Looking east on Beacon St., Winthrop on the right. Washington Square is at the bottom of the hill. In the distance is the Clark house (formerly the Otis Withington house), roughly located at today's Lancaster Terrace. Note gas lamp in center of photo.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer.
incl. Streets

Lantern Slide Collection #30