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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…

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.