A wheel chair is built for a dog paralyzed in an auto accident in Randolph, Massachusetts. Richard Pilling, the owner of the dog, attaches the band of a wheel chair to the back of the dog. The dog walks and runs behind the owner with the help of the attached wheel chair.
Women at tea gown party wearing long gowns in a garden to raise money for war needs in Hingham, Massachusetts, during World War 1. Women sit on chairs. More women come and join them. Women talk.
Red Cross nurses make cloth masks to wear while caring for thousands of Spanish Flu patients in Boston, Massachusetts during epidemic outbreak. A nurse demonstrates how to wear a mask over the mouth and nose. Red Cross caps on the heads of the nurses. Brief slate at end of clips reads, "To avoid influenza: Cough or sneeze in a handkerchief. Keep your mouth, nose, and skin clean!"
Bow of USS Constitution ship in Boston, Massachusetts. Stern sign reads "USS Constitution". Workmen stripping copper from the ship. Worker striking bell. Tourists walking topside. Bilge pumps of the ship. Swords. Junior officers. Interior of mess. View of grog tub. Raging eagle on a board over a cannon. List of Commanding officers of USS Constitution. U.S. flag on the ship.
Views of the "Bellflower Street Fire," as it consumes more than twenty three-deckers (tenement houses) in the Dorchester section of Boston, Massachusetts. Firemen work valiantly to control the fires, directing water hoses on the blaze. Crowd gathers to watch. People, living on the periphery of the blaze, evacuate their homes and take whatever possessions they can with them.
An art gallery exhibition of painter Paul Smith's paintings in Boston, Massachusetts. Experts observe various creations of the painter and give high reviews despite fact that the painter created them as hoaxes.