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Dorchester Illustration 2184 McGovern Coal

Posted on March 8, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2184 McGovern Coal on Geneva Avenue, circa 1940. “Then there was the McGovern Coal Company down on Geneva Avenue. It’s interesting to know how the McGoverns got their money to go in the coal business. Well, when … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2183 Howard Johnson’s

Posted on March 1, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2183 Howard Johnson’s advertisement from 1964. Fresh off a destroyer … weeks since he’d seen his girl … the sailor borrowed a car from a buddy at the Boston Naval Shipyard and was enroute to Attleboro, Mass., … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2182 South Bay

Posted on February 22, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2182 Bird’s-eye view of the South Bay in 1871.  Hard to believe it is now a shopping plaza. __ The Dorchester Illustration is sent occasionally. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please reply to be taken … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2181 Home Market

Posted on February 15, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2181   Today we have another photo published in 1895 in a booklet called Picturesque Boston Highlands, Jamaica Plain and Dorchester.   Home Market on Standish Street.     __ The Dorchester Illustration is sent occasionally. If … Continue reading →

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March 1st, 2015, Chocolate program re-scheduled to March 1st at 2 pm

Posted on February 13, 2015 by earltaylor

Please note that the chocolate program has been re-scheduled to March 1st at 2 pm. Dorchester Historical Society

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2180 Glover’s Corner

Posted on February 8, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2180 Glover’s Corner 1895 Today we have another photo published in 1895 in a booklet called Picturesque Boston Highlands, Jamaica Plain and Dorchester, this time of Glover’s Corner. The buildings at the right are gone, replaced by … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2179 Peabody Square 1895

Posted on February 1, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2179   Today we have a photo of Peabody Square published in 1895 in a booklet called Picturesque Boston Highlands, Jamaica Plain and Dorchester.   The photo shows what is now O’Briens Market on the left and … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2178 Gas Tank

Posted on January 25, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2178              In 1971 artist Corita Kent was commissioned to illustrate one of the two gas tanks that then stood at the side of the Southeast Expressway.  Today’s photograph shows her with a model tank in front … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2177 Construction of subway tunnel Peabody Square

Posted on January 18, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2177             Today’s photo shows construction of the subway tunnel at Peabody Square in the 1920s.  __ The Dorchester Illustration is sent occasionally. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please reply to be taken off the e-mail … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2176 Dorchester Poor House

Posted on January 11, 2015 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2176              The Almshouse or the Dorchester Poor House was at Kane Square, the junction of Bowdoin and Hancock Streets.  Also published in Dorchester / Anthony Mitchell Sammarco. Dover, NH, 1995. Images of America series.   The … Continue reading →

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