Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1567
In regard to yesterday’s mention of Henry Schwarz, Vicki Rugo wrote:
“From a 1994 newsclip from the Baltimore Sun: Henry Schwarz went into a partnership in a toy store here (in Baltimore) with another German named Schwerdtmann. By 1872 that union was over and Schwarz was off and running on his own. “The assortment is the most complete ever assembled in this city and imported especially for this market,” his Christmas 1873 ad copy stated. After a time, his brothers sailed from Germany and joined him in the business. There were G.A. Schwarz, who opened a store on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia; F.A.O. Schwarz, who chose New York; Richard Schwarz, who traded on Washington Street in Boston.”
And Bob Rugo wrote:
“Richard Schwarz would have been quite well known in Boston in 1910. In December 1907, the Globe carried an article about Jordan Marsh displaying the entire line of his toys which filled their entire 4th floor and overflowed to a new basement level display. He ran his business from a building he owned at 484-486 Washington Street, now part of the site of the new Macy’s (Jordan Marsh) building. He died in 1931 leaving an estate estimated at $1,500,000.”
And John Roberts referred us to
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2003-12-06/features/0312060025_1_schwarz-toy-store-house-of-toys
Today’s illustration is a voucher good for a round-trip ticket on a special train from Old Colony Depot in Boston to Central Avenue, Dorchester, on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons. Does anyone know why there would be a special train to that part of Dorchester? Sorry the item is not dated, but it seems to come from a period when trains still ran instead of subways and trolleys.
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