Boston Documents by Neighborhood, (Reports relating to the built environment issued by Boston's official agencies.)
Boston Landmarks Commission Reports.
Boston Preservation Alliance: AllianceLetter Index.
(Alliance Letter, sometimes called the Boston Preservation Alliance Letter, is available at Mugar Library, Boston University. NA 108 .B67B667 from vol. 7, 1986+).

Historic American buildings survey. Massachusetts [microform: MICRO. F56]
Photographs and written historical and descriptive data prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, National Park Service, including material received by the Library to the end of 1979.

Boston Architecture Reference File. (Fine Arts Department, Boston Public Library. Tel. 617-859-2275 or 617-536-5400)
This is "a card index of references to written descriptions, critiques, histories, illustrations, renderings and plans of Boston buildings and their architects. Most references are to published sources, although they may refer to original photographs, architectural drawings and other unpublished materials in the collections of this and other libraries."

Guide to Researching Boston Buildings, State Library of Massachusetts.

Boston Streets: Mapping Directory Data
This projects contectualizes people, places and events that have shaped the city from the years before the American Civil War through the 20th century urban renewal.

From Library Of Congress:
American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920: "Boston".

Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America: Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner, 1935-1955: "Boston".

Turn-of- the-Century Boston

Frederick Law Olmsted: Boston's Emerald Necklace

Built in America Historic American Buildings Survey [HABS]/Historic American Engineering Record [HAER]1933-Present: "Boston".

Fine Arts Department, Boston Public Library. (Tel. 617-859-2275 or 617-536-5400)
Boston Picture File.
This file consists of mounted and unmounted photographs and clippings about Boston buildings, parks, monuments, streets, etc. The material is indexed in the Boston Architecture Reference File. A postcard collection of about 1,500 items depicting Boston buildings is included.

Boston Pictorial Archive.
19th and 20th century photographs documenting Boston’s architecture and development as well as the daily life of the city.

Sports Temples of Boston: Images of Historic Ballparks, Arenas, and Stadiums: 1872-1972

Boston Public Library's Digital Image Gallery and Online Store. 

Other Web sites:
Boston Gas Company Photographs. John J. Burns Library, Boston College.
Use the d by Subject—Topical Term list for buildings, etc. The browser, Internet Explorer, must be used to retrieve images.

Boston Historical Society.
Over 3,000 online photographs of Boston streets and views.

Brighton Allston Historical Society

Cities and Buildings Database, University of Washington, Digital Collections.

A Digital Archive of American Architecture: Boston Architecture, Jeffery Howe, Boston College.
Mainly recent photographs of significant buildings from the 17th through the 20th centuries. Includes a history of the landfills project and old postcard and current views of Copley Square.

Farber Gravestone Collection, David Rumsey, American Antiquarian Society.
1,059 photographs of gravestones in Boston and the neighborhoods.

Great Buildings (in Boston)

The Kidder Smith Slide Archives on American Architecture: Massachusetts: "Boston", M.I.T., Rotch Visual Collections.

MIT + MassGIS Digital Orthophoto Project - "Boston".

America's Historical Newspapers 1690-1922  
141 titles from Massachusetts

Massachusetts Newsstand  
Full-text coverage of major Massachusetts newspapers including the Boston Globe (1980- ), Boston Herald (1991 - ), Quincy Patriot Ledger (1991 - ) and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette (1989 - ) , plus selected coverage of other regional sources.

American Periodical Series Online  1740 to 1900.
This series contains the full text of a wide variety of early American periodicals, including the following:

The American Architect and Building News 1876 - 1908.
The American Architect and the Architectural Review, 1921 - 1924.
The American Architect, 1909 - 1921.

Boston Weekly - Magazine, 1743, 1802 –05, 1816 –24, 1838 - 41.
The Boston Spectator, 1814 – 15
Bowen's Boston News - Letter, and City Record, 1825 - 26.
The City Record, and Boston News - Letter, 1825.
Boston Cultivator 1839 – 50.
Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal, 1825 – 26.

The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal, 1869 - 73.
The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847 - 68.
The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1874 - 1905