Boston, 1956

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While most of the Leslie Jones photos we’ve seen in the Boston Public Library’s photo collections on Flickr depict scenes of automotive carnage and mayhem dating back to the 1920s and 1930s, these three set a more placid scene on an October 1956 day around Copley Square, with Trinity Church dominating the background of each and people going about their everyday lives, uninterrupted by auto-induced tragedy. What do you see here?

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