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December 13, 2015 Holiday Party 2-4 pm

Posted on December 7, 2015 by earltaylor

DHS members and friends gather to ring in this holiday season at the annual Holiday Open House. Dorchester-based pianist Bil Mooney-McCoy will play music of the holiday season and lead the gathering in a lively carol sing.  Enjoy food, good … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2226 Boys with Blocks

Posted on December 6, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2226 This photograph was taken at Franklin Park photographers.  Presumably the boys shown were residents of the surrounding area.  Can anyone help identify them? _____ The Dorchester Illustration is sent occasionally. If you receive this e-mail by … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 225 Market at Mt Bowdoin Station

Posted on November 29, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2225 Here is the store at Mt. Bowdoin station, the second of two deisgned by Architect W. Whitney Lewis in the 1880s. _____ The Dorchester Illustration is sent occasionally. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2224 Ashmont Market

Posted on November 29, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2224 Architect W. Whitney Lewis designed two suburban stores in the 1880s: the market at Ashmont that became O’Brien’s Market and another market at Bowdoin Station at 200 Washington Street.  Elevations of the two markets were featured … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2223 Dorchester wins baseball trophy

Posted on November 21, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2223 Photo of an award ceremony from 1920s or 1930s.  Boston baseball trophy award ceremony (Boston Twilight League?).  The two teams pictured are Dorchester and the South Boston All Stars.  Dorchester took the trophy. _____ The Dorchester … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2222 Camp McKay

Posted on November 15, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2222 Photograph of Camp McKay on Columbia Point, Dorchester.  This World War II prisoner of war camp housed Italian prisoners. ______ The Dorchester Illustration is sent occasionally. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please reply to … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2221 Morton Street

Posted on November 8, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2221 Photograph of Morton Street from the railroad bridge next to police station looking toward Selden Street in 1927. The three-deckers on the right were built beginning in 1925.  This line of three-deckers begins with no. 899 … Continue reading →

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Dorchester lllustration 2220 Strand Theatre program 1929

Posted on November 1, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2220 Strand Theatre program 1929 Clara Bow appears in The Saturday Night Kid, November, 1929, at the Strand Theatre. The Strand Theatre was constructed on the site of the former Dyer mansion. The Strand opened on November … Continue reading →

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2015 November 8, 2 pm Dorch Hist Soc program at All Saints Church

Posted on October 25, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester and the American Pipe Organ: Restoring E.M. Skinner’s Opus 708 for All Saints, Ashmont Sunday, November 8, 2015, 2 p.m. A talk by Skinner organ expert Jonathan Ambrosino and a demonstration of the organ by All Saints’ Organist Andrew … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2219 intersection of Gallivan and Morton

Posted on October 25, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2219 Intersection of Gallivan Boulevard and Morton Street Until the late 1920s Codman Street served traffic from Morton Street to Adams Village.  When Gallivan Boulevard was created, much of the land near the intersection of Morton Street … Continue reading →

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