Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Like Narrow Country Road, this is Beacon street, Back Bay, near Massachusetts avenue. Snow, ruts and indiscriminately parked cars have reduced principal thoroughfare to a single traffic lane. Its condition was a contribution factor to a major traffic jam in the Kenmore square area yesterday afternoon.
Like Narrow Country Road, this is Beacon street, Back Bay, near Massachusetts avenue. Snow, ruts and indiscriminately parked cars have reduced principal thoroughfare to a single traffic lane. Its condition was a contribution factor to a major traffic jam in the Kenmore square area yesterday afternoon.
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Like Narrow Country Road, this is Beacon street, Back Bay, near Massachusetts avenue. Snow, ruts and indiscriminately parked cars have reduced principal thoroughfare to a single traffic lane. Its condition was a contribution factor to a major traffic jam in the Kenmore square area yesterday afternoon.

[ca. March 1956]

CC0 — Public Domain
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[Information from item housing] Weather: Snowstorms: Blizzard, March 1956

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