Boston 1903 in Color, by Streetcar [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added
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- I colorized, restored and created a sound design for this video of 1903 shows the streets of Boston crowded with horse-drawn carriages. Ladies in long dresses and huge hats walk with dignity along the sidewalks as the camera pans to see the crowds of businessmen and shoppers milling about the streets. There are some familiar sites. A Jordan Marsh store makes an appearance, as does the Boston Public Library and Beacon Street.
Video Restoration Process:
✔ FPS boosted to 60 frames per second
✔ Image resolution boosted up to 4K
✔ Improved video sharpness and brightness
✔ Colorized only for the ambiance (not historically accurate)
✔added sound design only for the ambiance
✔restoration:(stabilisation,denoise,cleand,deblur)
Please, be aware that colorization colors are not real and fake, colorization was made only for the ambiance and do not represent real historical data.
B&W Video Source from: G. W. Bitzer ( Billy Bitzer )
B&W Video Source from: Massachusetts native Billy Bitzer a cinematographer
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Omg how do you find these masterpieces of history this is incredible
Love what you do…
Thanks for the sharing yourself. The traffic sounds would have included a lot of shouted signals to the horses ("Gee," "Haw," Gyup," "Ho," etc.), and shouted instructions from traffic cops. One of the reasons for the open front seat in town cars was so the driver could hear the signals and know what was going on.
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Thank you for posting this! My great great grandfather drowned in the Boston harbor in 1904 due to a dredging accident.. there was no death record for him, just a newspaper article…. Clips like this give me a glimpse at the lift he once lived
How sad
RIP him from an Australian. Does this show Boston Harbor at all?
That's sucks, my great grandfather also drowned but it was in the middle of the Atlantic when he fell off a boat that was heading to Boston out of Liverpool.
I've worked downtown for the past 20 yrs and seeing these places I walk through on a regular basis, the way they were and still somehow are, gives me such a bigger appreciation and definitely goose bumps.
It’s like the past ghosts of Boston. In a way, we are the ghosts and the city just goes through cycles with different generations. I’m from Philly and when looking at the William Penn tower, which is Philly’s landmark, I remember that as a kid growing up. That’s been there since the 1890’s and I’m sure the city hall tower will be there long after I’m gone. My uncle was very nostalgic growing up in Philly, as are many people in Boston. He’s no longer above ground. It seems like we are all just fading memories too. At least, with builders, they have something to take pride in. They helped produce an edifice that will stand the test of time.
@@nightowl5475 That's a wonderful analogy.
That's the way of Boston- a lot of those buildings are still there. Someone I know recently called it a "city for dead people, not the living" derisively, but I love it. Preserve historical architecture!
2:18 Jordan Marsh Department store. Founded in 1841 by Eben Dyer Jordan and Benjamin L. Marsh. The brand was retired and most stores were converted into the New York City-based Macy's in 1996.
Santa's Village every year..
Rest in peace all these people
That’ll be us, eventually. People living in 3022 will look back one hundred years and talk about the Pandemic of 2020. How the United States had a crazy man as president. January 6th. George Floyd. Roe v. Wade being overturned by the Supreme Court. How three members of the Supreme Court were appointed by the crooked US President. The war in Ukraine, etc…, and whatever else happens within the next few years. Pretty crazy to think about. 😳
Yea even newborns are dead considering oldest living woman is from 1904 now
Bro every time I watch a historical documentary or a video like this I think about how every single person I'm seeing is dead. They lived a life, had friends and family..
I also think what if I know someone who is related to one of those people....
We born and die, than we born again and die again and again and again... untill we finish the"school" .. so .. be careful with people and with this planet .. you will met them again and again and again...
They were all racist so idc I'm smoking their packs🚬🚬🚬
This would have been in the few years before my relatives started leaving Ireland for Boston. Evidently Boston was already crowded and congested by the look of this video. I see Jordan Marsh in the video. That store and Filene's use to be my Mother's and Grandmother's favorite store. I remember every year we would go to the Christmas Village, that was set up in Jordan Marsh. I haven't lived in the area for a number of years now, and a number of my relatives have all passed on. When I do get back though I always enjoy my visits.
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I remember exactly the same ! Christmas Village and Downtown Crossing
Kinda bittersweet.
Jordan Marsh's Enchanted Village, then a picture with Santa and go to the 7th floor for THE best blueberry muffins. It's nice to have good memories.
Beautiful historic old Boston aka "Beantown", "The Hub" and "College town"! 1903, my beloved grandparents era, the Edwardian era. I was born in Boston in 1948, older siblings were born in Boston, too. Parents got married on Beacon Hill in 1939, all the bridesmaids wore turquoise, my beloved mom's favorite color! Older sister worked for Jordan Marsh in the early 1960s. I recognize those narrow winding streets that still exist today! One could get dizzy driving around 'the Hub" and accidently going up those one way streets the wrong way like my mom did once! lol Thanks for sharing along with all the city noise!
thank you so much
My father also ordered for Jordan Marsh. Mid 60s in Boston then Warwick RI late 60s until he became a Providence firefighter .
My grandfather grew up on the corner of Berkley and Marlborough streets. It is amazing to see the Public Library at the end of this film. Born in 1878, I often think of the transportation advances during my grandfather’s lifetime. From horse and buggy to man on the moon.
Amazing that this film survived close to 120 years! Great job with the remastering!
thank you so much ;)
I've seen the original of this before, it's a pretty rough piece of film, so great job! I lived in Boston from 1990 to '95, and it turned into my favorite place in this country. I totally recognized the old section of the public library. What a cool old building!
you went by every section at least once: South Station, Tremont Street between Boylston and Temple Place, Summer Street, Washington Street…the original North Station part is the only one you haven’t seen but that was about to change thanks to the clear construction going on to add the elevated line to Lechmere
So thankful for the people who thought to document this even back then!! I feel like I’ve stepped into a time machine!! Incredible thank you!
Nass, Fantastic! Boston 1903. My Grandmother was 11 years old from New Jersey at this time and she was still living when I was a little kid in the 1970's. She would remember street scenes like this! Thanks for another fascinating blast into the past.
thank you so much ;)
Your grandmother was 11 in 1903? I was born in '72 and my GGM was only 4 in 1903. Grandparents wouldn't be born for another 20 years. I can only guess your grandmother and mother both waited a very long time before having kids.
This has to be one of the most fascinating videos I've ever seen, it's like a moving painting with an awesome subject
I’m in love with this city, only place in the world i feel much comfortable, been living there for long, sadly I’m leaving next year march to the west coast
Love all these old remasterings, like looking into a time machine.
Slightly eerie whenever looking back to think that every single face in this video is gone from this world.
Always think of that !
even very old TV shows
it freaks me out a little....
Yes! Even a newborn baby would be gone now.
My son lived in Boston on Cooper Street in the North end a few blocks away from the old North Church. I love Boston and his 4th floor walkup. Being from CA, I walked and took the T everywhere. I really like the fantastic job you did on this film.
thank you so much ;)
NASS, being from Boston, you made my day!! I was planning to ask you if you ever come across any Boston videos, and here it is!! I LOVE IT...THANK YOU SO MUCH‼️👍❤️
thank you so much
I'm from Newport RI so this was so cool ..
This video got me curious and I found other copies of this same footage without the coloration. Amazing job.
Wow. My Bostonian grandmother hadn’t even been born yet and my other GM hadn’t come over from Ireland when this was shot. Amazing and familiar.
Every single person in the video is dead and long forgotten.
In a hundred years we also will be dead and long forgotten.
Depends if youtube is archived
Thanks for the reminder that I will eventually die. Can I just enjoy the video? Lol
I think someone today should film this same route for posterity.
10 cent cigars! Queen Victoria just dead for two years. Boston had a record 9 inches of snow on February 17th. I wonder if this was shot a few days later. Really good sound effects.
Rich, Hi Don't forget President McKinley dead just 2 years too at this time!
@@sonnycorleone2602 And rather unexpected!
@@richmeyer2064 Yes, a different kind of death than Queen Victoria. But worldwide newsworthy as well!
thank you so much
3:10 - The automobile will never be able to replace the horse, its just a toy for rich people. :)
As someone from Mass this is amazing. I love Boston and to see this history it's breathtaking. Thanking for restoring these!
Yeah, and it's especially interesting because Boston streets are so distinctive and in some cases are still so narrow. The city really looks so similar in a lot of ways.
@@michaelcorcoran8768 yes it does.
I’ve lost everyone on my mom’s side that I was close to, some by accidents, some because I was 1 of the youngest in my family. That’s why these videos fascinate me & really puts into perspective how all these people loved & suffered loss, as well. My husband calls it the “circle of life.” ❤
When researching my ancestry, found out my grandfather, mother's side came from Ireland 🇮🇪 immigrant, came to Boston 1880 era..he ended up working as " subway engineer " according to census 1930..of Boston..I grew up in Boston and rode street cars 🚗 and subways! I love the city although no longer live there. My immigrant grandparents had 12 kids, 2 sets of twins..5 college graduates..one generation after they immigrated. One was my Aunt..who was a trailblazer herself! I was imaging seeing my relatives!! Bless you 🙏🏼
Here's my best guess at what we're seeing here. I'm certainly open to corrections or additions!
0:12 Either Boylston or Tremont with brand new subway station entrance on upper left
0:54 There’s been some street repositioning, but basically Boylston intersecting with Washington. Existing Liberty Tree building clearly visible
2:18 Iconic old Jordan Marsh building torn down in 1970’s
3:07 Traveling NE on Washington, Old South Meeting House clock visible
3:26 Dude challenges someone to a fistfight because he was asked to please put a mask on.
3:41 Old South Meeting House, windows and surface seems to be caked in soot? This was the coal era. Was it still closed after its congregation fled to Back Bay?
4:46 Poking along SE on Summer St, South Station visible to right. In ten years it will (briefly) be the busiest train station in the world (38M/annum) followed by Boston’s North Station then Grand Central.
5:18 Taxi stand outside South Station! Did they call them taxis then?
6:10 Sudden appearance of people standing outside of a building wearing masks. TB hospital?
8:00 Boylston Șt westbound followed by Boston Public Library McKim building, only opened a few years prior
This is incredibly helpful.
3:26 fistfight over 😷 before the Spanish Flu 😂
the TB place is actually the original North Station…everything in that part of the film is gone
Opening scene is northbound Tremont, and The Ames Building is the "skyscraper" in the distance..
Another great video. I love this one because it's obviously fall/winter/cold outside and lots of the women are using huge fur muffs for their hands. I don't think I've seen that before. I totally forgot until this video that I had one when I was a little girl. They are actually a great accessory (minus the fur) - really keep your hands warm and much easier that taking off a glove when you need a hand free. I'm so glad that hats stopped being a thing.
Boston Public Library at the 8:08 mark... incredible how little it has been changed.
I saw that!
Boylston
same windows, same everything...amazing...and it was built in the 1850s....
only the square has…and even then it’s a few decades ago that it changed
You I love going back in time it's like being in a time where people care about you and me so I like to said
People thankyou for taking me back in time 😊
God bless.
At 0:13 you can see one of the subway entrance kiosks on Tremont Street that exists to this day.
This is just Awesome!! A step back in time. It just puts you there ❤️
Boston is my favourite US city. Fond memory of a frosty walk through Boston Common past the old Granary Burying Ground and down to the harbour to see Old Ironsides. Followed by a pint or three with steak and chips at Emmet's.
Often I wish for a time machine ♥
This was the closest thing that we can get to time travelling. Wonderful video. Thank you so much.
Please keep making these videos. Try and do part 2s of these your current videos. Find other old videos of Boston and other cities. Keep finding new old footage.
Heheh, so much remains familiar at least as of when I last spent a lot of time back hom, which wasn't that long ago really, . Funny to see some of the same streets and buildings where I prked various cars or doorways by where I worked, or sheltered with other punk rockers on the way to some winter show or something, and yep, horses and streetcars were there. Which I was always kind of conscious of this but, actua footage. Good job. :)
What always strikes me weird is how people weren't afraid of walking right in front of moving vehicles.
Yes IN FRONT OF HORSELESS CARRIAGES in 1903.
Well they werent moving very fast. Maybe walking speed.
lol, still a thing in Boston today
@@jamesdelap4085They weren’t horseless. They still had horses.
@@danchase3333 jaywalking in Boston is something that everyone does, even though we’re not supposed to; just like clicking “I have read and agree to the terms of service” when we haven’t, or googling your ex, or baking cookies and eating the raw dough.
My grandparents meet at that Jordan Marsh about 30 years later. Woah
Horsepower was in great demand Very few for cars yet! So manpower was very important I would liked to live at that time Simpler life My grandmother was born in 1885 She would have been 2 years old She lived in Kearney Nebraska She was a millinar She made Hats and was quite a high society lady It wasn't quite this busy What a time to time to be growing up in She lived till she was 87 years old I am 72 years old now! She was my favorite Grandmother named Anna Her name last was German We called her Nana Someday I will see her again What a glorious day! 😍
Rebecca, You said Your grandmother was born in 1885. In 1903 she would of been 18 at this time.Thanks for sharing.
The rendering adds such a painted quality to everything. Its really quite stunning.
Have seen other iterations..this is amazing...everything and everyone so vivid and present, though it is the past. Also love the sound design....brings it that much more to life. Excellent!
Incredible!!! But sad..no one from this video are alive 😔😔
Looks like what a current view would look like from a Duck Boat. God bless whoever had the foresight to make these videos.
Billy Bizter YES famous camera man for D.W. Griffith and his Civil War silent film "The Birth of The Nation" (1915) and "Intolerance" (1916)
It was Bitzer.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bitzer
These are amazing. Thank you!
Wow, this footage has everything. Normally you would just see Park Street but this has Downtown Crossing, Boylston St./Library, State House, North Station, etc.. ;O)-
Oops, the "Old" State House. ;O)-
the six year old North and South Stations when they were true union stations(at least two companies operated out of each)
Amazing video keep them coming!
NICE JOB.
And thanks to the people who film these old movies in the first place.
Glad they did.
It's strange to think how many tens of thousands of horses resided in the city, compared to maybe a handful today. I'm grateful you aren't able to restore the smells (both horse and human).
It would be 11 more years before Babe Ruth would start playing for the Boston Red Sox. He was 8 years old in 1903.
but in a couple of months they were winning the very first World Series…unless this is December 1903 then they already won it
I really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing
I'm just sitting here zoned out with my headphones on thinking what a great VR world this is going to be
Wow! An immediate immersion into streets Henry James knew. Thanks for posting!
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Finally! I’ve been waiting for this :)
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Another Bostonian is grateful. Brilliantly done! Thank you.
I love thinking that one of these people could have lived in my house. I'm fascinated by these old films of Boston
Me great grandad worked as a coachman in Boston in 1903. So it was interesting to see what he would have seen. Cheers for the video and insight! Now I only wish I knew what he looked like.
Great video nass, amazing work, well done 👍👌😀
thank you so much
This is a brilliant piece of art. Fantastic ❤️it. ☮️😎
thank you so much
This is just so incredible it brings tears to my eyes
اجيال عاشت وغادرت ونحن سنعيش وسنغادر وربما بعد 100 سنة او آكثر سيكون هناك اشخاص مثلنا الان سيشاهدون فديوهات مثل هذي وسيقولون مثل مانقول الان 🙌🏻
Wow! Loved seeing the Jordon Marsh Department store, a Boston Institution!! I remember when those overhead wires were still in place for the electrified buses.
And the fools at the MBTA recently got rid of the clean, quiet electric trackless trolleys in Boston. The people responsible for that act of vandalism should go to prison.
It's crazy to think that maybe in a hundred years people will be looking at videos of us like this. what kind of technology they'll be using? Sadly people from 1903 could only look at paintings and such to try to relive or recreate moments like this.
Very beautiful thanks to this video Nass
thank you so much ;)
I am amazed at the number of people on the sidewalks. I’m sure it’s a main thoroughfare downtown, but that many people walking around in one place is hard to fathom. I grew up in San Francisco and don’t remember Market street ever looking like this. Maybe an east coast/west coast thing?
A New England thing: narrow sidewalks!
There a video of market Street in 1906 SF just before the earthquake and the streets were packed. Trolleys, Jay walking galore. Not an east coast only thing.
I think it's a "barely anyone had cars" thing
Amazing work 🎉
الماضي اجمل من الحاضر ..كانت الناس تعمل بجد وتقرا وتسعى الى اهدافها ......تحياتي
Thanks NASS for another video.
Like a 9 minute intro to Cheers!
That big concrete building is South Station by the Atlantic Avenue L near the Hub in Boston. The Boston L trains looked like the Chicago L trains except the Chicago L trains did not have a center door.
Amazing. Absolutely amazing.
I adore these adorable seasons...i would born then, everything was so interesting ❤️
The one car I saw was probably a "barrel nose" Franklin. A car company that made air cooled cars and went out of business in the thirties.
Amazing!
Émouvant, merci !
How did they have moving picture cameras and how was it powered? By hand crank? mounted on a wagon?
Tripod on a wagon. Hand cranked. They did an amazing job of stabilizing the footage.
It's so fascinating to see the buildings that I recognize now. Some things have changed incredibly, yet others - aside from store signs, not so much!
Boylaton St., Dartmouth St., Washington St., Summer St., South Union Station, North Union Station, the Atlantic Ave. El, the groundwork for the upcoming elevated interchange at North Station(since the Fitchburg Railroad was about to be fully bought)
Great historical video very busy sidewalks with people feeling the cold weather absent of cars except one i saw a rarity in 1903 .
Yah, I'm sure you know the name of that one vehicle too. Rarity my ass, there were 150 automobile companies by 1903.
This is one of the most fascinating videos of old Boston that I have ever seen. The town in 1903 bears an uncanny resemblance to Edwardian London at the time, with a street layout to match.
I would love to see the old North end in a video like this. I don't think street cars went through those streets like Salem and Hanover unfortunately.
When the world was a better place to live in..........
World war one was around the corner and women didnt have rights
I love old movies from around 1900, especially when they are in color
Does the city still look the same?
If not then what a shame!
Fantastic footage beautifully restored, thank you for uploading : )
O yes! It still looks the same. I recognized a lot of the shops and buildings
Wow! The video quality is pretty good for a smartphone in 1903
GREAT VIEO NASS KING YOU ARETHE BEST THANKS
Cool👍Thank’s
I love watching these and see how the people lived and dressed
Beautiful
I’m sure the hat 🎩 salesmen were millionaires
Amazing
Fantastic very good
Really cool! Only 15 years earlier, these would be the same people crossing the great plains in a covered wagon.
Me encantan sus videos🥰🥰🥰🥰
GREAT VIDEO SUPER NASS
The style, the class. We have lost so much in our modern age.
Like tuberculosis, whooping cough, average life span of 50, blatant racism and sexism, 60 hour work week, toxic pollution from factories, toxic water.... shall I go on?
@@tarbox23 yeah that’s not what I was really talking about but I’m glad you are smart. Please go on if you want.
@@pastorammo Now it's bombs, shootings in schools, covid. Every "age" has its pro's and con's, but I agree with you. I would of loved to have lived during this time or even earlier.
@@melindaeppard6958 evil people and disease and bad things will always be around. I was literally just talking about the style and such of the people and places in the video. Everybody breath and be happy. 😂
@@tarbox23 They didn't normalize pedophilia and mass murder of babies, contrary to our beautiful modern age
Thanks king 🙏
How extraordinary. Just 2 years after the death of Queen Victoria, and the very year the first electric tram (streetcar) ran in London, look how advanced Boston was!!
Luke, Hi 2 years after the Death of Queen Victoria and the assassination of President McKinley as well! Both worldwide news deaths!
maybe this one didn't need the 60fps treatment boss.
if the video is like 5 fps it might be best to turn that setting off.
amazing work tho, I love this channel so much
thank you so much
How do you find this footage unbelievable ❤️
Elderly people here would have been alive when Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were alive.