Two Uncomfortable Cambridge tours this week 📣

Whipple Museum Tour - Friday, 30 Jan @ 14:30
Original Uncomfortable Cambridge Tour - Saturday, 31 Jan @ 14:30

🎓 Students 20% off!

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Discover Cambridge’s oldest complete building this November 🕰️
The Leper Chapel opens its doors every Sunday (2, 16, 23 & 30 Nov, 1.30–3.30pm).
Free entry – step inside 900 years of history!
🔗 cambridgeppf.org
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E G Swain - Bone to his Bones A Reverend from the past sends a message to a Reverend of the future

📣 New Podcast! "E G Swain - Bone to his Bones" on @Spreaker #audiobook #bonetohisbone #bookbequest #cambridgehistory #churchhistory #egswain #gothicliterative #historicalfiction #horror #literarylegacy #parishlife #podcast #reading #vicarwhitehead #victorianliterature

Cambridge mapping project solves a medieval murder In 2019, we told you about a new interactive digital

Cambridge mapping project solves a medieval murder #Technology #Other #CambridgeHistory #MedievalMurder #MappingProject

City Council explores floating wetlands and historical signage for community site Council members discuss floating wetlands and signage reflecting site’s rich history

Cambridge is diving into the future with floating wetlands and historical signage, marrying innovation with rich local heritage!

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Exhibition: “Educating Cambridge” Explore the stories of education in Ragged Schools, Workhouses , and the Victorian classroom

What struck me most? Many barriers these pioneers fought still exist today.
At @NEC, we continue this legacy of widening participation through flexible learning - making education accessible regardless of circumstances.

#EducationForAll #DistanceLearning #CambridgeHistory

Black and white photo of an MTA station lobby, facing stairs leading down to a platform. Wall signs read "TRAINS FOR BOSTON", "THIS WAY TO TRAINS FOR BOSTON - DORCHESTER - ASHMONT". Stenciled on tiles on the right, labels direct readers to the bus station: "THIS WAY ➡️ for HURON AVENUE / NORTH CAMBRIDGE / PORTER SQUARE / WATERTOWN / WAVERLEY / LECHMERE". Advertisements for Cambridge Savings Bank ("our 121st year!") and a rodeo show are also visible.

Interior of #HarvardSquare MTA station.

#MBTA #CambridgeMA #CambridgeHistory #BWphotography

Black and white photograph of the Harvard Square train station entrance. The sign overhead reads "MTA RAPID TRANSIT - 8 MINUTES TO PARK ST." Two uniformed white men under the awning smile for the camera. A large billboard advertisement for Narragansett lager beer dominates the background; other pedestrians are visible on the sidewalk.

Entrance to #HarvardSquare station, taken in the mid-1950s. Credits here: https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/35395

Are those two uniformed guys police officers or MTA employees?

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A black-and-white photograph of a movie theater shot from across Mass Ave (viewer facing northeast). The side panels of the theater marquee read 'Central Sq' over the featured films: 'Superscope - Gary Cooper - B. Lancaster in "Vera Cruz" | also Elroy Hirsh in "Unchained" | Big Kiddie Show Tues 9:30 AM'. The center panel reads 'CONTINOUS[sic] DAILY NEW SHOW SUN and WED'. On the left side of the frame one can see part of Gorin's department store, above which is the office of V Multer, dentist. On the right side of the frame is Bob's Shoe Box, to the right of which is a hat and bag store called Dorothy's. Several pedestrians are visible on the sidewalk.

There have been several establishments called "Central Square Theatre" (or Theater) over the last century or so. The cinema pictured here at 573 Mass Ave (roughly where the alley next to H-Mart is today) opened in March 1919. It was one of dozens built by […]

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Festival celebrates the hidden history of the Kite in Cambridge The event aims to tell the stories of people living in an area known as the Kite, organisers say.

I love learning about how towns & villages developed. How “outsiders” move in, make a home & increase the prosperity of their environment!
#CambridgeHistory
#LivingInTheKite

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Doing History in Public’s Advent Calendar is upon us! Today’s treat is a taste of the Victoriana, fit for vegetarians of all ages! Thanks to DHP’s own editor/contributor Fabia Buescher!

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