Pictures: Vintage Boston tourism posters

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These tourism brochures and maps of Boston showing off the city are part of the Brehaut Bostoniana collection at the John J. Burns Library of Boston College.


Ellerton J. Brehaut (1897-1985) was an avid collector, specializing in Boston history. In 1965 he donated his Bostoniana collection, consisting of over 1500 books, periodicals and manuscripts relating to Boston history to Boston College and Salem State College.





These tourism brochures and maps of Boston showing off the city are part of the Brehaut Bostoniana collection at the John J. Burns Library of Boston College.


Ellerton J. Brehaut (1897-1985) was an avid collector, specializing in Boston history. In 1965 he donated his Bostoniana collection, consisting of over 1500 books, periodicals and manuscripts relating to Boston history to Boston College and Salem State College.


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A New England vacation map by the New England Council from about 1950.


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A Massachusetts vacation guide by the Massachusetts Development and Industrial Commission from about 1950.


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A guide to Boston by the Boston and Maine Railroad from 1949.


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“You’ll Like Boston” by the City of Boston from about 1955.


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A visitor’s guide of Boston by the Parker House from about 1950.


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A souvenir map by the First National Bank of Boston from 1959.


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A street map of Boston by the Boston Chamber of Commerce from about 1935.


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A New England tour book by the New England Hotel Association from about 1950.


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A poster by the Convention Bureau from about 1940.


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“You’re Going to like Boston” by the City of Boston from about 1930.


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A directory by the Boston Transcript from about 1913.


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An industrial resource guide by the Massachusetts Industrial Commission from about 1930.


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At Your Service in Boston from 1949.


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A poster by R.S. Robie, Inc., travel agent, from about 1955.


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A visitor’s guide to Boston by Brine and Norcross from 1890.


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A map of Boston by the Richard F. Lufkin Company from about 1945.


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A guide book by the Conventions Committee of the Boston Chamber of Commerce from 1912.


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The Gray Line from about 1940.


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Boston landmarks by the Convention and Tourist Bureau from about 1920.


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“Welcome to Boston” by the City of Boston from about 1940.


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A visitor’s directory by the City of Boston from 1946.


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“Boston in a Nutshell” by the Fidelity Company from 1949.


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“Guides at a Glance” by Robert M. Winn from about 1950.


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A guide to Boston and Cambridge by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company from about 1943.


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A Boston travel guide by J.W. Robinson from 1908.


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A street map of Boston by the Convention Bureau from about 1950.


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A directory by the Boston Transcript Company from 1937.


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A directory by the Boston Transcript Company from 1919.


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A shopping guide of Boston by the Retail Trade Board of Boston from about 1930.


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A visitor’s guide to Boston by the Convention Bureau from about 1942.


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A guide to Boston by the Holy Name Society from 1947.


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A map of Boston by the Old South Association of Boston from 1949.


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A guide to Boston’s Back Bay from about 1950.


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A visitor’s guide by the City of Boston from about 1950.


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A calendar of Boston events by the City of Boston from 1950.


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A guide to New England by the Holy Name Society from 1947.


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