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It's time for another #mysteryphoto! Do you know where and when this photo was taken?
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It's time for another #mysteryphoto! Do you know where and when this photo was taken?
Take a look at the Jaynes Store at the corner of Hanover and Washington Streets, #onthisday in 1905!
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Take a look at the Jaynes Store at the corner of Hanover and Washington Streets, #onthisday in 1905!
Here's a new #mysteryphoto for you, Boston! Can you figure out when and where this photo was taken?
November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Here's a new #mysteryphoto for you, Boston! Can you figure out when and where this photo was taken?
check out the Boston City Hospital Relief Station in Haymarket Square #onthisday in 1905!
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
check out the Boston City Hospital Relief Station in Haymarket Square #onthisday in 1905!
Today is #NationalCandyDay! Take a look at the candy recipes in the textbook "A Course in Household Arts" from 1911!
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Today is #NationalCandyDay! Take a look at the candy recipes in the textbook "A Course in Household Arts" from 1911!
Happy #Halloween Boston! Check out this spooky poem from the 1924 edition of the Dorchester High School student magazine, The Item! Read the full issue at: ow.ly/kASR50XffQ
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October 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Happy #Halloween Boston! Check out this spooky poem from the 1924 edition of the Dorchester High School student magazine, The Item! Read the full issue at: ow.ly/kASR50XffQ
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@bostonschools.boston.gov
Here's a new #mysteryphoto for you, Boston! Can you figure out when and where this photo was taken?
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Here's a new #mysteryphoto for you, Boston! Can you figure out when and where this photo was taken?
Check out this view looking south towards Savin Hill Bridge, station and platform #onthisday in 1927!
October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Check out this view looking south towards Savin Hill Bridge, station and platform #onthisday in 1927!
It's #UnitedNationsDay! In 1962, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America planted a tree in Boston Common in observance! Pictured are: Patricia A. Ryan, G.S.A.; Robert DeSimone; Chairman of the Mayor's committee Harold D. Hodgkinson; Park Commissioner Martin J. Walsh; and Kenneth E. George, B.S.A.
October 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It's #UnitedNationsDay! In 1962, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America planted a tree in Boston Common in observance! Pictured are: Patricia A. Ryan, G.S.A.; Robert DeSimone; Chairman of the Mayor's committee Harold D. Hodgkinson; Park Commissioner Martin J. Walsh; and Kenneth E. George, B.S.A.
Here's a new #mysteryphoto for you, Boston! Can you figure out when and where this photo was taken?
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Here's a new #mysteryphoto for you, Boston! Can you figure out when and where this photo was taken?
Check out this crowd of people waiting for the train #onthisday in 1929! What does your morning commute look like?
October 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Check out this crowd of people waiting for the train #onthisday in 1929! What does your morning commute look like?
Here is another #mysteryphoto for you, Boston! Do you know when and where this photo taken?
October 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Here is another #mysteryphoto for you, Boston! Do you know when and where this photo taken?
Boston Symphony Hall opened #onthisday in 1900! Take a look at this photo from 1965!
October 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Boston Symphony Hall opened #onthisday in 1900! Take a look at this photo from 1965!
In honor of #LatinxHeritageMonth, take a look at this 2016 City Council resolution that designated the Hyde-Jackson neighborhood of Jamaica Plain as Boston's Latin Quarter!
#HispanicHeritageMonth
#HispanicHeritageMonth
October 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
In honor of #LatinxHeritageMonth, take a look at this 2016 City Council resolution that designated the Hyde-Jackson neighborhood of Jamaica Plain as Boston's Latin Quarter!
#HispanicHeritageMonth
#HispanicHeritageMonth
Happy Indigenous People's Day! In 2021 Mayor Kim Janey signed an executive order declaring every second Monday in October as Indigenous People's Day!
Image 1: Mayor Kim Janey signing the executive order.
Image 2: Mayor Kim Janey posing with unidentified individuals and the executive order.
Image 1: Mayor Kim Janey signing the executive order.
Image 2: Mayor Kim Janey posing with unidentified individuals and the executive order.
October 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Happy Indigenous People's Day! In 2021 Mayor Kim Janey signed an executive order declaring every second Monday in October as Indigenous People's Day!
Image 1: Mayor Kim Janey signing the executive order.
Image 2: Mayor Kim Janey posing with unidentified individuals and the executive order.
Image 1: Mayor Kim Janey signing the executive order.
Image 2: Mayor Kim Janey posing with unidentified individuals and the executive order.
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, commander of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment, was born #onthisday in 1837!
Image: Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial from "Exercises at the dedication of the monument to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the Fifty-fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry", 1897.
Image: Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial from "Exercises at the dedication of the monument to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the Fifty-fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry", 1897.
October 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, commander of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment, was born #onthisday in 1837!
Image: Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial from "Exercises at the dedication of the monument to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the Fifty-fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry", 1897.
Image: Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial from "Exercises at the dedication of the monument to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the Fifty-fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry", 1897.
It's time for another #mysteryphoto! Can you figure out where and when this photo was taken?
October 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It's time for another #mysteryphoto! Can you figure out where and when this photo was taken?
Check out the 1983 Puerto Rican Festival on City Hall Plaza! #LatinxHeritageMonth #HispanicHeritageMonth
Image 1: Flag raising at the 1983 Puerto Rican Festival
Image 2: A speaker at the Puerto Rican Festival
Image 3: A band at the Puerto Rican Festival
Image 4: Dancers at the Puerto Rican Festival
Image 1: Flag raising at the 1983 Puerto Rican Festival
Image 2: A speaker at the Puerto Rican Festival
Image 3: A band at the Puerto Rican Festival
Image 4: Dancers at the Puerto Rican Festival
October 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Check out the 1983 Puerto Rican Festival on City Hall Plaza! #LatinxHeritageMonth #HispanicHeritageMonth
Image 1: Flag raising at the 1983 Puerto Rican Festival
Image 2: A speaker at the Puerto Rican Festival
Image 3: A band at the Puerto Rican Festival
Image 4: Dancers at the Puerto Rican Festival
Image 1: Flag raising at the 1983 Puerto Rican Festival
Image 2: A speaker at the Puerto Rican Festival
Image 3: A band at the Puerto Rican Festival
Image 4: Dancers at the Puerto Rican Festival
Take a look at the view of Boylston Street from the Hotel Lenox, #onthisday in 1912!
October 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Take a look at the view of Boylston Street from the Hotel Lenox, #onthisday in 1912!
It's #mysteryphoto time! Do you know where and when this photo was taken?
October 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It's #mysteryphoto time! Do you know where and when this photo was taken?
We are sharing longtime community activist Jorge "Chico" Munoz! He co-founded Boston's annual Puerto Rican Festival and The Spanish Action Center and was the first Latino trustee of the City of Boston Board of Health and Hospitals. #LatinxHeritageMonth #HispanicHeritageMonth
September 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We are sharing longtime community activist Jorge "Chico" Munoz! He co-founded Boston's annual Puerto Rican Festival and The Spanish Action Center and was the first Latino trustee of the City of Boston Board of Health and Hospitals. #LatinxHeritageMonth #HispanicHeritageMonth
Take a look at 238-280 State Street, photographed #onthisday in 1912!
September 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Take a look at 238-280 State Street, photographed #onthisday in 1912!
Happy Birthday former Boston Mayor Kevin H. White!
September 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Happy Birthday former Boston Mayor Kevin H. White!
Here's a new #mysteryphoto for you, Boston! Do you know where and when this photo was taken?
September 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Here's a new #mysteryphoto for you, Boston! Do you know where and when this photo was taken?
September 15th - October 15th is Latinx Heritage Month! Take a look at Mayor Walsh at a Hispanic heritage celebration in East Boston in 2018!
#LatinxHeritageMonth #HispanicHeritageMonth
#LatinxHeritageMonth #HispanicHeritageMonth
September 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
September 15th - October 15th is Latinx Heritage Month! Take a look at Mayor Walsh at a Hispanic heritage celebration in East Boston in 2018!
#LatinxHeritageMonth #HispanicHeritageMonth
#LatinxHeritageMonth #HispanicHeritageMonth