408 sources · 5 packs

Sources

Every pack's sources, in one list.

Pack 00 · 46 sources

The 1852 Hunt

A Complete History of the Boston Fire Department, including the Fire-Alarm Service and the Protective Department, from 1630 to 1888Arthur Wellington Brayley (Boston: John P. Dale & Co.) · 1889
Report of the Commissioners appointed to investigate the cause and management of the Great Fire in BostonCity of Boston (Rockwell & Churchill) · 1873
Fire Alarm Office @ 59 Fenway, Back BayBoston Fire Historical Society · n.d. (accessed Oct 2026)
Early System Design and ConstructionBoston Fire Historical Society · n.d.
Great Boston Fire of 1872Boston Fire Historical Society · n.d.
HardwareBoston Fire Historical Society · n.d.
History of the Boston Fire Alarm Telegraph SystemJoe Maurath Jr., Yankee Pole Cat Insulator Club newsletter, via insulators.info · August 1997
Milestones: Electric Fire Alarm System, 1852IEEE / Engineering and Technology History Wiki · Dedicated Oct 1 2004
Boston fire alarm system, first of its kind in the world, received first call 168 years agoMatt Berg, The Boston Globe · 2020-04-29
911 outage: fire boxes in BostonWBUR · 2018-12-30
Boston Resident Pulls Street-Side Box To Report Fire During 911 OutageCBS Boston · 2018-12-28
Great Boston Fire SiteRead the Plaque · retrieved Oct 2026
Fire Boxes (PublicSafety/OpenData MapServer layer 1)City of Boston GIS · Data dated 2015 per Alarm Club; layer has no date fields
Notes from the Archives: the Great Boston Fire of 1872City of Boston Archives (boston.gov) · n.d.
The Great Boston Fire of 1872Boston Public Library blog · n.d.
Resilience at Old South Meeting HouseRevolutionary Spaces · n.d.
United States Post Office and Sub-Treasury Building (Boston)Wikipedia · accessed Oct 2026
Post Office Square, BostonWikipedia (citing normanbleventhalpark.org) · accessed Oct 2026
The new post-office, Boston, Mass. A. B. Mullett, architect.Robert Bond / Boston Public Library via Digital Commonwealth · 1874
Boston Fire of 1872, remains of Claflin Larrabee buildingGeo. W. Reynolds / Boston Public Library via Digital Commonwealth · ca. 1872
Appearance of City Hall, School Street, at the time the procession formedW. Roberts / Boston Public Library via Digital Commonwealth · 1851
Engine 10 / Tower Ladder 3 / Rescue 1 @ 125 Purchase St., DowntownBoston Fire Historical Society · n.d.
Engine 39 / Ladder 18 @ 344 Congress St.Boston Fire Historical Society · n.d.
Congress Street Fire StationWikipedia (citing NRHP / NPS NRIS) · accessed Oct 2026
Alarm Club - The Record, Build spec and Dorchester Reporter call prep (internal source-of-truth pages)Alarm Club / Third Polar Arch · Sept-Oct 2026
October 2026 - Fire Prevention Month + The Almanac - FINAL PACKAGEAlarm Club (internal Notion) · 2026-09-29
William Francis ChanningWikipedia · accessed Oct 2026
Boston Fire Department alarm system begins operationWhen and Where in Boston (Paul Christian) · n.d.
Kirstein Business Branch, Boston Public LibrarySAH Archipedia · n.d.
Great Boston Fire of 1872Wikipedia · accessed Oct 2026
Old South Meeting HouseWikipedia · accessed Oct 2026
Old South Meeting HouseRevolutionary Spaces · n.d. (accessed Oct 2026)
The John W. McCormack Post Office and Court House (Study Report, Petition #164)Boston Landmarks Commission · 1997, amended Feb 9 1998
Massachusetts State 911 Department determined firewall caused statewide 911 disruptionMass.gov, Executive Office of Public Safety and Security · 2024-06-19
9-1-1 Service Restores after Statewide Outage in MassachusettsFirehouse.com · 2024-06-18
Massachusetts 911 statewide outageWBUR · 2024-06-18
Boston Fire Museum listingBostonCentral · read 2026-10-11
Looking north on Washington from SummerH.G. Smith, Photographer, Studio Building, Boston (series 'Views of the burnt district, Boston,' no. 40). Boston Public Library, Arts Department, via Digital Commonwealth · ca. 1872 (cataloged ca. 1872-1920)
Summer St. looking toward WashingtonUnattributed stereograph, Boston Public Library, Arts Department (Stereograph Collection), via Digital Commonwealth · ca. 1872 (cataloged ca. 1872-1920)
Summer Street looking towards Winthrop SquareJames Wallace Black (J. W. Black). Boston Public Library, Arts Department, Boston Pictorial Archive, via Digital Commonwealth · ca. 1872
Looking up Milk St. to WashingtonJames Wallace Black (J. W. Black). Boston Public Library, Arts Department, Boston Pictorial Archive, via Digital Commonwealth · ca. 1872
History of Post Office SquareFriends of Post Office Square (Norman B. Leventhal Park) · read 2026-10-11
Project HistoryFriends of Post Office Square (Norman B. Leventhal Park) · read 2026-10-11
South Station (stop page)MBTA · read 2026-10-11
Coordinated Street FurnitureCity of Boston, Property Management · read 2026-10-11
Norman B. Leventhal Park (home page)Friends of Post Office Square · read 2026-10-11

Pack 01 · 115 sources

Under Boston

The Tube Line - FINAL PACKAGE + Source of TruthAlarm Club (Third Polar Arch), internal Notion · 2026-09-21 (updated 2026-09-25)
Pneumatic Tube Line BegunBoston Daily Globe · 1897-09-21
Investigations as to pneumatic-tube service for the mails (H. Doc. 60-1220), incl. plate O-A 34 'Plan of System of Boston Pneumatic Transit Co., Sept 1 1908'US Congress (Serial Set 5448) · 1908
Report of the Joint Commission on Postal Service on pneumatic tube service (S. Doc. 65-191), Appendix AUS Congress (Serial Set 7322) · 1918
May Stop Use of Mail TubesBoston Daily Globe · 1915-12-06
President Kills Mail Tube ProvisionBoston Daily Globe · 1918-06-30
Once, your mail might have come by trolley or even through a series of tubesUniversal Hub · 2020
Pneumatic mail in Boston, USApneumatic.tube · n.d.
First Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission (year ending Aug 15 1895)Boston Transit Commission · 1895
Third Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission (year ending Aug 15 1897)Boston Transit Commission · 1897
Notes from the Archives: Tremont Street SubwayCity of Boston Archives (Alejandra Dean) · n.d.
Gas explosion, corner of Boylston and Tremont Streets (photograph, Elmer Chickering)Boston City Archives via Digital Commonwealth · 1897-03-04
125 Years Ago, Like Today, Many Bostonians Feared Their Subway SystemBU Today (Doug Most) · 2022-07-26
Gas explosion occurs during construction of new Boston subwayWhen and Where in Boston · n.d.
Tremont Street Subway - National Historic Landmark nomination (Rettig)National Park Service, NPGallery 66000788 · 1976
Boylston stationWikipedia (following citations: Clarke 2015; Chasson, Headlights 1987; MBTA 2025) · accessed 2026-10-10
Pleasant Street inclineWikipedia · accessed 2026-10-10
Canal Street inclineWikipedia · accessed 2026-10-10
Causeway Street elevatedWikipedia (citing Boston Globe May 28 and June 1 1912; Clarke & Cummings 1997; Boston Globe Nov 11 2005; MBTA Nov 4 2005) · accessed 2026-10-10
North Station (subway)Wikipedia · accessed 2026-10-10
Beyond the Big Dig - Parcel 7Boston.com / Boston Globe · 2002
Boston Public MarketWikipedia (citing Boston.com Parcel 7; Commonwealth Jun 2011; Boston Globe Jun 4 2010, Jul 30 2015) · accessed 2026-10-10
Reporter's Notebook: An inside tour of the MassDOTThe Tech (MIT), Janelle Mansfield · 2013-01-30
Workers return trash to the street at HaymarketUniversal Hub · 2021-09-30
Haymarket art hauled off with no warningCommonWealth Beacon · 2019-10-02
Haymarket (Boston)Wikipedia · accessed 2026-10-10
Boston's Giant Steaming Tea KettleClio (citing Celebrate Boston; Boston.com 2016; Boston Globe 2016) · n.d.
Behind the lens: Boston tea potGoverning · n.d.
Government Center's Golden Teapot Is Back, Buffed, and Belching SteamBoston Magazine · 2016-10-07
Ventilation structure, King's Chapel Burying Ground, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1890sHistoric New England, Boston Transit Archive (GUSN-213739) · 1890s
King's Chapel Burying GroundWikipedia · accessed 2026-10-10
Old State House (Boston)Wikipedia (citing Ofenstein p47, p49; Boston Globe 1902; Chase p45) · accessed 2026-10-10
State stationWikipedia · accessed 2026-10-10
Object of the Month, December 2022 (East Boston tunnel opening invitation)Massachusetts Historical Society · 2022-12
East Boston Streetcar Tunnel (Keith N. Morgan, Buildings of Massachusetts)SAH Archipedia · 2009
George Thorndike Angell marker (HMdb 176386)Historical Marker Database · photo 2021-06-16
History of Boston's Post Office SquareNorman B. Leventhal Park / Friends of Post Office Square · n.d.
An Alternate Park UniverseLandscape Architecture Magazine · 2014-10
Norman B. Leventhal ParkWikipedia (citing Garage at Post Office Square website) · accessed 2026-10-10
Artery vent buildings (Raphael Lewis, Globe Staff)Boston Globe via Boston.com · 2002-05-07
Vent Building #3, Central Artery/Tunnel ProjectLeers Weinzapfel Associates · 2004 (unbuilt scheme)
The InterContinental HotelCultureNow · n.d.
InterContinental BostonWikipedia · accessed 2026-10-10
Central ArteryWikipedia, Central Artery (citing NBC News / Associated Press, 2003-12-20) · 2003-12-20
2026 Dewey Square Mural - Request for QualificationsRose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy · 2025-11-05
Dewey Square muralWBUR · 2013-06-15
Dewey SquareWikipedia · accessed 2026-10-10
Public Meeting Notice: Boston Leather District/Chinatown Vent BuildingsMassDOT (mass.gov) · 2023-08-24
Kneeland Street Steam Heating Plant is builtWhen and Where in Boston (citing MACRIS) · n.d.
Power play: steam plant owner aims to decarbonize downtown with huge building projectBoston Globe · 2021-06-15
Vicinity Energy sold (steam)Boston Globe · 2026-09-30
America's First Subway (Park Street plaque)Read the Plaque · n.d.
Power System of Boston's Rapid Transit, 1889 (HMdb 154429)Historical Marker Database / IEEE · photo 2011-11-19
Park Street Subway StationSAH Archipedia (Buildings of Massachusetts) · n.d.
Tremont Street subwayWikipedia (citing Boston Daily Globe Sept 1 1897 'First Car off the Earth'; NHL Jan 29 1964) · accessed 2026-10-10
Explosion, Corner of Tremont and Boylston Streets, BostonLost New England · 2014-10-03
Boston CommonWikipedia (citing Most, The Race Underground, 2014, pp. 233-234) · accessed 2026-10-10
Vent shafts and fake buildings (List of fake buildings; Stull and Lee Yarmouth Street tearsheet)Wikipedia / Stull and Lee · accessed 2026-10-10
Boylston (Green Line) station photo setsubwaynut.com · photos 2011-06-29
Boylston station pageMBTA (mbta.com) · accessed 2026-10-10
America's First Subway MapMap of the Week (Substack) · n.d.
The story behind the giant tea kettle in Government CenterBoston.com (Wickedpedia) · 2023-11-28
Starbucks is leaving, but Government Center's steaming kettle will stayBoston.com · 2025-09-29
Fourth Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission (year ending Aug 15 1898)Boston Transit Commission · 1898
Fifth Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission (year ending Aug 15 1899)Boston Transit Commission · 1899
Second Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission (year ending Aug 15 1896)Boston Transit Commission · 1896
Eleventh Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission (year ending June 30 1905)Boston Transit Commission · 1905
Tenth Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission (year ending June 30 1904)Boston Transit Commission · 1904
Old State House - Boston Landmarks Commission Study Report (amended, Petition 175.A)Boston Landmarks Commission · n.d. (amended)
Calf Pasture Pumping Station Complex - Study Report (Petition 263.18, amended Nov 1 2024)Boston Landmarks Commission · 2024-11-01
Main Drainage Works of the City of BostonEliot C. Clarke (Principal Assistant Engineer, in charge); Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers · 1885
Calf Pasture Pumping Station timelineUMass Boston (blogs.umb.edu/pumpingstation) · n.d.
UMass Boston Readies Calf Pasture Pumping Station for RedevelopmentHistoric Boston Inc. · 2021-11-23
Asaroton, 1976Harries Heder Collaborative (artists' site) · n.d.
Orange trolley 5734 (Boston Elevated Railway Type 5)Seashore Trolley Museum collections · n.d. (page says on display as of 2018)
MBTA Crew Gets Graffiti-Covered Trolleys Squeaky CleanSteve Annear, Boston Magazine · 2014-01-16
Tremont Street subway explosion (photograph, N. L. Stebbins)Boston Public Library, Arts Department, via Digital Commonwealth · 1897-03-04
June 25, 2004: Last Elevated Train Runs in BostonMass Moments (Mass Humanities) · n.d.
InterContinental Hotels Group to open Boston's first InterContinental (press release)Hotel Online · 2004-06
InterContinental Hotel and Residences, BostonSkyscraperPage · n.d.
Elliot Norton Park is dedicatedWhen and Where in Boston · n.d.
One of the Deans of Theater Criticism, Elliot Norton, Exits the StageJay Collier, WGBH Alumni · 2003-10-20
Elliot NortonWikipedia · accessed 2026-10-11
Transit archeology: Tour of abandoned subway network offers a glimpse of how the T was builtNoah Bierman, Boston Globe · 2009-12-26
Rixy picked for 2026 Dewey Square muralWBUR · 2026-02-27
Labs, apartments could be coming to southern edge of downtownBoston Globe · 2022-03-16
Leather District development could grow to nearly 9 acresSteve Adams, Banker & Tradesman · 2016-07-08
Yarmouth Street Vent Shaft (project page and tearsheet)Stull and Lee Inc. (architects) · n.d.
Happy birthday to America's oldest subwayStreetsblog Massachusetts · 2026-09-01
King's Chapel Burying Ground - Boston's Oldest CemeteryTomb Travel (blog) · n.d.
October-ganza Day 19: Ghoulish Boston, part 2Sentinel Hill Press (blog) · 2015-10-19
National Register of Historic Places listings in southern BostonWikipedia · accessed 2026-10-11
King's Chapel Burying GroundThe Cultural Landscape Foundation · n.d.
List of fake buildingsWikipedia · accessed 2026-10-11
Ventilation structure, King's Chapel Burying Ground - related items in the Tremont Street Line seriesHistoric New England, Boston Transit Archive (PC017) · 1890s
Fake buildings shrouding transit infrastructure are hiding in plain sightSmart Cities Dive · n.d.
Calf Pasture Pumping Station soon to be a Boston LandmarkHistoric Boston Inc. · 2024-11-19
Boylston (MBTA Station)Clio (Carolyn Bean, Boston University) · 2019-10-18 (updated 2019-12-10)
Historic Boylston trolley spray painted againUniversal Hub (Adam Gaffin) · 2023-11-21
From corner of Common (about 12:20) Hotel Touraine under construction (Boylston Street explosion)N. L. Stebbins, photographer. Boston Public Library, Arts Department, via Digital Commonwealth · 1897-03-04
Corner of Tremont and Boylston (Boylston Street explosion)N. L. Stebbins, photographer. Boston Public Library, Arts Department, via Digital Commonwealth · 1897-03-04
Golden Teapot Landmark In Government Center Removed For RepairsCBS Boston · 2016-05-09
Golden kettle returns to Government CenterWHDH 7News · 2016-10-06
Hotel TouraineWikipedia · accessed 2026-10-11
King's Chapel Burying Ground (Lost New England)Lost New England · 2022-12-21
Tremont Street Subway (National Historic Landmark plaque, HMdb 177230)Historical Marker Database · photos 2021-06-19
NIST Guide to the SI, Appendix B.9: Factors for units listed by kind of quantityNational Institute of Standards and Technology (SP 811) · accessed 2026-10-11
King's Chapel Burying GroundNational Park Service (Boston National Historical Park) · updated 2025-01-08
Boston, MA - South Station (BOS)Great American Stations (Amtrak) · n.d.
At South Station, a reminder of the past that keeps ticking through the presentDialynn Dwyer, Boston.com · 2020-02-24
Plan Your Visit - Boston National Historical ParkNational Park Service · accessed 2026-10-11
South Station (stop page)MBTA (mbta.com) · accessed 2026-10-11
Chinatown Branch, Boston Public LibraryBoston Public Library · accessed 2026-10-11
Touring the interior of the pumping stationUMass Boston, Calf Pasture Pumping Station blog · 2013-04-02
The 1870 Beach Pneumatic Transit Tunnel Showing the Conjunction of Iron and Brick Work, 1899The Henry Ford (museum collections) · read 2026-10-11

Pack 02 · 107 sources

Bad Ends

Boston Molasses Flood (marker)HMdb.org, marker 40677; marker erected by The Bostonian Society · marker undated; page accessed 2026-10-10
100 years ago today: molasses crashes through Boston's North EndCity of Boston, City Archives · 2019-01-15
Great Molasses Flood of 1919: Why This Deluge of Goo Was So DeadlyLive Science, reporting Sharp, Kennedy and Rubinstein (Harvard), American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics meeting, Portland OR · 2016-11
Did You Know: Molasses FloodSecretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State House Tours · n.d.
Results of Geophysical Survey at Langone ParkJohn M. Steinberg and Grace E. Bello, Fiske Center for Archaeological Research, UMass Boston (requested by City Archaeologist Joe Bagley) · 2019-01-14
Great Molasses FloodWikipedia (lead only; cites Puleo, Dark Tide; The Guardian; Smithsonian) · accessed 2026-10-10
Epitaphs from Copp's Hill Burial Ground, BostonThomas Bridgman (compiler) · 1851
Copp's Hill Burying GroundCity of Boston, Parks and Recreation / Historic Burying Grounds Initiative · accessed 2026-10-10
Copp's Hill and the American Revolution (marker no. 3)HMdb.org marker 191826; erected by City of Boston · photos 2009 and 2023
Capt. Daniel MalcolmOld North Church and Historic Site (blog) · n.d.
1721: Two Hundred Seventy-Five Years AgoAmerican Heritage · 1996
When Cotton Mather Fought SmallpoxAmerican Heritage · n.d.
The Fight Over Inoculation During the 1721 Boston Smallpox EpidemicScience in the News, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences · 2014-12-31
(1721 inoculation and the bomb)Old North Church and Historic Site (blog), Samuel Zeiberg · n.d.
Mob attacks Cotton Mather's homeWhen and Where in Boston (citing Massachusetts Historical Society and Robert F. Murphy) · n.d.
Tomb of the Mather FamilyAtlas Obscura · n.d.
Crime Scene: The West End's Three JailsThe West End Museum · n.d.
Samuel and George Parkman: A Powerful West End Real Estate FamilyThe West End Museum · 2025-01-29
Webster trial and executionWhen and Where in Boston · n.d.
Parkman-Webster murder caseWikipedia (lead only) · accessed 2026-10-10
Discovering the Pieces of Dr. George ParkmanStrange Remains (citing The Trial of Prof. John W. Webster, Redding and Co., 1850) · 2015-03-19
Murder in the medical schoolRoyal College of Surgeons of England, Library blog · n.d.
The trial of Prof. John W. Webster, indicted for the murder of Dr. George Parkman, at the Medical CollegeRedding and Company, Boston; digitized by Wellcome Collection (Public Domain Mark) · 1850
Ether DomeWikipedia (lead only; cites MGH and Mass Moments) · accessed 2026-10-10
From Egypt to the Ether DomeHarvard Magazine · 2014-01
Boston Dentist Demonstrates Ether: October 16, 1846Mass Moments (Mass Humanities) · n.d.
Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and InnovationMassachusetts General Hospital · accessed 2026-10-10
George Francis Parkman (marker)HMdb.org marker 176182 · photos 2021-06-14
Parkman BandstandFriends of the Public Garden · accessed 2026-10-10
Parkman BandstandWikipedia (lead only) · accessed 2026-10-10
The Parkman HouseCurt DiCamillo, Vita Brevis (New England Historic Genealogical Society) · 2016-06-15
Mary Dyer (statue)HMdb.org marker 20925; erected by the Art Commission of the Commonwealth from the legacy of Zenas Ellis · dedicated 1959-07-09
Mary Dyer SculptureClio · n.d.
Notes from the Archives: Mary Dyer executed #onthisday in 1660City of Boston Archives · n.d.
Mary DyerWikipedia (lead only; note 70 cites Canavan 1911, pp. 37-49) · accessed 2026-10-10
Granary Burying GroundCity of Boston, Parks and Recreation · accessed 2026-10-10
Granary Burying GroundWikipedia (lead only) · accessed 2026-10-10
Mother GooseEncyclopaedia Britannica · accessed 2026-10-10
Grave Sightings: Mother GooseMental Floss · n.d.
Site of the Great Elm (marker)HMdb.org marker 215820; erected by the N.E. Methodist Historical Society · photos 2023-01-28
Great Elm (Boston)Wikipedia (lead only; cites Ayer 1903, J.C. Warren 1855, Friends of the Public Garden 2005, Barber 1916) · accessed 2026-10-10
The Common / Charles Street (marker)HMdb.org marker 176868 · accessed 2026-10-10
First Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission, for the year ending August 15, 1895Boston Transit Commission (Rockwell and Churchill, Boston) · 1895
Central Burying GroundCity of Boston, Parks and Recreation · accessed 2026-10-10
Respect the deadUniversal Hub · n.d.
The Common / The Freedom Trail / America's First Subway (marker)HMdb.org marker 191834 · accessed 2026-10-10
The Cocoanut Grove (plaque)HMdb.org marker 40673; erected 1993 by the Bay Village Neighborhood Association · photos 2011-03-05 (pre-move)
Bay Village (marker)HMdb.org marker 245473 · accessed 2026-10-10
Cocoanut Grove plaque shoved down the streetThe Boston Globe · 2016-07-09
MemorialCocoanut Grove Memorial Committee · accessed 2026-10-10
Cocoanut Grove Fire PlaqueAtlas Obscura · n.d.
Cocoanut Grove fireWikipedia (lead only) · accessed 2026-10-10
Monument to EtherHMdb.org marker 86191 · accessed 2026-10-10
Ether MonumentWikipedia (lead only; cites Fenster, Ether Day, 2001; Ortega, Written in Granite) · accessed 2026-10-10
Leverett Street JailWikipedia (lead only; cites Savage, Chronological History of the Boston Watch and Police, 1865) · accessed 2026-10-10
Unusual Gravestones (marker)HMdb.org marker 18977 · accessed 2026-10-10
Parkman House, 33 Beacon Street (historical report)Elizabeth Reed Amadon, Architectural Heritage, Boston · 1970
Second Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission, for the year ending August 15, 1896Boston Transit Commission (Rockwell and Churchill, Boston) · 1896
Cocoanut Grove Memorial Committee - home, Facts, and Impact of Fire pagesCocoanut Grove Memorial Committee · accessed 2026-10-11
Ether MonumentFriends of the Public Garden · accessed 2026-10-11
Grisly Murder Case Shocked Med SchoolThe Harvard Crimson · 1957-04-19
Professor John White Webster: science educator and convicted murdererPalmer, in Chemistry: Bulgarian Journal of Science Education 22(3) · 2013
A 19th-century murder at Harvard Medical SchoolBoston.com · 2017-11-22
The infamous tale of the murderous chemistry professorJSTOR Daily
Diary of Cotton Mather, vol. 2 (1709-1724)Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, 7th ser., vol. 8 · 1912
Where Were the Quakers Hanged?Michael J. Canavan, Proceedings of the Bostonian Society (annual meeting 1911) · 1911
Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692, vol. 1John Noble and John F. Cronin, eds.; County of Suffolk · 1901
Life and Death in Colonial Boston (marker)HMdb.org, marker 18984 (city marker in King's Chapel Burying Ground) · photos 2009
Welcome to King's Chapel Burying Ground (marker)HMdb.org, marker 18979 · photos 2009
King's Chapel Burying GroundCity of Boston Parks and Recreation · accessed 2026-10-11
Nathaniel HawthorneKing's Chapel · accessed 2026-10-11
Almost Famous - Pain, Prynne, and Slategeologywriter.com
The Great Tree on Boston CommonJ. C. Warren, M.D. (John Collins Warren, 1778-1856), printed by John Wilson & Son · 1855
The Tree on Boston CommonMassachusetts Historical Society, The Beehive blog · 2017-02
About The Ether DomePaul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation (MGH) · accessed 2026-10-11
Boston's Ancient Necropolis Worker with a Broom Handle NeckAtlas Obscura
The mummified remains of an ancient necropolis workerStrange Remains · 2014-06-23
Warren Anatomical Museum CollectionCenter for the History of Medicine, Countway Library, Harvard · accessed 2026-10-11
Public Hours for Center for the History of Medicine ExhibitsCountway Library (Dominic Hall) · 2025-04-07
Skull of Phineas Gage and the Rod That Passed Through ItRoadside America · accessed 2026-10-11
Neuroscience still haunted by Phineas GageChristian Jarrett, BPS Research Digest · 2012-05-23
Phineas GageWikipedia · accessed 2026-10-11
The Ether Monument (Anesthesiology 'Classic Papers Revisited'/history page)George S. Bause, Anesthesiology 114(1):69 · 2011
Other Monuments to Inhalation AnesthesiaAnesthesiology 109(4):578 · 2008
Cocoanut Grove Fire plaquesRoadside America, tip 86426 · visitor tip 2025-01-25
Boston street renamed as memorial to Cocoanut Grove nightclub fireNECN
Cocoanut Grove MemorialCity of Boston Arts and Culture · accessed 2026-10-11
Copp's Hill Burying GroundClio, entry 22493
Cotton Mather home, sites ofSalem Witch Museum
Elizabeth PainWikipedia · accessed 2026-10-11
Beyond Phineas GageHarvard Gazette · 2001-11
Dover Street Station OpensWhen and Where in Boston
Dover station (MBTA)Wikipedia · accessed 2026-10-11
Harvard's Chemistry Professor Who Was Also a MurdererMental Floss · 2015-06-17
Copp's Hill Burying Ground is establishedWhen and Where in Boston · undated
Capt. Daniel Malcolm, Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.Leon H. Abdalian (photographer), Boston Public Library, via Digital Commonwealth · ca. 1920-1960
Preserving the Past: A Closer Look At Copp's Hill Gravestone ConservationCity of Boston Parks and Recreation · 2025-07-29
Public Hours for Center for the History of Medicine Exhibits (re-read)Countway Library, Harvard Medical School (Dominic Hall) · 2025-04-07
Memories of Countway LibraryHarvard Medicine magazine · 2025-12
The Ether Monument, Public Garden, BostonDetroit Publishing Co., Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division · between 1900 and 1906
Digital Commonwealth: molasses flood photographs (rights check)Boston City Archives / Boston Public Library via Digital Commonwealth · checked 2026-10-11
Panorama of the Molasses Disaster siteGlobe Newspaper Co.; Boston Public Library, Print Department · 1919-01-15
The Death of Learning - A Visit To One Of The US's Last Surviving Anatomy And Pathology MuseumsFuneral Wise · 2018-04-23
The old elm, Boston CommonUnknown photographer; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (LOT 15401, no. 37) · 1867
MBTA v3 API: SL5 (route 749) stops, direction 0MBTA · checked 2026-10-11
West End Branch - Boston Public LibraryBoston Public Library · accessed 2026-10-11
Public Restrooms (Boston Common)Friends of the Public Garden · accessed 2026-10-11 (page text 'For the 2022 season')

Pack 06 · 74 sources

Banned in Boston

H.L. Mencken Arrested in Boston (April 5, 1926)Mass Moments (Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities) · n.d. (accessed Oct 2026)
To the friends of the American Mercury: a statement (with Appendix I, Commonwealth vs. Mencken, opinion of Justice James P. Parmenter; Appendix II, The American Mercury, Inc. v. J. Frank Chase et al.)H.L. Mencken (Boston, 1926); HathiTrust catalog record 102929848 (full view, Univ. of Illinois copy) · 1926
On this day in 1926: Boston, H.L. Mencken, and the landmark free-speech case that wasn'tThe Phoenix (Phlog) · 2010-04-05
Banned in Boston No Longer: H.L. Mencken Stands Up to the CensorsNew England Historical Society · n.d. (accessed Oct 2026)
Park Street Church marker (Boston 200)HMdb #18081 (transcription; photos Bill Coughlin Apr 14 2009, J. Makali Bruton Jun 13-14 2021) · 2021-06
Park Street Church historyPark Street Church · n.d. (accessed Oct 2026)
Park Street Congregational Church tabletHMdb #186284 (photos Devry Becker Jones, CC0, Nov 13 2021) · 2021-11
Watch and Ward SocietyWikipedia · accessed Oct 2026
Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the New England Watch and Ward Society, 1905-1906New England Watch and Ward Society (Boston) · 1906-03-07
Thirty-First Annual Report of the New England Watch and Ward Society, 1908-1909New England Watch and Ward Society (Boston) · 1909-03-01
Tremont Temple marker (Boston 200)HMdb #76638 (photos Beverly and Bill Pfingsten Aug 16 2014; J. Makali Bruton Jun 14 2021) · 2021-06
Frederick Douglass, 'A Plea for Freedom of Speech in Boston' (Music Hall, Dec 9 1860), with headnoteNational Constitution Center Historic Document Library, citing The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series One, vol. 3 · 1860-12-09
Attorney General v. A Book Named 'Naked Lunch', 351 Mass. 298Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (text via masscases.com) · 1966-07-07
The Boston Trial of Naked Lunch (transcript excerpts, Evergreen Review June 1965)RealityStudio · accessed Oct 2026
The Dunster House Book Shop case: a statementNew England Watch and Ward Society (Boston) · 1930-07
Margaret Sanger: Gagged in Boston (Newsletter #36)Margaret Sanger Papers Project, New York University · 2004
Howard Athenaeum / 'The Old Howard'Mass Memories Road Show / mmone.org (UMass Boston) · n.d. (accessed Oct 2026)
Howard AthenaeumWikipedia · accessed Oct 2026
A Night of Burlesque Celebrates the Glory Days of Boston's Burlesque EraThe West End Museum · 2012-03-13
The Norman B. Leventhal Walk to the Sea / Scollay Square & Government Center markerHMdb #215814 (photos Devry Becker Jones, CC0, Jan 28 2023); erected by City of Boston · 2023-01
Hayden Building Study Report (Boston Landmarks Commission report #17)Boston Landmarks Commission · 1977-10-27 (rev. 1977-11-30)
Historic Boston Inc. Opens Historic Hayden Building In ChinatownHistoric Boston Incorporated · 2013-02-28
The Origin, Development, and Decline of Boston's Adult Entertainment District: The Combat Zone (MCP thesis)Salvatore M. Giorlandino, Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 1986-01
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