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Title: I'm from Boston : scenes from the living past, illustrated by picture and story
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960
Subjects: Historic buildings -- Massachusetts Boston
Publisher: Boston : The Atlantic Monthly Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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