Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›The Universal Gesture in Boston yesterday was the oh-my-aching-head motion. this was not because of an aspirin shortage, but because of a high wind that blew throughout the day. Each of the woman above has her own way of handling the situation (the lady on the right is a damn-the-torpedoes type); but the hatless girl in the center who, after all, has the least to lose, took it with a grin. Biting breezes were tempered by the bounty of a blue and sunny sky and the promise of warmer days offset the sting in the wind. Greater Boston in general took the weather with a sense of relief that what has been called winter's last gasp bypassed this region almost completely.
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
The Universal Gesture in Boston yesterday was the oh-my-aching-head motion. this was not because of an aspirin shortage, but because of a high wind that blew throughout the day. Each of the woman above has her own way of handling the situation (the lady on the right is a damn-the-torpedoes type); but the hatless girl in the center who, after all, has the least to lose, took it with a grin. Biting breezes were tempered by the bounty of a blue and sunny sky and the promise of warmer days offset the sting in the wind. Greater Boston in general took the weather with a sense of relief that what has been called winter's last gasp bypassed this region almost completely.
[ca. March 1955]
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[Information from item housing] Weather: Wind: Misc.
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