I wonder if 'dolly' would count as one of the precious items to save in a fire.

Fire buckets.
In the old town, volunteers had water buckets to hand and ran with them to the fire to join a human chain from the fire pond - there were several around the town -  to the location of the fire. The owner of the house would pre-designate a friend to help save as much of the contents as possible, dashing into the burning building to rescue the most valuable pieces, as the water gang poured water onto the fire in the hope of saving the dwelling.

Red window - closed for renovation

Cartwheels and windows - well just one of each!

Historical gardening at Strawberry Banke

Rose and green

Turquoise and orange

Sunrise in stained glass

The artist who created this Christmas poster for the New England magazine was Florence Pearl England Nosworthy (1872-1936).

Another of Will Carqueville posters for Lippincott's.
Lippincott's Monthly Magazine was a 19th-century literary magazine published in Philadelphia from 1868 to 1915, when it relocated to New York.

William Carqueville who created this poster lived from 1871 to 1946. He started out illustrating for Lippincott's, then travelled to Europe, studying in Paris and coming under the influence of the Art Nouveau  movement, returning the the States in the late 1890s. He is considered one of the finest US illustrators of the 1900 -1920s.

This poster is by the famous Boston illustrator, Ethel Reed. Born in 1874, she moved to Boston with her family. After a short time at art school, she was 'noticed' and was hailed as one of the foremost illustrators of the time. After her engagement to Philip Hale, a fellow artist, was broken off in 1896, she travelled to Europe and after two years she seems to have simply disappeared of the face of the earth. Her work is truly lovely and what a shame she was lost to the art world so early in her career.

This is also a Will H Bradley poster (1896), this time advertising Victor Bicycles for the Overman Wheel Company of Chicapee Falls, Massachusetts. He also illustrated their 1899 catalogue, which is quite famous.

A poster advertising 'Recreation' magazine in 1896, by Henry Sumner Watson (1868 - 1933). He always signed his name Hy-S-Watson.

Last day of the Springfield Bicycle Club Tournament.
This poster by Will H, Bradley (1868 -1962)

Another of Charles A. Cox's posters

Poster post

A poster advertising Bearings, a cycling magazine, around the 1890s, by Charles Arthur Cox (1829-1901)

Make your 'Wish', it's a new month tomorrow!



Wish is a boutique on Charles Street

Shop for the geologists

Bas reliefs on the 1898 Congregational House, Beacon Street
This last one represents Philanthropy, with the missionary preaching to Native Americans.

Bas reliefs on the 1898 Congregational House, Beacon Street
This represents Education; it's the founding of Harvard College.

Bas reliefs on the 1898 Congregational House, Beacon Street.
This one represents Faith

Bas reliefs on the 1898 Congregational House, Beacon Street,
This one represents Law

Classical façade

Helix fire escapes

The end of the first half of the Freedom Trail, Paul Revere's House is one of the last clapboard houses left in Boston.





The Paul Revere House

Even lawyers have their signs.

Another old pub - known for its 'thick' ale!


Bell in Hand

The sign looks a little the worse for wear, but this is where the revolutionaries had their headquarters.

The Green Dragon Tavern

Apparently, brought from London in 1635 for use in a mill, this stone was lostwhen the mill owner died and the mill closed. It was rediscovered and used as a feature in this building in 1836. But why does it have 1737 as the date underneath?

A Cold War relic
We saw this by the Faneuil Hall Marketplace


Faneuil Hall Marketplace

This is how to follow the Freedom Trail through Boston



Freedom Trail

The Unicorn

Decorating the gable ends of the Old State House, Boston



Old State House, Boston

The Lion and . . .

Sam, the American eagle, looks down from an Art Deco building

More classical architecture

Lovely glass canopy, but is that a fleur de lis  - this is Boston, not New Orleans!

Tremont Temple Baptist Church - perfect place for proclaiming.




Tremont Temple

One for the climbers.
AMC Boston Headquarters at 5 Joy Street, Boston.


AMC Boston

Lovely clothes for kids,

The florist and gift shop

Yes, the golden one is here too

Oh, yummy!

Complete with candelabra.

Great place for coffee and cake