LEADER 03044nam 2200517Ia 450 001 9910822532503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8070-7131-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000478322 035 $a(OCoLC)182530771 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10175308 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000114028 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11138847 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114028 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10102259 035 $a(PQKB)11427487 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3117982 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3117982 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10175308 035 $a(OCoLC)922967912 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000478322 100 $a20051101d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBoston firsts $e40 feats of innovation and invention that happened first in Boston and helped make America great /$fLynda Morgenroth 210 $aBoston $cBeacon Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (276 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8070-7132-3 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Preface -- COMMERCE & -- 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 & -- ENGINEERING -- SMALLPOX INOCULATION, 1712 -- ETHER, 1846 -- SUBWAY, 1897 -- KIDNEY TRANSPLANT, 1954 -- ART& -- ARCHITECTURE -- BOSTON LIGHT, 1716 -- TONTINE CRESCENT, 1794 -- USS CONSTITUTION, 1797 -- BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1854, 1858, 1895 -- ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER AND FENWAY COURT, 1903 -- RECREATION & -- CELEBRATION -- MADAM ALICE, 1672 -- HOTEL, 1829 -- YMCA, 1851 -- WORLD SERIES, 1903 -- FIRST NIGHT, 1976 -- INNOVATION & -- 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, & -- 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 & -- THE ENVIRONMENT -- BOSTON COMMON, 1634 -- THE PUBLIC GARDEN, 1856 -- METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES, DAWN REDWOOD, 1948 -- BOSTON HARBOR CLEANUP, 1990-2000. 606 $aInventions$zMassachusetts$zBoston$xHistory$vMiscellanea 607 $aBoston (Mass.)$xHistory$vMiscellanea 607 $aUnited States$xCivilization$vMiscellanea 615 0$aInventions$xHistory 676 $a974.4/61 700 $aMorgenroth$b Lynda$01682072 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822532503321 996 $aBoston firsts$94051922 997 $aUNINA