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Dorchester Illustration 2603 John Tucker’s harness shop

Dorchester Illustration 2603 John Tucker’s harness shop The house in the illustration, which still exists, is located behind the stores at 1156 to 1160 Washington Street.  It was built in 1798.  The atlases indicate that the stores in front of … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2602 98 Centre Street

Dorchester Illustration 2602 98 Centre Street Postcards came into their greatest era of popularity just after the turn of the 20th century.  Soon, homeowners were having photos of their homes made into postcards.  Today we have a postcard written in … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2601 Reed Edwin Peggram

Dorchester Illustration 2601 Reed Edwin Peggram Doctor Ethelene Whitmire, from the University of Wisconsin, has brought to our attention some information about a Dorchester resident, Reed Edwin Peggram. Previously unknown to us, Peggram’s grandmother worked in the kitchen of the … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2600  Daloz Cleaners

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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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