Massachusetts was an amazing place in the early 20th century. From bustling cities to quiet rural communities and even historic landmarks, these vintage photos show just how different life in this state was in the early 1900s.
NANTASKET HOUSE, OLD HULL MASSACHUSETTS, EARLY 1900S Nantasket House, Old Hull Massachusetts, Early 1900sMain St, Springfield, Mass. 1900Federal Building, Springfield, Mass. 1908Main Street, Worcester, Mass. 1906Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1908.The railroad arch over Main Street in Springfield, Massachusetts, 1900Old Corner Bookstore, Washington School Streets, Boston, Mass, 1900Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass, 1900Tremont Street, Boston, Mass, 1906Washington Street, Boston, Mass, 1906The outbound platform at the Park Street station in Boston, on August 5, 1901.Washington St, Boston, Mass, 1906Springfield, Mass, 1908.Springfield, Mass, 1908.A women’s basketball team at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, 1902Boston Elevated Railway. Sullivan Square Station. 1901.Boston Elevated Railway. Equipment. Two car train. 1900.U.S.S. Maryland in dry dock, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, 1905Playground in Tenement Alley, Boston, MA, 1909Pin boys in Les Miserables Alleys. Lowell, Mass, 1908Racing at the Readville racetrack in Boston, Massachusetts, 1909Crowded Boston Street, 1900.Boston’s Post Office Square, 1904Central Massachusetts Railroad Relocation, viaduct from the east, Clinton, MA, 1903Ringling Brothers circus parade, Dana, Mass, 1900Ringling Brothers circus parade, Dana, Mass, 1900The beginning stages of construction of the Wachusett Dam in Clinton, Mass, 1903Boys picking over garbage on “the Dumps.” Boston, Mass, 1908.On August 25, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt delivered a speech in Nahant, Massachusetts.Washington Street, Boston, Mass, 1906Six boys playing handball on street in Fall River, Massachusetts. 1900Six boys playing handball on street in Fall River, Massachusetts. 1909North Terminal, Boston, Massachusetts, 1905Scollay Square Station, Boston, Mass, 1906Commonwealth Ave., Boston,Mass, 1902Boston, Massachusetts, 1900.Worcester Massachusetts, 1909Worcester Massachusetts, 1909Merrimack Street, Lowell, Mass, 1908Chatham Street, Worcester Mass, 1900Poultry and Chicago Cattle hung outside the Worcester Market, Main Street, Worcester Mass. 1900Main Street in Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1900Tremont Street Mall, Boston, Mass, 1900Park Street Church, Boston, Mass, 1904
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