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Dorchester Illustration 2556 Bailey Conant House
Dorchester Illustration 2556 Bailey Conant House The top photograph in today’s email is a photograph of 77 Bailey Street as seen from Dorchester Avenue in the late nineteenth century. By 1910, the land between the Bailey house and Dorchester Avenue … Continue reading
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Merrill G. Leavens Interview
Merrill Leavens at 97 years of age. Mr. Leavens is a former Port Norfolk resident. He grew up at 52 Port Norfolk Street. The interview with Merrill George Leavens took place, June 11, 2021, at his home, 212 Parke Ave., … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2555 More Presidential Visits to Dorchester
Last week’s illustration about Abraham Lincoln and other presidents’ visits to Dorchester brought in some questions about visits by even more presidents. Today’s illustration shows the Walter Baker mansion Washington Street (top) and the Harrison Square depot on the Old … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2554 Abraham Lincoln in Dorchester
Dorchester Illustration 2554 Abraham Lincoln in Dorchester Thinking about Presidents Day brings to mind visits to Dorchester by Presidents both before they became President and after. Ronald Reagan stopped at the Eire Pub. Barack Obama visited TechBoston Academy during his … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2553 Matchbook Covers
Dorchester Illustration 2553 Matchbook Covers Order a house history for a house in Dorchester or Mattapan. Check it out on the house history page on the Dorchester Historical Society website. We seldom see paper matchbooks anymore. Over the years some … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2552 Walter and Wilbur Lansil and 99-101 Maxwell Street
Today’s illustration includes a photograph of 101 Maxwell Street from the late nineteenth century. The man at the gate is Walter Lansil. Walter and his brother Wilbur were artists. Walter’s portrait photo appears above Wilbur’s. The modern photo of the … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2551 Wooden Snow Shovels
Dorchester Illustration 2551 Wooden Snow Shovels Many of you are waking up to the task of dealing with the snow from yesterday’s storm. Today’s photo shows snow shovels in the collection of the Dorchester Historical Society. They are displayed in … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2550 Hendries Restaurant
Today’s illustration shows two views of the former Hendrie’s Restaurant, which was located on Talbot Avenue near Blue Hill Avenue. The section of Talbot Avenue from Blue Hill Avenue to Codman Square was laid out in 1888. The building was … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2549 Gamewell Fire Alarm
Gamewell Fire Alarm Advertisement in Fire Engineering magazine, April 1949, featuring a picture of eight-year-old Thomasina De Beneditto who pulled the fire box alarm when she observed a fire in a nearby factory in Dorchester, Massachusetts. In 1949, the Gamewell … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2547 Pennant Postcards
Within the postcard industry in the early twentieth century, there was a subset of generic postcards with space for a town name to be printed or stamped with a rubber stamp. We have two examples today, where the sender thought … Continue reading
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