Here’s What It Looked Like to Drive Through Boston 50 Years Ago


Boston.com has the article and video Here’s What It Looked Like to Drive Through Boston 50 Years Ago.

This is the description of the video that you will see posted on YouTube, despite what it says on the title of the video. The initial credits in the video show 1958.

A drive through the Boston area circa 1958. Footage originally by Kevin Lynch. Music by Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Danny & the Juniors, and Elvis Presley


I did see a Corvair in the early part of the video. WikiPedia has an article on the Chevrolet Corvair.

The Chevrolet Corvair was a compact automobile produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors for the 1960–1969 model years.

So that does cast some doubt on the 1958 date.

I was driving around Cambridge on a daily basis from 1961 to 1966. Toward the end of that period, I was driving a 1964 Corvair convertible. I did visit most of the places in the video at one time or another.

Thanks to Richard H for forwarding this to me.

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