Boston’s North End Streets
The streets of Boston's North End in 1919 are depicted with a rusty steel molasses tank casting a shadow over cobblestone roads. Brick tenements and wooden storefronts with 'Purity Distilling Co.' signs are in view as workers in wool newsboy caps and suspenders shovel coal. Their breath frosts in the cold January air. A horse-drawn cart filled with barrels is parked nearby, the driver in a heavy overcoat, while a woman in a long skirt and shawl carries groceries. An overcast sky with steam billowing from factory chimneys adds to the gray-blue tone.

