Viewed from Station St. looking west under the Washington St. bridge, the only entrance to White Place which was then a dead end. This is one of several photos taken shortly before the bridge was widened and the entrance to White Place raised to meet the bridge. On the left is the building at 180/184 Washington St. and on the right is the building at 188/194 Washington St. The small one-story addition on the left side of the building was removed and the building partially-visible underneath the bridge was raised for the raising of White Place in late 1885.

An alert reader found that the ads plastered on the wall were all for shows happening in March 1885 and all were catalogued on this page of the March 31, 1885 issue of the Harvard Crimson.

Tom Condon, Sr. Civil Engineer for Brookline writes:
It would be interesting to note that the roadway passing under the bridge to the right of the railroad was the only access to White Place at the time since it was a dead end street. When the bridge was later widened, it was also shortened so as to only cross the railroad tracks. The end of White Place was filled in to meet the grade of the new bridge. That is the reason for the retaining wall between White Place and the "D" line which is located about where the center support of the bridge is.
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Lantern Slide Collection #72