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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…

Joe Portaleki PDF

March 14, 2018
Lynn Johnson

The owner of the Ace Hardware store in Roslindale, Josef (Joe) Porteleki was born in 1947 in Hungary, son of Gertrude Gerersdorfer, an Austrian national, and Joszef Porteleki, a Hungarian. Joe and his family were among the more than 900,000 war…

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.