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The Boston, Massachusetts Histories book collection is a group of 49 books that detail the history of Boston - primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of the books are illustrated; showcasing specific events relating to key points in the history and development of Boston during this period as well as details of some of its most important and influential figures.

All the titles contained on this DVD are listed below.

1. Dr. Holmes's Boston (1915) - Holmes, Oliver Wendell; Ticknor, Caroline - 214 pages
2. Boston, Massachusetts, city directory Part 1 (1916) - 1534 pages
3. Boston, Massachusetts, city directory Part 2 (1916) - to page 3202
4. Old shipping days in Boston (1918) - 49 pages
5. Boston days (1912) - Whiting, Lilian - 543 pages
6. Boston illustrated (1873) - Stanwood, Edward - 134 pages
7. Boston Common (1842) - Adams, Nehemiah; Ticknor, William Davis; Williams, H. B - 63 pages
8. Boston town (1881) - Scudder, Horace Elisha - 243 pages
9. Boston and her story (1921) - Guindon, Frederick A - 144 pages
10. Boston, new and old (1912) - Sullivan, T. R. (Thomas Russell) - 109 pages
11. Boston register and business directory (1922) - 1004 pages
12. Boston and the Back Bay (1884) - Baxton, Charles - 93 pages
13. Walks and talks about Boston (1916) - O'Brien, Edward Joseph Harrington - 175 pages
14. Historic Boston and its neighborhood; (1898) - Hale, Edward Everett - 186 pages
15. In and about historic Boston (1908) - 40 pages
16. The Siege of Boston (1911) - French, Allen - 450 pages
17. Two hundred views of Boston and historical surroundings : reproduced from the latest photographs (1907) - J.F. Murphy - 84 pages
18. Bacon's dictionary of Boston (1886) - Bacon, Edwin M. (Edwin Monroe); Ellis, George Edward - 469 pages
19. King's handbook of Boston (1883) - King, Moses - 360 pages
20. Some interesting Boston events (1916) - 78 pages
21. The book of Boston (1920) - Shackleton, Robert - 332 pages
22. Boston on Massachusetts Bay; (1921) - Pierce, Henry Gill - 61 pages
23. History of Boston (1834) - Carver, Robin - 160 pages
24. Popular history of Boston (1893) - Butterworth, Hezekiah - 480 pages
25. Random notes of Boston (1913) - Dowst, Henry Payson; Seaford, John Albert - 93 pages
26. Old Boston museum days (1915) - Ryan, Kate - 264 pages
27. The Barclays of Boston (1854) - Otis, Harrison Gray, Mrs. - 419 pages
28. Journalism in Boston : Boston Herald and it's contemporaries (1878) - 80 pages
29. Walks & talks about historic Boston (1917) - Mann, Albert W. (Albert William) - 586 pages
30. Spectacles for young eyes : Boston (1862) - Lander, Sarah W. (Sarah West) - 202 pages
31. King's handbook of Boston harbor (1888) - Sweetser, M. F. (Moses Foster); King, Moses - 302 pages
32. The State house, Boston Massachusetts (1921) - Burrill, Ellen Mudge - 150 pages
33. The city government of Boston (1895) - Matthews, Nathan - 289 pages
34. Reminiscences of a Boston merchant (1887) - Field, Benjamin F. - 136 pages
35. Men of Boston and New England (1913) - 186 pages
36. Boston art guide and artists' directory (1893) - 123 pages
37. Boston : the place and the people (1907) - Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe) - 397 pages
38. Old Boston taverns and tavern clubs (1886) - Drake, Samuel Adams - 70 pages
39. Days and ways in old Boston (1915) - Rossiter, William S. (William Sidney) - 144 pages
40. Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston (1874) - Drake, Samuel Adams - 484 pages
41. Cyclist's road book of Boston and vicinity (1886) - Atkins, Arthur L. - 43 pages
42. Handy guide to Boston and environs (1904) - Rand McNally and Company - 232 pages
43. Her Boston experiences; a picture of modern Boston society and people (1900) - Bergengren, Anna Farquhar - 208 pages
44. The Boston Herald and its history. ... . Thirty-two years of journalism in Boston (1878) - 93 pages
45. Illustrated Boston, the metropolis of New England (1889) - 305 pages
46. Boston births, baptisms, marriages and deaths, 1630-1699 (1883) - 278 pages
47. Boston club book for 1888 : containing a full list of members and addresses of all Boston clubs of any social or political prominence (1888) - 238 pages
48. A chronological history of the Boston watch and police (1865) - Savage, Edward Hartwell - 408 pages
49. A report of the City of Boston, containing the Boston town records, 1758 to 1769 (1886) - 344 pages

This DVD runs on all Windows and Macintosh computers. You must have a web browser and Adobe Acrobat Reader - (available for free download if you do not have it installed on your computer.) The book index is organized in an HTML menu that is compatible with all browsers and the books themselves are in PDF format to allow them to be universally accessed. All books on this DVD are searchable and printable.