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Dorchester Illustration 2600 Daloz Cleaners

Posted on January 15, 2023 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2600 Daloz Cleaners Carole Mooney has provided the content for today’s message. The advertising card in the illustration has a tiny chain attached on the back above the figure’s nose and below the chin which can be shaped … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2599 The Hundred Steps

Posted on January 8, 2023 by earltaylor

The stairway that leads from Hancock Street to Downer Avenue on Jones Hill contain more that 100 steps. The concrete stairway replaced a wooden stairway, pictured as the lower image in today’s illustration. The photograph of the wooden stairway was … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2598 Franklin Park Zoo

Posted on January 1, 2023 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2598 Franklin Park Zoo Although Franklin Park is technically on the edge of Dorchester and not part of Dorchester’s historical territory, the park feels as if it is home. Franklin Park Zoo comprises 72 acres within Franklin Park. … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2597 Fields Corner Municipal Building

Posted on December 18, 2022 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2597 Fields Corner Municipal Building From the National Register nomination:: Visible from the Fields Corner intersection, looking northwestward along Adams Street is the architecturally significant, High Victorian Gothic Municipal Building at 1 Arcadia Street and 193 Adams Street. … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2596 Charles Barnard Fox

Posted on December 11, 2022 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2596 Charles Barnard Fox This information about Colonel Charles Barnard Fox comes from http://foresthillstrust.blogspot.com/2010/11/colonel-charles-barnard-fox.html With the sensationalism garnered in the movie “Glory,” we reveled in the drama and impact of the Civil War however it also served to … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2595 Archibald T. Davison, Jr.

Posted on December 4, 2022 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2595 Archibald T. Davison, Jr. Archibald Thompson Davison (11 October 1883 – 6 February 1961) was an American musicologist, conductor, composer and music educator. Davison lived with his parents and siblings at 394 Washington Street, Dorchester. His father … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2594 McCreight Home Sanatarium

Posted on November 27, 2022 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2594 McCreight Home Sanatarium In 1887, Mary B. McCreight immigrated to the United States from Ireland. By 1902, she was renting 58 Bowdoin Avenue and running a hospital. In 1908, she purchased the property. Two years later, she … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2593 Treasures Along the Neponset River Trail

Posted on November 20, 2022 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2593 Treasures Along the Neponset River Trail Treasures Along the Neponset River Trail contributed by Carole Mooney Birds and animals including eagles, hawks, heron, ducks, geese, crows, turkeys, deer and rabbits attract the attention of visitors to the … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2592 Historic Grave Markers Restored

Posted on November 13, 2022 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2592 Historic Grave Markers Restored Historic Grave Markers Restored The darkened angel in this photograph is now gleaming white as she reaches toward the Neponset River near the Southeast corner of Cedar Grove Cemetery {CGC}. Moss, mold and … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2591 Arch for Jay’s Treaty

Posted on November 6, 2022 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2591 Arch for Jay’s Treaty Today’s illustration is a drawing of the arch erected at Lower Mills in 1798. The late Rev. Daniel Dunn was pastor of Saint Margaret’s Church and a past president of the Dorchester Historical … Continue reading →

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