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Did you know there's a room in Boston City Hall where you can see the entire city ✨in miniature?✨

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November 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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In 1829, Massachusetts really said “let’s make the new state map a #groupproject 🤓☝🏽”

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June 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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This map is one of our gallery all-stars! 🙌🏽

Map: Boston Over Time: filling in the land 1630 - present (2008)

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May 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Rain, rain, please leave Boston alone 🥲

Map: Rainfall-chart of the United States (1880)

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June 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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You ever look in the mirror and realize you’re not 234 years old anymore? 🫣

Map: Environs of Boston, from Corey's Hill, Brookline, Mass (1864)

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April 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Who *wouldn’t* want to see a map depicting contagious diseases around the world?! 🦟🐀🕷️

Map: World map of the major tropical diseases (1944)

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January 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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🎶 And the shot heard round the world was the start of the Revolution! 🎶

Map: A map of Concord, the old Musketaquid Plantation (1928)

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April 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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🔎It’s always fun to stumble upon something a bit unexpected! 🔍

Map: [Map of New England, 31st] [1870-1890]

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June 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Students have been using map worksheets for a long time. Just ask David!🧑🏽‍🎓

Map: History 2 (1914)

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June 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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❤️🍎🍉 COLOR 🍉🍎❤️ is worth one thousand words

Map: Map of New York City showing concrete socialism in red, and private enterprises in white, 1895 (1895)

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February 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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🍀 Happy St. Patrick’s Day Boston! 🍀

Map: Home rule map of Ireland (1894)
Images: Digital Commonwealth (1943, 2003)

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March 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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We Bostonians are lucky to have a relatively clean river! But the Charles wasn’t always like that…

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November 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Which of these tourist maps makes you want to visit someplace new?

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June 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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✍🏽Want to become a map maker in 1895? Great, all you need is skills in cartography, some artistic talent, and… perfect penmanship?

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August 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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How exactly do you map an area with no land? 🤔

Map: Océan Pacifique : cartes de la direction et de l'intensité probables des vents (1880)

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April 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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You can walk across this pond in Framingham! 🏞️

Map: South Framingham, Massachusetts (1898)
Image: Digital Commonwealth, CBS News
Source: CBS News

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June 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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#Boston in April is nice when the weather is nice
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April 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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East Boston represent! 🙌

One of the most diverse neighborhoods in the city, East Boston has long been a hub of different cultures. (🧵)

Map: View of East Boston, Mass: 1879
Images: Digital Commonwealth

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December 22, 2024 at 11:34 AM
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Boston’s jazz scene was nurtured by the legacy of this jazz club 🎷🎼

Map: Atlas of the City of Boston: Boston proper and Back Bay (1938)

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June 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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🦢 The swan boats are back — it’s officially springtime in Boston! 🦢

Maps: Atlas of the City of Boston : Boston Proper (1898)
Images: Digital Commonwealth

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April 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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“Sorry for Party Rocking” - Thomas Morton, 1627👩‍🎤🎊

Map: Quincy, Mass (1878), Atlas of the city of Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. (1897)

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April 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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💔Sometimes, it’s ok to miss your old El. Oh my goodness, not ex! The El, you know… the Boston Elevated Railway?💔

Map: Boston elevated railway system (1899)
Images: Digital Commonwealth

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May 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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❗Join us this Friday, Sep 19, for a Map Collections Showing as we explore different ways to view the world through map projections❗

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September 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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This might age us a little, but you just don't get beautiful maps like these in the magazines anymore ☝️🧑‍🦳

Map: Bird's-eye view of the Panama Canal (1912)

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January 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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🔍Did you know that Fenway Park is technically named after a patch of mucky marshland? Boston sure draws name inspiration from some interesting places🥴

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July 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM