Throwback Thursday: This Boston Classic Still Fit As A Fiedler

By Herald Staff, Boston Herald
Wed, 07/01/2015 - 9:00pm

In the beginning, there was Arthur Fiedler, a newly built acoustic shell on the Esplanade and his idea for free Boston Pops concerts there. The rest is history. When this photo was taken in July 1929, Fiedler had a full head of dark hair, and the wooden structure had just been inaugurated on the 4th for the city’s first Independence Day concert.

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