Boston Photographer
TUBBERCURRY, Co. Sligo, Ireland — Bill Brett took this amazing photograph while on a trip to Ireland in 1985. The man in this photo is Tom Scully, who is riding his bike in Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo, where the Brett family traces its roots. PHOTO TAKEN BY BILL BRETT
Remember when the numbers for the amount of gas moved more quickly than the numbers counting out how much you owed at the gas pump? Well, Bill Brett does and he photographed this about 40 years ago just as the gas shortages started and the prices started to fluctuate almost daily. We know what you’re thinking and he made us check, prices are supposed to go up again this week. The average price in Massachusetts…
QUINCY — I’m sharing a photograph I took of Robert Hale, Jr. and his team from Granite Communications in Quincy that I took for my book, “Boston: Game Changers,” which will come out in a few months. I’m posting this early peek of my portrait to offer my congratulations and a big thank you to Hale and his team on the news today that the Hale family has pledged donations to Brigham & Women’s Hospital…
I pulled this wonderful photograph of Myra and Robert Kraft that I took “a few years ago” at a Boston charity event. I really like this photo and it reminds me of how much the Kraft family was involved with regional civic and non-profit organizations even before they owned the New England Patriots. Also, this photograph gives me an opportunity to give a good luck shout out to the New England Patriots, the team’s fans,…
BOSTON — This stunning image of firefighters from the Boston Fire Department is from Bill Brett’s files that he helped unearth for the city’s archives for a project many years ago. Shown in this photograph is of the firehouse on Huntington Avenue at the corner of Ruggles Street and Huntington Avenue. The crew shown is of Engine 37 and Ladder company 26 — the same crews that today w occupy the station near Longwood and…
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