1900 – 1949 Photos

These North End / Waterfront photographs run from 1900 through the 1940s. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge photos. Do you have old photos we can add to this collection? Email info@northendwaterfront.com

: Cleveland Place block, North End, showing rooftop overcrowding (from Boston Tenement album) 1935 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Hanover St Suydam, E. H. (Edward Howard), 1885-1940 (artist) (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: North End aerial with gas tank (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Old house, corner of Lewis and North Streets (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Boston slums, 1909 Photo by Thomas E. Marr (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Paul Revere House Taken 1909 by Thomas Marr – 2 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Paul Revere House Taken 1909 by Thomas Marr (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Stoddart House (in centre), Prince Street where Major Pitcairn died (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Wells House, Salem Street, North End (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Entrance to Paul Revere House. Built 1680, taken 1909 by Thomas Marr (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Hutchinson House, North (or Clark’s) Square fronting on Garden Court with gardens to Fleet & Hanover Streets, built late 1600s, razed in 1834 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Johnson-Singleton House Charter St (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Mather-Elliot House, Hanover St. (Home of Cotton Mather) (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Newmans House on Corner of Sheafe St. and Salem St. (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Revere House, 19 and 20 North Square. Originally had three windows across front. Built 1677 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: The Newman House, Sheafe and Salem Streets Tolman, George R., 1848-1909 (artist) (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Thoreau House, Prince St. Built in 1727 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: William Clough House off Charter Street. Built 1698 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Aerial Downtown North End 1928 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Custom House looking toward North End 1928 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Aerial North End Waterfront 1928 – (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Aerial North End Waterfront 1944 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Aerial of the North End and West End (Note the Gas Tank in the “Gassy”) – 1925 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Story hour for girls at the North End Library – 1939 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Outside the North End Library – 1939 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Aerial North End and West End – Shows Gas Tank (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Copps Hill (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: North End Park, Navy Yard in background Photo by Frank B. Conlin 1908 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Aerial of North End in 1925 (with Gas Tank) (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Old North Church (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Old North Church with Clock (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Hart House on Copps Hill – Edmund Hart the original owner, built the ship Constitution. (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: North End Beach – Kids in Water (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: North End Beach with Commercial Street (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Paul Revere House (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: North End Aerial – 1923 – (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Commercial Street Train Railroad (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: North End Beach on Commercial St. (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: North End Skyline – Clock on Old North Church (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: North End March 1939 – Courtesy of Boston Herald – Cover of Street Corner Society

: #4 Greenough Lane. Photo shows narrow space left between the five-story dwelling on the right and the three-story dwelling on the left.1932 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: #13 Hanover St., North End. Toilet partition does not reach ceiling 1936 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: 388 Hanover St., North End 1932 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Copps Hill ca1910 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Mather Tomb Copps Hill ca 1910 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Rear of Cleveland Place – North End 1934 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: 430r Hanover St., North End 1936 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Demolition between Hanover Ave. and Harris St., North End 1936 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Houses on Salem St. Old wooden houses 1932 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Hull St. Copps Hill burying ground in foreground (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Old House on North Street (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Singleton House on Charter St. – 1898 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Somewhere in the North End (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Hanover Street Court. Recent demolitions have left this area vacant. Sunlight reaches the front rooms of the house pictured for the first time 1930s (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Hartt House, Hull St. Built in 1774 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: N. Margin St. Ct. – North End 1935 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: North End Health Unit [White Fund] 1923 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: North End tenements 1930 – 1939 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: North End tenements with children on street 1930-1939 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: North End tenements with children playing – 1930s (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: North End tenements 1935 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Obsolete and unused houses in the North End. Corner Hanover and Tileston Streets 1932 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Off Fulton Street, North End. Housing Assoc 1930s (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Old building on Prince St. Built in 1770. Used by the British during the Revolution as a hospital 1892 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Public Alley 102. From 9 Marshall St. to 8 Creek Square. Showing the Boston stone. (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: Rear of house on Page’s Court North End 1935 (Courtesy of Boston Public Library)

: City of Boston Archives – Salem Street in 1949

: Lincoln Wharf under construction with framing – early 1900s (Source: private collection)

: Lincoln Wharf under construction March 1900 (Source: private collection)

: Lincoln Wharf under construction in 1900 (Source: private collection)

: Lincoln Wharf under construction – early 1900s (Source: unknown)

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