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Dorchester Illustration 2469 Sturtevant Mill Company

Posted on August 9, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2469      Sturtevant Mill Company The following is from: https://sturtevantinc.com/about/   accessed July 29, 2020 Thomas L. Sturtevant recognized the need for mechanization in the fertilizer industry and founded the Sturtevant Mill Company in the state of Main in … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2468 Whaling Ship Charles Carroll

Posted on August 2, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2468      Whaling Ship the Charles Carroll In the 1830s a syndicate was formed with facilities at Commercial Point to make a profit from whale and cod fishing. The following paragraph is from “Captain John Codman, William D. … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2467 Looking Back at Sports Stars

Posted on July 26, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2467      Looking back at sports stars With the opening of a professional baseball season, we have thoughts of Dorchester sports stars of earlier years. Rose Pitonoff Champion Swimmer Rose Pitonoff (from Pittsburgh Dispatch, November, 1910) Rose Pitonoff … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2466 Toni and Adolphous Bullock

Posted on July 19, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2466      Toni and Adolphous Bullock Toni and Adolphous Bullock owned the Bullock Funeral Homes in Boston for 40 years. Adolphous was the grandson of a Virginia slave and participated in the D-Day action in World War II.  … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2465 Charlotte Golar Richie

Posted on July 12, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2465      Charlotte Golar Richie In our efforts to document the recent history of Dorchester, we hope to present biographies of some of Dorchester’s living personalities. We are calling this occasional series: Diverse Dorchester. Biography of Charlotte Golar … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2464 Englewood Diner

Posted on July 5, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2464      Englewood Diner The Englewood Diner stood in Peabody Square from the 1940s until the 1970s, when it  was replaced by the Englewood Apartment building in the point between Dorchester Avenue and Talbot Avenue.   Its colors at … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2463 Martha Dana Shepard

Posted on June 28, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2463       Martha Dana Shepard On one of our walking tours of the Harrison Square Historic District, we passed the house at 15 Ashland Street, and our guide mentioned that it was once home to Martha Dana Shepard, … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2462 Commercial Point 1968

Posted on June 21, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2462       Commercial Point 198 Today’s illustration is a newly acquired photograph that was published Saturday, January 6, 1968, possibly in the Boston Herald newspaper or Boston Herald Traveler as it was probably called at that time.  The … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2461 Colonel James Swan

Posted on June 14, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2461       Colonel James Swan Thinking about Bunker Hill Day anniversary on June 17th Some veterans, who lived in Dorchester or had a Dorchester connection, moved here after their service. Colonel James Swan was a native of Scotland, … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2460 Warren Francis Ames

Posted on June 7, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2460       Warren Francis Ames Early June and D-Day always brings remembrances of those who served in World War II.  Even though Warren Francis Ames did not participate in D-Day, he is remembered by a Hero’s Square at … Continue reading →

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