…

Frank Storer Looks At The Camera As He Plays Piano In The Foreground. Behind Him, There Are Three Other Instrumentalists, Playing String Instruments. In The Background, There Are Many Men And Women Dancing And Talking.

Dudley Street

September 20, 2019
Lynn Johnson

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

August 6, 2019
Lynn Johnson

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…

An Infamous Case of Extradition

August 2, 2019
Lynn Johnson

A Photograph Of The Owners And Staff Of The Cesaria Restaurant, Six Women And Nine Men. The Group Smiles Before The Camera With The Interior Of The Restaurant In The Background.

Welcoming the Diaspora: Restaurant Cesaria

April 3, 2019
Lynn Johnson

Owners and staff at Restaurante Cesaria. Courtesy of Restaurante Cesaria.

Dorchester

April 1, 2019
Lynn Johnson

Postcard showing Dorchester Avenue near the corner of Savin Hill Avenue, ca 1913. Courtesy of the Dorchester Historical Society.

Allston-Brighton

July 25, 2018
Lynn Johnson

Postcard of Harvard Avenue in Allston Village, between Commonwealth and Brighton Avenues, 1921. Courtesy of the Brighton Allston Historical Society.

Chelsea

January 12, 2018
Lynn Johnson

Chelsea Square, ca. 1905, just prior to the massive fire of 1908 that would destroy the dowtown but also bring thousands of Jewish and other immigrants to this industrial city north of Boston.

A Photograph Of An Intersection Between Two Dirt Roads. Horse-drawn Carriages Line One Of The Streets, In Front Of Commercial Businesses. The Buildings Are Are All Generally Two Or Three Stories And Are In A Colonial Style.

Roxbury

August 25, 2017
Lynn Johnson

Corner of Dudley and Warren Streets (Dudley Square) in 1856, as Irish and other immigrants were first moving into this emerging streetcar suburb. Courtesy of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library.