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Bunker Hill Project
Comments: I've lived in the Bunker Hill Project since 1940. It has not changed much since. From my living room, I can see the Bunker Hill Monument. That's the project in the upper left of this photo.
Contributor: Dwight F. Wood (ID# 692)
Date: 1940 / 08 / 25
Where: Charlestown
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RECORD: 1287 |
Dwight Wood at "Remembering Home: Memories of Boston Public Housing" (a Mass. Memories Road Show)
Comments: Dwight Wood holding a photo of the Bunker Hill Project (Image# 36.1.1.jpg) at "Remembering Home: Memories of Boston Public Housing" (a Mass. Memories Road Show) at UMass Boston on October 25, 2008.
Contributor: Dwight F. Wood (ID# 692)
Date: 2008 / 10 / 25
Where: Boston University of Massachusetts Boston
Who: Dwight Wood |

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RECORD: 1260 |
Boston Housing Authority Children's Holiday Party
Comments: This was taken at the BHA Children's Holiday Party. BHA families would come with their children and enjoy entertainment and holiday activities. BHA staff dress up as elves, Santa, etc.
Contributor: Lydia Agro (ID# 709)
Date: 2000 / 12 /
Where: Dorchester Teacher's Union Hall
Who: Lydia Agro, Elaine Napolitano |

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RECORD: 1261 |
Boston Housing Authority Communications Staff With New BHA Today Newsletter
Comments: This was taken shortly after we started the newsletter. Cheryl and Byron were co-op students from Northeastern at the time.
Contributor: Lydia Agro (ID# 709)
Date: 2001 / /
Where: Boston Boston Housing Authority Main Office
Who: Cheryl Simons, Lydia Agro, Byron Calamese |

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RECORD: 1262 |
Social Work Intern at Boston Housing Authority Where I Worked as My Field Placement
Comments: I am sitting in my office at my typewriter - excited to be working at BHA at an important time in public housing history. Photo was taken in the 1960s.
Contributor: Elaine Werby (ID# 710)
Date: 1960 / /
Where: Boston Boston Housing Authority Office
Who: Elaine Werby |

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RECORD: 1286 |
Mac Cole, Elaine Werby and Dick Scobie at "Remembering Home: Memories of Boston Public Housing" (a Mass. Memories Road Show)
Comments: Mac Cole, Elaine Werby and Dick Scobie holding photos of themselves (Image# 36.104.2.jpg, 36.102.1.jpg, 36.106.2.jpg) at "Remembering Home: Memories of Boston Public Housing" (a Mass. Memories Road Show) at UMass Boston on October 25, 2008.
Contributor: Elaine Werby (ID# 710)
Date: 2008 / 10 / 25
Where: Boston University of Massachusetts Boston
Who: Mac Cole, Elaine Werby, Dick Scobie |

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RECORD: 1264 |
Ellis Ash, Administrator, Boston Housing Authority
Comments: Ellis was a real performer and was part of the Roosevelt administration, WPA, and other progress programs.
Contributor: Mac Cole (ID# 729)
Date: 1969 / /
Where: Boston Boston Housing Authority Headquarters
Who: Ellis Ash |

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RECORD: 1265 |
Al Palmer and Mac Cole
Comments: Al Palmer was the Director of Management [at the BHA] - he fought any reforms seven different ways. When Al had a heart attack, an announcement went out asking for blood donations for him. Even though Al had fought our department - Tenant and Community Relations - Dick Scobie and I gave blood. [...]
Contributor: Mac Cole (ID# 729)
Date: 1969 / /
Where: Boston Boston Housing Authority Headquarters
Who: Al Palmer and Mac Cole |

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RECORD: 1266 |
Columbia Point Community Leaders
Comments: The national "War on Poverty" was an opportunity to organize tenant councils and give them resources and power.
Contributor: Richard Scobie (ID# 713)
Date: 1965 / /
Where: Dorchester Columbia Point
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RECORD: 1268 |
Ellis Ash - Executive Director, Boston Housing Authority - My Boss and Mentor
Comments: Ellis was a reformer and a true housing professional. He was pro-tenant and breathed life into the program.
Contributor: Richard Scobie (ID# 713)
Date: 1965 / /
Where: Boston Boston Housing Authority Central Office
Who: Ellis Ash |

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RECORD: 1267 |
Dick Scobie
Comments: I was Director of a new Department at the Boston Housing Authority for Tenant and Community Relations when I was 31 years old. This department worked to provide social services and to assist in the racial integration of segregated projects.
Contributor: Richard Scobie (ID# 713)
Date: 1965 / /
Where: Boston Boston Housing Authority Central Office
Who: Dick Scobie |

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RECORD: 1269 |
Saying Goodbye to Doris
Comments: Great event - mixed emotions leaving [the Boston Housing Authority] after seven and a half years.
Contributor: Doris Bunte (ID# 714)
Date: 1992 / 03 /
Where: Boston Downtown
Who: Greg Davis, Mildred Hailey, Doris Bunte |

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RECORD: 1270 |
The Signing of the Bromley Heath TMC Contract
Comments: This signing was one of the pleasures of being Administrator of the Boston Housing Authority. Photo was taken at the 52 Chauncy Street Conference Room in the late 1980s.
Contributor: Doris Bunte (ID# 714)
Date: 1980 / /
Where: Boston Downtown, Boston Housing Authority Office
Who: Anna Mae Cole, Doris Bunte, Mildred Hailey, Bromley Heath residents, and BHA legal staff. |

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RECORD: 1271 |
A Boston Housing Authority Extravaganza #1
Comments: Looking good! Photo taken in the 1980s.
Contributor: Doris Bunte (ID# 714)
Date: 1980 / /
Where: Boston Park Plaza Hotel
Who: Leroy Jones, Nilda Burgos, Bob Graham |

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RECORD: 1272 |
Boston Housing Authority Extravaganza #2
Comments: Oh! The good times with the [BHA] residents who looked out for all the other residents for years. Photo taken in the 1980s.
Contributor: Doris Bunte (ID# 714)
Date: 1980 / /
Where: Boston Park Plaza Hotel
Who: Mary McGinnis (Charlestown resident), Barbara Melon (W. Broadway resident), resident and friend. |

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RECORD: 1273 |
Re-habbing Franklin Field!
Comments: A joyous moment - making housing better!
Contributor: Doris Bunte (ID# 714)
Date: 1988 / /
Where: Dorchester Franklin Field
Who: Boston Housing Authority Planning, Construction, and Legal Staff (standing), Franklin Field Residents and Administrator (center) |

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RECORD: 1299 |
Doris Bunte and Elaine Werby at "Remembering Home: Memories of Boston Public Housing" (a Mass. Memories Road Show)
Comments: Doris Bunte and Elaine Werby pose for a photo at "Remembering Home: Memories of Boston Public Housing" (a Mass. Memories Road Show)
Contributor: Doris Bunte (ID# 714)
Date: 2008 / 10 / 25
Where: Boston University of Massachusetts Boston
Who: Doris Bunte, Elaine Werby |

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RECORD: 1231 |
Family Fun in the Development
Comments: My son and I were having a nice day enjoying our community and our home.
Contributor: Eugenia Smith (ID# 702)
Date: 1985 / /
Where: South Boston Lenox /Camden
Who: Eugenia Smith, Alfred Diollo, and a neighbor (back to picture) |

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RECORD: 1232 |
There Are Animals In The City Too
Comments: A photo of my daughter playing in the park in front of our house.
Contributor: Eugenia Smith (ID# 702)
Date: 1980 / 05 /
Where: South Boston Lenox/Camden
Who: Elizabeth Smith |

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RECORD: 1234 |
Boston Public Housing Authority Does Have Champions
Comments: With leadership and support, there will always be a good outcome.
Contributor: Eugenia Smith (ID# 702)
Date: 1988 / /
Where: South Boston Lenox/Camden
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RECORD: 1235 |
Family Days Are Fun
Comments: A housing development can become one. Every development has the opportunity to have a "Unity Day".
Contributor: Eugenia Smith (ID# 702)
Date: 2007 / /
Where: South Boston West Broadway
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RECORD: 1296 |
Eugenia Smith at "Remembering Home: Memories of Boston Public Housing" (a Mass. Memories Road Show)
Comments: Eugenia Smith holding Boston Housing Authority photos (Image# 36.11.3.jpg, 36.11.4.jpg) at "Remembering Home: Memories of Boston Public Housing" (a Mass. Memories Road Show) at UMass Boston on October 25, 2008.
Contributor: Eugenia Smith (ID# 702)
Date: 2008 / 10 / 25
Where: Boston University of Massachusetts Boston
Who: Eugenia Smith |

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RECORD: 1274 |
The "Youth on the Rise" Team at Boston Housing Authority's Community Service Department - Armory Street
Comments: This photo contains most of the team of our Youth Workers before HUD defunded our Youth Program, which existed for 10 years.
Contributor: Rachel L. Goodman (ID# 719)
Date: 2002 / 02 /
Where: Roxbury
Who: Deborah Duncan, Roger Roberts (McCormack Youth Worker), James Simmone, Stanley Milton, Terance Stanton, Anthony Meeks, Geoff Bynoe, Sheneka Hobbs, Toni Cromwell, Cynthia Jimenez, Fannie Armstrong, Tamika Jefferson, Cosme Rodriguez, Teina Wilkerson. |

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RECORD: 1275 |
"Youth on the Rise" Farewell program
Comments: The end of an era and it brought together lots of folks who had been involved for the 10 years of the program.
Contributor: Rachel L. Goodman (ID# 719)
Date: 2002 / /
Where: Dorchester Grove Hall, Washington Street
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RECORD: 1277 |
The EDSS Program Sailing Off...
Comments: The EDSS Program ran from 2000-2002, providing employment and training assistance to residents of M.E.McCormack, Maverick, Commonwealth, W. Broadway, Bromley-Heath, Lenox-Camden and Cathedral.
Contributor: Rachel L. Goodman (ID# 719)
Date: 2002 / 06 /
Where: Boston Boston Harbor
Who: Gloribell Mota, Gicela Castro, Rachel Goodman, Troy Heggie, Raysa Strond, Alan Feinberg. |

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RECORD: 1278 |
Our First Resident Health Advocate Training Program
Comments: This program is now in its 7th year. At the time, Gail Douglass (from left) was the B.U. Education Core and Dean for Students.
Contributor: Rachel L. Goodman (ID# 719)
Date: 2002 / 11 /
Where: Roxbury Armoy Street
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RECORD: 1279 |
Thank You, City Year
Comments: They ran our after-school program at the site for the 2006-2007 school year.
Contributor: Rachel L. Goodman (ID# 719)
Date: 2007 / 05 /
Where: Roslindale Washington-Beech Community Center
Who: Nury Nieves-Auz (4th from left, BHA Services Coordinator), Meena Carr (2nd from right, Washington-Beech resident), with the City Year Corp members. |

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RECORD: 1281 |
Franklin Field in the Old Days
Comments: My grandfather has been residing in the Franklin Field Development since the 1970s and I used to visit him often when I was growing up. I find it interesting to see the Development back in the 60s and to think of the changes my grandfather has seen throughout the time.
Contributor: Lueteshia Raymond (ID# 723)
Date: 1965 / 12 /
Where: Dorchester Franklin Field
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