I was 3 seconds away from recommending your own book to you before my brain caught up

Also I definitely don't want to volunteer other people's time, but there are a bunch of librarians in the Liftcord including at least one near Boston so you might get some useful pointers if you ask in there!

If you haven't tried it already https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search might be useful? I was able to find building exteriors from Boston in that time period, so there might be interiors mixed in. Local library special collections might help too - I know Medford has a local history room.

I received coffee so I'm counting it as a success

I have never spoken more than beginner German but I once asked for my coffee "with pity" instead of "to go" (which isn't even a plausible mistake it was just.a brain fart)

It was a school assignment when I was (I think) 7, I wrote and illustrated a story about a horse that solved mysteries.

Perfect ears, no notes

I have this problem too. It worked fine when I was a kid who spent 100% of my free time reading! Maybe I just need to go back to carrying books everywhere I go.

Nothing like driving west on the Pike and waving at the inflatable polar bear on the roof while drinking your liter of ginger lime mule seltzer.