Boston 1958, 1962 and 1974, taken by my father

[Shawn]

Originally Posted by James Bond Agent 007

Very minor omission, but I was looking through my pics and realized I forgot this one. It was my grandmother's house in Belmont on Chester St in 1962.

You mean Chester Road, Belmont? Because my grandmother grew up on Payson Road, one block from Chester Road in Belmont... my god what a small world. She would have been 94 were she still with us, maybe a bit younger than your grandmother, but still.

[jens]

Brilliant

[James Bond Agent 007]

Originally Posted by Shawn

You mean Chester Road, Belmont?

That could be. As I said before, I'm just copying the captions my father gave for the photos. They certainly could be wrong.

At one point he had all the 1974 photos labeled as 1972. But when I thought about it I knew that had to be wrong because: 1) That was the time we saw Jim Rice's first hit, and his first year in the majors was 1974 not 1972, and; 2) the (new) John Hancock tower would not have been that far under construction in 1972, since it was completed in '76.

I've little doubt there are some other things he got wrong, but since he's labeling these things from memory there are bound to be things he didn't get right.

[MonkeyRonin]

Originally Posted by James Bond Agent 007

In fact, now that I look at them again, that's MUCH better! Thanks very very much!

No worries. Most only require a simple one-command "auto colour" in Photoshop. Others are a bit further gone and need a bit more mixing of colour levels, but nonetheless if you do happen to have PS it's very easy to do.

[James Bond Agent 007]

I do have a copy of Photoshop on an old computer but haven't used it in a while. Maybe I should brush up on my skills. But again, thanks!

[STLgasm]

Incredible!

[plinko]

Love this thread. Some really great stuff in here.

[Martin Mtl]

Amazing! Can't wait for the rest! The Boston stuff is also amazing. You're amazing!

Originally Posted by James Bond Agent 007

I'll cheat and show a preview of the European ones. This is probably the best one - Picadilly Circus, 1957.

[shakman]

Originally Posted by JiminyCricket II

These are fantastic! Love seeing this.

That Mickey Mantle shot is probably worth some money if you get it cleaned up. There are Yankee fanatics out there that would pay for it.

Yes James I am one those "Yuckees" fans.

[Bedhead]

Absolutely sensational retrospective - thanks!

[TomOfBoston]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

This is an incredible set! Can't wait to see it all.

Interesting how it always seems like it snowed more heavily back in the old days

I take it that you were not in Boston in 2015. 80 inches of snow in 4 storms over 21 days.

[TomOfBoston]

Is your father still among us?

[James Bond Agent 007]

Yes. He's 85.

[LSyd]

awesome. your dad's a great photographer. thanks for posting these

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[Private Dick]

Thanks for sharing these, great stuff.

[mousquet]

I can't really realize. I guess it looks like old movies starring Steve McQueen or Louis de Funès.
Or even older, some West Side Story textures to the pictures.

I can only refer to old pop movies to these pictures, got no older relatives over there.
It's history. Like past.

[James Bond Agent 007]

BTW I talked to my father yesterday and he says thanks to MonkeyRonin for cleaning up those photos.

[deja vu]

I'm late to the party, but these are awesome. Thanks for making the effort to preserve and share them with us.

[arkitekte]

These are great...looking forward to you posting more.

[TomOfBoston]

Gonna bump this up for others to notice it.