They came from Connecticut, Virginia, California, and Oregon, and were signed with only first names. But who was behind them wasn’t exactly clear. With Election Day just around the corner, most Boston ...

During my backpacking heyday in the early 1980s, staying in touch with friends and family in Boston as I roamed across Europe was hard work. I couldn’t pop into an Internet cafe for a reassuring ...

In an age where traveling is often documented religiously on Instagram for all to see, good ol’ fashioned snail mail can be a welcome change of pace. Postcards aren’t yet a lost art, but these vintage ...

POSTCARDS? >> THESE WERE SOCIAL MEDIA BEFORE SOCL IAMEDIA. SHAYNA: WE’LL PHOTO POSTCARDS. IMAGES CREATED IN THE EARLY 1900S AND NOW FEATURED IN A NEW EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS IN BOSTON. >> ...

It’s a warm afternoon in mid-April and journalist Jorge Caraballo Cordovez makes his way down a busy street in East Boston. Passing convenience stores, a Colombian bakery, and a hair salon, Caraballo ...

Boston teachers delivered thousands of handwritten postcards to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu in their ongoing demands for better pay and classroom conditions. Teachers in the state’s largest school ...

America’s major cities have famous nicknames that even non-natives have come to know—the Big Apple, the Windy City, the City of Brotherly Love. But one, Beantown, is one of many that Boston has, ...

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For documentary photographer Edward Boches, the Allston neighborhood is “like a magnet.” He loves the signs and murals, which he has captured in high definition over the last year. The barber shops.