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 Cowgirls at Boston Garden for the Rodeo, November 1931

  

 Faneuil Hall Market, South Market Street, ca. 1930

  

 Girls at clam bake, 1947

  

 Kids dressed to go to the old fishing hole

  

Skater Barbara Ann Scott in action, 1951

 

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

Winter in Boston

 Cart horse slips in the snow

  

 Wharf during Valentine's Day storm. Biggest storm in 50 years, 1940

  

Woman. Beauty of nature on the snow

 
Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

Vintage Aviation

This is my second set of vintage aviation photos from Leslie Jones (previous here).

 Amelia Earhart, 1928

  

 Commander Byrd's South Pole plane - East Boston Airport, 1928

  

 Jean Assolant and wife, the former Pauline Parker. He flew from 

Old Orchard, Maine to Paris in the Yellow Bird, 1929

  

 Lindbergh is decorated by President Coolidge, Washington, DC, ca. 1930

  

Mrs. Beryl Hart and Lt. W. S. MacLaren, pilots of the 

Tradewind, bound for Azores and Paris last, 1931

 
Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

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 Girls on bikes at observatory

  

 Guns on USS Tampa that stopped rum runners off Massachusetts coast, 1924

  

 Harvard commencement, 1944

  

 Makeshift sailboats on the Charles River

  

 Market corner at Blackstone & Hanover Streets, 1956

  

 Miss Genevieve Peabody of Salem

  

 Parade of old-fashioned carts and wagons

  

 Santa feeds pigeons, Boston Common, 1928

  

 Train wreck in Readville, 1923

  

Two women doing a fire drill with masks on

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

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 Girls pose for camera at swim competition, Charles River, 1919

  

 Helen Taft, daughter of President, driving with friend

  

 LaSalle College girls in their war canoes, Charles River, Auburndale, 1930

  

 Old Boston Celebration, Beacon Hill

  

 Pushcarts on Blackstone Street, ca. 1940

  

 Rural scene. Small roadside stand and signs

  

 Show girls knitting on piano

  

 Swimmers in North End park, Boston, 1927

  

 Trolley flips over in street, Boston, 1940s

  

Unidentified woman and boy on carousel

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

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 Dancers in action, Scotch picnic, Brookline, 1952

  

 Figure skaters

  

 Girls under tree, possibly at Boston Common

  

 Harvard crew, Charles River, ca. 1930

  

 Ike parades through Boston on the day before Election Day, 1952

[for the uninitiated, "Ike" = Dwight David Eisenhower]

 

 Man plays accordion for woman at bar

  

 New propeller going on USS Tampa, 1929

  

 Picnicking at College Pond, Myles Standish Forest, South Carver, Massachusetts, 1956

  

 Runners Louise, left, and Agnes Stokes at Norumbega track meet, 1937

  

Skaters caught in spot shot at skating club

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

Boston: Homefront

These photos of Boston during World War II were taken by Leslie Jones.

 Dorothy Lamour in Boston for war bond drive, 1942

  

 Girls on sun deck, Franklin Square House

[Franklin Square House was a rooming house for women.]

  

 In their finery, Franklin Square House

  

 Serviceman's Dance, Franklin Square House

  

Serviceman's Dance, Franklin Square House

 Signing up for bonds

  

 United Nations War Relief Cavalcade, 1942

  

 Victory Garden on garage

  

 Victory Garden, Franklin Park

  

 Victory rally

  

 Woman instructed in soldering

  

Women cutting cloth for relief for Britain, 1940

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection