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StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 days ago

The great Boston molasses flood of January 15th 1919. A storage tank burst from the rising temperature, creating a wave of molasses travelling 35 mph, killing 21 people and injuring 150 (colorized)

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The great Boston molasses flood of January 15th 1919. A storage tank burst from the rising temperature, creating a wave of molasses travelling 35 mph, killing 21 people and injuring 150 (colorized)

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StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 days ago
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    3 days ago

    1919 ,hum ,Where’s black/ white picture

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      3 days ago

      The photo was taken by a Boston Globe photographer on 15th January 1919 and has been archived by the Boston Public Library. The title of this post does mention it’s been colorized.

      That said, autochrome photographic equipment was commercially available from around 1907 – though it was very expensive.

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