03044nam 2200517Ia 450 991082253250332120200520144314.00-8070-7131-5(CKB)1000000000478322(OCoLC)182530771(CaPaEBR)ebrary10175308(SSID)ssj0000114028(PQKBManifestationID)11138847(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114028(PQKBWorkID)10102259(PQKB)11427487(MiAaPQ)EBC3117982(Au-PeEL)EBL3117982(CaPaEBR)ebr10175308(OCoLC)922967912(EXLCZ)99100000000047832220051101d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBoston firsts 40 feats of innovation and invention that happened first in Boston and helped make America great /Lynda MorgenrothBoston Beacon Pressc20061 online resource (276 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8070-7132-3 Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- COMMERCE &amp -- INDUSTRY -- BAKER'S CHOCOLATE, 1765 -- READY-MADE SUIT, 1826 -- BANANA SHIPMENT, 1871 -- GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR, 1903 -- FILENE'S AUTOMATIC BARGAIN BASEMENT, 1909 -- MOLASSES FLOOD, 1919 -- COMMUNICATION -- NEWSPAPER , 1690 -- NOVEL, 1789 -- THOMAS ALVA EDISON AND THE ELECTRIC VOTE RECORDER, 1868 -- TELEPHONE, 1876 -- TV FOR THE DEAF, 1972 AND THE BLIND, 1990 -- SCIENCE &amp -- ENGINEERING -- SMALLPOX INOCULATION, 1712 -- ETHER, 1846 -- SUBWAY, 1897 -- KIDNEY TRANSPLANT, 1954 -- ART&amp -- ARCHITECTURE -- BOSTON LIGHT, 1716 -- TONTINE CRESCENT, 1794 -- USS CONSTITUTION, 1797 -- BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1854, 1858, 1895 -- ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER AND FENWAY COURT, 1903 -- RECREATION &amp -- CELEBRATION -- MADAM ALICE, 1672 -- HOTEL, 1829 -- YMCA, 1851 -- WORLD SERIES, 1903 -- FIRST NIGHT, 1976 -- INNOVATION &amp -- ADAPTATION -- ICE, 1806 -- BOSTON CREAM PIE, 1856 -- BOSTON TERRIER, 1860s-1870s -- FANNIE FARMER'S BOSTON COOKING-SCHOOL COOKBOOK, 1896 -- DUDLEY STREET NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE, 1988 -- GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, &amp -- LAW -- CHRISTMAS BAN, 1659 -- MASSACHUSETTS STATE CONSTITUTION, 1780 -- GERRYMANDER, 1812 -- SCHOOL INTEGRATION, 1849, 1855, 1954 -- MASSACHUSETTS FIFTY-FOURTH REGIMENT, 1863 -- SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, 2003 -- NATURE &amp -- THE ENVIRONMENT -- BOSTON COMMON, 1634 -- THE PUBLIC GARDEN, 1856 -- METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES, DAWN REDWOOD, 1948 -- BOSTON HARBOR CLEANUP, 1990-2000.InventionsMassachusettsBostonHistoryMiscellaneaBoston (Mass.)HistoryMiscellaneaUnited StatesCivilizationMiscellaneaInventionsHistory974.4/61Morgenroth Lynda1682072MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822532503321Boston firsts4051922UNINA