{"id":1234,"date":"2015-06-25T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2015-06-25T10:10:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T10:10:00","slug":"messing-about-in-boats-1939-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1234","title":{"rendered":"Messing About in Boats, 1939 Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBelieve me, my young friend, there is nothing &#8211; absolutely nothing &#8211; half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.\u201d&#0160;\u2015 <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenneth_Grahame\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Kenneth Grahame\">Kenneth Grahame<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/068971310X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=068971310X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bostonzestcom-20&amp;linkId=PO6NTNRZ6DA7TNEH\">The Wind in the Willows<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=068971310X\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sm7509945394_5ac5294093_o copy\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401b8d10b9370970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b8d10b9370970c-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"Sm7509945394_5ac5294093_o copy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/boston_public_library\/7509945394\/\" target=\"_self\">In this image,<\/a> photographer Leslie Jones captured sailors messing about in boats on Boston Harbor in 1939.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>In the background, you see Pier 4 and the railroad buildings that lined the harborside.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c7820da0970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sm9678419667_af7de9f499_o copy\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c7820da0970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c7820da0970b-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"Sm9678419667_af7de9f499_o copy\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a map from the 1919 Bromley Atlas that shows Pier 4 at the bottom and the rail lines&#0160;coming into the shipping docks.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? 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Map courtesy of&#0160;the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_Library_of_Massachusetts\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"State Library of Massachusetts\">State Library<\/a><a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_Library_of_Massachusetts\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"State Library of Massachusetts\"> of Massachusetts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; on Boston Harbor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[278,1160,323,280],"tags":[9632,9626,7159,9627,7377,9625,9629,9630,9631,9628],"class_list":["post-1234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boston101","category-history","category-places","category-transportation","tag-1919-bromley-atlas","tag-1939-style","tag-boston-harbor","tag-kenneth-grahame","tag-leslie-jones","tag-messing-about-in-boats","tag-pier-4","tag-rail-lines","tag-shipping-docks","tag-the-wind-in-the-willows"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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