Still under construction in this diorama depicting 1863, MIT’s campus in Copley Square was once the westernmost frontier of Back Bay. The woody shores of Cambridge beckon from the background.

Photo Courtesy of MIT Museum, Diorama Courtesy of New England Life INsurance Co.

Still under construction in this diorama depicting 1863, MIT’s campus in Copley Square was once the westernmost frontier of Back Bay. The woody shores of Cambridge beckon from the background. Photo Courtesy of MIT Museum, Diorama Courtesy of New England Life INsurance Co.