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South Boston (Postcard History: Massachusetts)

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All the way through the early a part of the 20th century, technological advances in the printing industry spawned a new fad: postcard collecting. Publishers dispatched photographers to communities all over the country and produced iconic images that formed a portrait of the nation. Travelers used postcards to keep up a correspondence with family and friends and to deal with a visual record of their itineraries. Even though the fad used to be short lived, thousands of postcards and, in some cases, entire collections live on to these days. Through vintage postcards, South Boston shows one of Boston’s most beautiful neighborhoods with miles of sandy beaches, shaded thoroughfares, and well-kept brick and wood frame homes. South Boston is an Irish American enclave that has probably undergone fewer physical and social changes than any other section of the city.

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