Boston and Milton Streets Week After Storm-Above, thickly-populated Queensberry street, one of the Back Bay's busiest thoroughfares. The street is one-lane and thickly rutted. Below, Blue Hill parkway at Brook road, Milton, one of photos ordered taken by Mayor Curley to "prove" that suburbs have done more poorly than Boston in snow removal.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Boston and Milton Streets Week After Storm-Above, thickly-populated Queensberry street, one of the Back Bay's busiest thoroughfares. The street is one-lane and thickly rutted. Below, Blue Hill parkway at Brook road, Milton, one of photos ordered taken by Mayor Curley to "prove" that suburbs have done more poorly than Boston in snow removal.

[ca. January 1948]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Weather: Snowstorms: 1947-49

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