Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2103
Linda Little wrote to me about her ancestor Edwin Lansil (1839-1904) who lived with his family including brothers Walter and Wilbur, well-known painters, for about 20 years in Dorchester at 101 Maxwell Street, and she provided the vintage photo of that property.
Today we have before and after pictures of 101 Maxwell Street where the family lived in the late 19th century. There is quite a contrast between the photos, one showing the original ornamentation and the other showing the house stripped of it decorative details and covered in stucco.
Check out:
http://passagetothepast.wordpress.com/2013/09/01/a-trip-to-venice-by-walter-franklin-lansil/
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