Downtown Crossing through the years
Photo courtesy Boston Public Library (bpl.org)
During Filene's heydey, the store was a shopping hub. Here, crowds gather around the store in the 1920s.
Edward A. Filene founded Filene's Basement in 1908 as a way to sell excess merchandise from his father's department store upstairs.
Edward A. Filene founded Filene's Basement in 1908 as a way to sell excess merchandise from his father's department store upstairs.