Exhibition Objects

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Image of Plan of South Bay Showing the Harbor Commissioners Lines

Plan of South Bay Showing the Harbor Commissioners Lines

Massachusetts Board of Harbor Commissioners; W. H. Bradley (1854)

Image of Plan of Boston and its Vicinity, Showing the Drainage Area of Stony Brook Which Empties into the Full Basin of the Back Bay

Plan of Boston and its Vicinity, Showing the Drainage Area of Stony Brook Which Empties into the Full Basin of the Back Bay

H. M. Wightman; Back Bay Commissioners (ca. 1863)

Image of Map of the City of Chelsea: from Actual Surveys 1867

Map of the City of Chelsea: from Actual Surveys 1867

J. Mayer & Co. (1867)

Image of Boston Main Drainage: Plan Showing Main and Branch Intercepting Sewers Recommended By the Sewerage Commission

Boston Main Drainage: Plan Showing Main and Branch Intercepting Sewers Recommended By the Sewerage Commission

Boston Sewerage Commission (1875)

Image of Back Bay Park

Back Bay Park

Boston Park Commissioners (1877)

Image of Map Showing the Sources of Some of the Offensive Odors Perceived in Boston, 1878

Map Showing the Sources of Some of the Offensive Odors Perceived in Boston, 1878

Boston Board of Health (1878)

Image of Plan of Land Owned by the Aspinwall Land Company on Aspinwall Hill in Brookline, Mass.

Plan of Land Owned by the Aspinwall Land Company on Aspinwall Hill in Brookline, Mass.

Aspinwall & Lincoln; Heliotype Printing Co. (1885)

Image of Boston Harbor, Mass.: Map of Mystic River and Chelsea Creek

Boston Harbor, Mass.: Map of Mystic River and Chelsea Creek

U.S. Harbor Line Board of 1888; Boston Harbor Line Board; Massachusetts Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners (1890)

Image of Concord Junction, Mass.

Concord Junction, Mass.

George E. Norris (1893)

Image of City of Boston Plan of Columbia Road, Showing Connection with Franklin Park and Marine Park

City of Boston Plan of Columbia Road, Showing Connection with Franklin Park and Marine Park

Frederick Law Olmsted; John Charles Olmsted; City of Boston (1897)

Image of Indian Land Cessions in the United States

Indian Land Cessions in the United States

Charles C. Royce and Thomas Cyrus; Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology (1899)

Image of Map of Boston Common and Public Garden

Map of Boston Common and Public Garden

George H. Walker & Co. (ca. 1901)

Image of Cobb's Latest Map of the Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota, to Be Opened for Settlement Aug. 8, 1904

Cobb’s Latest Map of the Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota, to Be Opened for Settlement Aug. 8, 1904

A. H. Cobb; Burd & Fletcher Print. Co. (1904)

Image of Panoramic View of the Yosemite National Park, California

Panoramic View of the Yosemite National Park, California

John H. Renshawe; U.S. Geological Survey (ca. 1914)

Image of Plate 28 from _Atlas of the City of Boston: Charlestown and East Boston_

Plate 28 from Atlas of the City of Boston: Charlestown and East Boston

G. W. Bromley & Co. (1922)

Image of [Map of parts of Venezuela and Colombia]

[Map of parts of Venezuela and Colombia]

Richard Mayer (ca. 1910–1923)

Image of Boston. East Boston

Boston. East Boston

Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc. (1925)

Image of _Location of Undeveloped Lands_ with boundaries from _Residential Security Map of Boston, Mass._

Location of Undeveloped Lands with boundaries from Residential Security Map of Boston, Mass.

Arthur A. Shurtleff; City of Boston Park Department; Home Owners' Loan Corporation; Leventhal Map & Education Center (1925, 1938, and 2022)

Image of Motor Routes that Intersect the Bay Circuit

Motor Routes that Intersect the Bay Circuit

Trustees of Reservations (ca. 1930)

Image of Indians of the U.S.A.

Indians of the U.S.A.

Louise E. Jefferson; Friendship Press, Inc. (1944)

Image of Clean-up, Paint-up

Clean-up, Paint-up

Freedom House ([ca. 1955])

Image of Quality of Housing from _Report of Long Term Planning Committee - Boston Settlement Council_

Quality of Housing from Report of Long Term Planning Committee - Boston Settlement Council

United Community Services of Metropolitan Boston; Boston Settlement Council (1960)

Image of Master Highway Plan Metropolitan Boston Showing the Massachusetts Turnpike, Route 128 (Circumferential Highway), Boston Central Artery, and Planned System of Expressways

Master Highway Plan Metropolitan Boston Showing the Massachusetts Turnpike, Route 128 (Circumferential Highway), Boston Central Artery, and Planned System of Expressways

Cabot, Cabot & Forbes Co. (1961)

Image of Inner Belt and Expressway System, Boston Metropolitan Area

Inner Belt and Expressway System, Boston Metropolitan Area

Massachusetts Department of Public Works; United States Bureau of Public Roads; Hayden, Harding & Buchanan, Inc.; Charles A. Maguire & Associates (1962)

Image of Your New Washington Park: A Bold Program in Urban Renewal

Your New Washington Park: A Bold Program in Urban Renewal

Boston Redevelopment Authority (1963)

Image of Let's Get M.A.D. and Clean Up Washington Park: Your Guide to Action

Let’s Get M.A.D. and Clean Up Washington Park: Your Guide to Action

Freedom House ([ca. 1965])

Image of Area Plan as of May 1962

Area Plan as of May 1962

Back Bay Association, Inc. (1962, revised 1965, reprint ca. 2000s)

Image of Massachusetts Outdoor Recreation Plan 1966: Public Outdoor Recreation Areas

Massachusetts Outdoor Recreation Plan 1966: Public Outdoor Recreation Areas

Massachusetts Department of Natural Resources; Edwards and Kelcey, Inc. (1966)

Image of Areas Served By Boston Banks Group Under Pooled Bank Operations

Areas Served By Boston Banks Group Under Pooled Bank Operations

Boston Redevelopment Authority (ca. 1968)

Image of Illustrative Site Plan: Washington Park Urban Renewal Area, Massachusetts R-24

Illustrative Site Plan: Washington Park Urban Renewal Area, Massachusetts R-24

Boston Redevelopment Authority (1970)

Image of Problems of the Wheeler Site for High Density Development

Problems of the Wheeler Site for High Density Development

Swamp Brook Preservation Association (1971)

Image of The Good Things in Life Belong to All of Us

The Good Things in Life Belong to All of Us

Environmental Protection Agency (1975)

Image of Plate A Chelsea River Alternative from _Revere, Sales Creek - Flood Control Study_

Plate A Chelsea River Alternative from Revere, Sales Creek - Flood Control Study

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (1976)

Image of Figure A-1 in _Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States_

Figure A-1 in Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States

United Church of Christ Commission for Racial Justice (1987)

Image of We Must Have Order

We Must Have Order

Heidi Brandt; War Resisters League (ca. 1989)

Richard Misrach; Kate Orff; Aperture Foundation (2012)

Image of Excerpt from _National Transportation Noise Map_

Excerpt from National Transportation Noise Map

Office of Spatial Analysis and Visualization at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U. S. Department of Transportation (2018)

Image of A City of Unequal Risks

A City of Unequal Risks

Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center; Emily Bowe (2022)

Image of A Shared Problem, an Unequal Burden: Causes & Consequences of Climate Change

A Shared Problem, an Unequal Burden: Causes & Consequences of Climate Change

Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center (2022)