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Ep41: Canoes and Canoodling on the Charles River (Aug 14, 2017)
Ep41: Canoes and Canoodling on the Charles River (Aug 14, 2017)
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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Aug 13, 2017
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Podcast episode
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During a late nineteenth century canoe craze, recreational canoeing became Boston's hottest leisure time activity. Young lovers took advantage of the privacy and intimacy of a canoe to engage in a little bit of illicit romance, leading a humorless state police agency to ban kissing in canoes on the Charles River.
Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/041
Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/041
Released:
Aug 13, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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