Name: Jimbo: Exhibit Talk
Start: 2025-01-16
End: 2025-01-16
Location: The West End Museum

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photograph of a man in a business suit posing for a photograph whole sitting in a chair.

Jimbo Jim “Jimbo” Campano: Hero of the West End, running through the fall and winter of 2024, is a tribute to the life of Jim Campano, the chief founder of The West End Museum. This special exhibit follows Jim’s journey that started as a young boy living with his large Italian-Lithuanian family on Poplar Street…

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Closes February 2nd, 2025

A map showing 2 overlapping shorelines of Boston to illustrate the massive landfill projects between 1800 and 1900

Rise, Fall, Rebirth: Stories of the West End

Rise, Fall, Rebirth: Stories of the West End The West End Museum’s permanent exhibit, Rise, Fall, Rebirth: Stories of the West End, explores 400 years of history and urban development in the City of Boston through the use of interactive digital media, film, artifacts, and archival material. We want you to feel the West End…

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Immigrant Neighborhood Neighborhood Life

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The Legend of Abraham ‘Al’ Tabachnik: A Voice That Echoed Through the West End’s Streets

Abraham “Al” Tabachnik (sometimes spelled Tabachnick, Tabatchnik, or Tabarchnik) was a Russian immigrant, known both for his eccentricities and powerful voice. From the early 1920s to the early 1960s, he roamed the West End’s streets, filling them with music. Recollections of Tabachnik, found throughout West End oral histories and the West Ender Newsletter, illustrate the impact of the West End’s tight-knit community on him, and his impact on the community.

An early 20th-century poster, labelled: "Hendricks Club. Boston's Famous Democratic Organization." Beneath the title are photographs of Martin Lomasney, the club (a brick building), and a group of men.

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Jimbo: Exhibit Talk

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Jimbo

Rise, Fall, Rebirth: Stories of the West End

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The Legend of Abraham ‘Al’ Tabachnik: A Voice That Echoed Through the West End’s Streets

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