The South Part of New England, as It Is Planted This Yeare, 1639
William Wood; John Dawson (1639)
Exhibition Objects
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Detail from “A Plan of the Town of Boston With the Intrenchments &c. of His Majesty’s Forces in 1775”
Sir Thomas Hyde Page (1775)
“Charles River Bridge” from “Antique Views of Ye Towne of Boston”
Morse-Purce Co. (1907 [1789])
Detail from “Grand Panoramic View of Tremont Street, Boston, East and West Sides From Court Street to the Common”
Frederick Gleason (1853)
“Railroads Diverging From Boston” from “The Boston Almanac”
S.N. Dickinson; Thomas Groom (1840)
New Map of Boston, Comprising the Whole City, With the New Boundaries of the Wards
George W. Boynton (1857)
“The Metropolitan Horse Railroad, Tremont Street, Boston” from December 13, 1856 issue of “Ballou’s Pictorial”
(1856)
“Cambridge Route 7” from “The Boston Horse and Street Railroad Guide”
Edward E. Clark (1887)
Rail Road Map: Showing the Street Rail Road Routes in and Leading From Boston, With the Terminus of Each Road in Suburban Cities or Towns
J. G. Chase (1865)
West End Street Railway Co. Horsecar #1497 at Washington Street Car House, Brighton
(ca. 1890s)
Metropolitan Railroad Open-Type Horsecar #24 at Dorchester Avenue Car House, Boston
(ca. 1860s–1880s)
Map of the City of Boston and Vicinity: Showing Tracks of the West End Street Railway
Arthur L. Plimpton (1891)
Map Showing Elevated Railroad and Connections and Proposed Steam Railroad Changes and Connections
Rapid Transit Commission to the Massachusetts Legislature (1892)
Plan of Route Proposed by Commissioner Richardson, April 1892”
Rapid Transit Commission to the Massachusetts Legislature (1892)
![Image of North Station. Boston and Main [sic] Railroad](https://iiif.digitalcommonwealth.org/iiif/2/commonwealth:6h4410699/square/800,/0/default.jpg)
“Plate 6” from “Atlas of the City of Boston: Boston Proper and Back Bay”
G.W. Bromley & Co. (1928)
“Plate 8” from “Atlas of the City of Boston: City Proper and Roxbury”
G.W. Bromley & Co. (1890)
“Plate 12” from “Atlas of the City of Boston: Boston Proper and Back Bay”
G.W. Bromley & Co. (1902)
Official Seal from Letterhead of Boston Elevated Railway Company
Boston Elevated Railway Company (1894)
Cover Page from “A Description of the Elevated Division of the Boston Elevated Railway Company”
Boston Elevated Railway Company (1905)
“Night Car Routes” from “Night Cars: Routes and Schedules”
Boston Elevated Railway Company (1924)
Plate 1 from “Twenty-Third Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission”
Boston Transit Commission (1917)
“The First Bus in Boston Elevated Service” from “Co-operation,” v. 12 no. 2
Boston Elevated Railway Company (1933)
The Central Part of Boston, Massachusetts, Showing Transportation Lines of the Boston Elevated Railway
Boston Elevated Railway Company (1930)
MTA Logo from “Second Annual Report of the Board of Public Trustees of the MTA”
Metropolitan Transit Authority (1949)
![Image of Rapid Transt [sic] Lines of the Metropolitan Transit Authority](https://s3.us-east-2.wasabisys.com/lmec-public-files/exhibitions/getting-around-town/cw-4/4.3F-RTL%20brochure%20-%20mta%201957%20-%20map.jpg)
Rapid Transt [sic] Lines of the Metropolitan Transit Authority
Metropolitan Transit Authority (1957)
MBTA System Map
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority; Boston Redevelopment Authority (1967)
Transit: South Shore Car
Boston Redevelopment Authority; Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (1973)
Metropolitan Boston Transportation Map: Subway-Bus-Rail
Cities, Inc.; Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (1974)
“Proposed Stations of the Northwest Extension” from “Red Line News,” no. 1
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (1976)
Going Your Way With a T Commuter Rail Pass
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (1983)
“Rapid Transit Line (RTL) Map” from “Manual of Guidelines and Standards”
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (1966)
Where to Take the West End Railway Cars in Boston, and Their Destinations
West End Street Railway Company (1895)
Boston & Hingham Steamboat Co. and Nantasket Beach Railroad Co. 1881 Time Table
Boston & Hingham Steamboat Co.; Nantasket Beach Railroad Co. (1881)
Eastern District, New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Local Time Table
New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company (1899)
Boston Elevated Railway Rapid Transit Lines: A Brief Description of Elevated, Subway and Tunnel System: Corrected June 1, 1938
Boston Elevated Railway Company (1938)
Boston Elevated Railway Schedules of Night Service
Boston Elevated Railway Company (1937, 1938)
Boston Elevated Railway Schedules of Night Service
Boston Elevated Railway Company (1938)
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad Time Table
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad Company (1939)
Boston & Albany Railroad: Boston, Wellesley, Framingham, Worcester and Milford Branch
Boston and Albany Railroad Co. (1957)
Boston and Maine Corporation: Melrose Wakefield Reading Timetable
Boston and Maine Corporation (1968)
MTA Surface Line Schedules South of Boston, Summer 1955
Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston, Mass.) (1955)
MBTA System Tactile Route Map
Gilligan Tactiles; Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (1974)
![Image of [MTA Window Map]](https://s3.us-east-2.wasabisys.com/lmec-public-files/exhibitions/getting-around-town/g-1/G1.2-mta-map.jpg)
“Tremont Street, Opposite Park-Street Church, During a Car Blockade, July 12, 1895” from “First Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission”
Boston Transit Commission (1895)
“Plan Showing Congested District, City of Boston” from “Report of the Rapid Transit Commission to the Massachusetts Legislature”
Massachusetts Rapid Transit Commission (1892)
“Chart Showing Number of Cars Running on Tremont and Other Streets …” from “First Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission”
Boston Transit Commission (1895)
“Plan Showing Proposed Central Routes and Suburban Connections” from “Report of the Rapid Transit Commission to the Massachusetts Legislature”
Massachusetts Rapid Transit Commission (1892)
“Boston Subway, August 15, 1898“ from “Fourth Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission”
Boston Transit Commission (1898)
“Plate 6” from “Second Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission”
Boston Transit Commission (1896)
“Plate 16” from “Second Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission”
Boston Transit Commission (1896)
“Plate 8” from “Fourth Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission”
Boston Transit Commission (1898)
“Plate 10” from “Fourth Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission”
Boston Transit Commission (1898)
“Plate 21” from “Third Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission”
Boston Transit Commission (1897)
![Image of [Map of the Railroads of Massachusetts Running West From Boston]](https://iiif.digitalcommonwealth.org/iiif/2/commonwealth:x059cc84w/square/800,/0/default.jpg)
General Plan of Terminal Station at Boston, Massachusetts, for the N.Y. N.H. & H. and B. & A. Railroads
Boston Terminal Co. (1899)
“Comprehensive Plan, Future Rapid Transit Routes, Inner Metropolitan District” from “Report on Improved Transportation Facilities in the Metropolitan District”
Massachusetts Division of Metropolitan Planning (1926)
“Suggested Co-Ordination and Extension of Existing Rapid Transit Routes to Care for Immediate Demands” from “Report on Improved Transportation Facilities in the Metropolitan District”
Massachusetts Division of Metropolitan Planning (1926)
“Plan … Relating to the Extension of the Boylston Street Subway to Post Office Square” from “Nineteenth Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission”
Boston Transit Commission (1913)
“Proposed Extension of Subway: Scollay Station to Park St. Station and Enlargement of Scollay, Boylston St. and Park St. Stations” from “First Annual Report of the Board of Public Trustees of the MTA”
Metropolitan Transit Authority (1947)
Air View: Present Rapid Transit System - Boston Elevated Railway and Proposed Extensions of Rapid Transit Into Suburban Boston
Metropolitan Transit Recess Commission (1945)
Boston 1899
A. E. Downs, Geo. H. Walker & Co. (1899)
Map of the Existing and Proposed Circumferential Thoroughfares of the District and Their Connections
Arthur A. Shurtleff [later Arthur A. Shurcliff]; Metropolitan Improvements Commission (1909)
“Circumferential Ring: Commuter Rail and Transit Connections,” from Circumferential Ring Regional Planning Compact Signing Ceremony
Susan W. Gilday (1995)
“Plan No. 2,” from Twelfth Annual Report of the Boston Transit Commission, for the Year Ending June 30, 1906
Boston Transit Commission (1907)
“Central Artery Rail Link,” from North South Rail Link Fact Sheet
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (1994)
Road Map of the Boston District Showing the Metropolitan Park System
Geo. H. Walker & Co.; League of American Wheelmen (1898)
