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Dorchester Illustration no. 2483 Veterans Day 2020

Posted on November 11, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2483   Veterans Day 2020 In honor of Veterans Day, we are pleased to share our online, searchable database of World War I service members who lived in Dorchester. This research and accompanying biographies were made possible in … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2482 Peter Strickland, Dorchester resident, first US Consul to Senegal

Posted on November 8, 2020 by earltaylor

Strickland lived on Neponset Avenue. The illustration is from Captain Strickland’s book A Voice from the Deep. The following is from Stephen Grant’s website where his book on Strickland is available among Grant’s other books. Peter Strickland. New London Shipmaster; … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2481 Anna Clapp Harris Smith

Posted on November 1, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2481    Anna Harris Smith Founder of the Animal Rescue League Nearly everyone in Dorchester has heard of or used the services of The Animal Rescue League.  But few of us realize that it was founded by a … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2480 Sampler made by Louisa Maria Blake

Posted on October 25, 2020 by earltaylor

Apologies for the quality of the full image due to the glass over the sampler.  The smaller detail avoided some of the glare. Illustration: sampler made by ten-year old Louis Maria Blake in 1812. It is not the lustre of … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2479 Henry W. Hunt

Posted on October 18, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2479    Henry W. Hunt Henry Warren Hunt (1841- 1915?) Hunt had a real estate office on Neponset Avenue not far from Neponset Circle. The following is from American Series of Popular Biographies. Massachusetts Edition. Boston: Graves & … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2478 All Saints Parish

Posted on October 11, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2478    All Saints Parish All Saints’ Episcopal Church began in 1867 as a mission of St. Mary’s Church, and in 1874 it became a separate parish in Dorchester Lower Mills.. In 1882 Colonel Oliver Peabody and his … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2477 Hotel at Lower Mills

Posted on October 4, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2477    Hotel at Lower Mills Hotel at Lower Mills Minot Thayer owned a hotel that later became known as Young’s Hotel and also known at some time as the Hotel Milton located on the west side of … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2476 Territory given up for the creation of Hyde Park

Posted on September 27, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2476   Territory given up for the creation of Hyde Park On April 22, 1868, the new Town of Hyde Park was incorporated out of land coming from Dorchester, Milton and Dedham.  The town was annexed to the … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2475 Walter Baker Old Stone Mill

Posted on September 20, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2475   Walter Baker Old Stone Mill The stone building at the left of the photo was known as the Old Stone Mill on the west side of Adams Street next to the Neponset River.  Built in 1849, … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2474 Which came first: the trolley or the cemetery?

Posted on September 13, 2020 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2474     Which came first: the trolley or the cemetery? The photo, showing the trolley line between the parts of the Cedar Gove Cemetery, was taken by Herbert Stier in 1949. Which came first, the trolley or the … Continue reading →

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