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Dorchester Illustration 2507 George Clark, Jr.

George Clark, Jr. One hundred sixty years ago this month, George Clark, Jr., a resident of Dorchester, answered the call of duty. Illustration: on left: George Clark, Jr., in uniform of Boston Light Guards; on right: George Clark, Jr., in … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2506 Hannah Glidden Myrick

The Untold Story of a Champion for Gender Equity in the Field of Medicine Hannah Glidden Myrick, a Pioneering Dorchester Native By Isaque Rezende                                                                              Tuesday, March 30, 2021 Note from the writer: If you know me, you know how much … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2505 Save Our Shores: Tenean Beach

Caption: Young officials of the Neponset Youth Civic Assn. display their feelings with this sign during protest at Tenean Beach yesterday.  From left are Eric Brugman, treasurer; John Pitts, vice president; Richard Livingston, president, and Charles Perry, president-elect.  Published June … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2504 Trash incinerator at Neponset

Dorchester Illustration no. 2504 Trash incinerator at Neponset Top photo caption on back: Refuse burner, almost 100 feet tall, under construction at the Neponset dump off Southeast Expressway.  It’s constructed of steel plates set on poured concrete base.  Passersby think … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2503 Keystone Conversion to War Production

Dorchester Illustration no. 2503 Keystone Conversion to War Production The Keystone apartment building can be seen from the Southeast Expressway.  The building was originally built to house the Hallet & Davis Piano Company, and that is how Hallet Street received … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2502 Building Roof Cave-In, 1978

Dorchester Illustration no. 2502  Building Roof Cave-In, 1978 In 1978, the Ashmont Creamery was a popular spot on Dorchester Avenue between Monsignor Lydon Way and Edwin Street.  The building is now occupied by the Phu Thinh Market and Ann’s Coin … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2501 Fire Station on River Street

Dorchester Illustration no. 2501  Fire Station on River Street When Dorchester was a separate town from Boston, the fire station at Lower Mills had the name Fountain Engine no. 1.  In the early 1880s the City replaced a wooden fire … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2500 Waiting for the Hour

Dorchester Illustration no. 2500  Waiting for the Hour Carlton was a portrait and genre painter who was active in the Boston area from 1836 till after the Civil War.  He moved to Dorchester in the 1850s and lived a little … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2499 Sharp and the Victoria Regia

Sharp and the Victoria Regia Active as a lithographer and photographer on Dexter Street, Washington Village, William Sharp lived and worked at the same address starting in the late 1850s.  Sharp would have been a Dorchester resident except that the … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2498 William Munroe Trotter program

Dorchester Illustration no. 2498 William Munroe Trotter program The Dorchester Historical Society welcomes Historian Kerri Greenidge, author of “Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter About this Event William Monroe Trotter (1872-1934, in Dorchester 1899-1909) published the … Continue reading

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