HISTORICAL TOURS _in and about_ _BOSTON_ [Illustration: ] Compliments of AMERICAN OIL COMPANY CONTENTS ★ I INTRODUCTION II A DAY’S TRIP THROUGH HISTORIC BOSTON III A DAY’S AUTO TRIP THROUGH HISTORIC SUBURBAN BOSTON IV BOSTON: THE CITY OF CULTURE V A DAY’S AUTO TRIP ON THE NORTH SHORE VI A DAY’S AUTO TRIP ON THE SOUTH SHORE Copyright 1935, American Oil Company INTRODUCTION _BOSTON_ ★ You are now in the Historic City of Boston, the Birthplace of American Liberty. The Boston you see around you today is the capital city of the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with a population, in its Greater Boston area, of 2,307,897, and it covers 1022.6 square miles. The town was settled over three hundred years ago by a God-loving people of rugged character, industry and vision. Today it has grown into this great modern manufacturing and commercial center. It boasts of two hundred universities, colleges and schools, of which the major ones are Boston University, Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Radcliffe, Wellesley, Tufts, Simmons, Boston College, New England Conservatory of Music, Northeastern, and Massachusetts School of Art. There are two hundred and twenty-four public libraries available with more than four million books. There are five museums open to the public. This little book has been designed by the American Oil Company for your convenience during your stay in this historic town and has been divided into five tours, each of which may be made easily in a day’s time. A DAY’S TRIP THROUGH _HISTORIC_ _BOSTON_ ★ The Start: Leaving the Providence Street side of the Hotel Statler, walk directly ahead on Arlington Street one block to Boylston Street. Turn right, proceed on Boylston Street to Charles Street, at which point we cross to the Boston Common