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Leventhal Map & Education Center
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While many Bostonians think of it as city folklore, it was said you could smell molasses during a hot summer day for years afterwards 🟤💀
Map: Atlas of the City of Boston : Boston proper and Back Bay (1917)
Images: Digital commonwealth, Boston Globe (1919)
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