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The Board of the Dorchester Historical Society Requests That You Kindly Reserve the Date for “Dinner at Willow Court” Friday, September 26, 2014 Commencing at 6 o’clock in the evening at DHS Headquarters. A festive evening to recall the style … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2159 Dorchester High School Football Team Dorchester Illustration no. 2159   October 11, 1974.  Praise for Team’s Rescue.  Boston Mayor Kevin White brings words of praise Friday to the football field at Dorchester High School in the … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2158  Photograph of George N. Clarke.  Handwritten note on verso: George N. Clarke, Dorchester, MA.  Died in the war.  A tinsmith from Dorchester, Massachusetts, George Clarke served with the 11th MA Infantry and died of disease at … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2157     Joseph A. Hartin died in France in 1918 during WW I . He volunteered for a dangerous mission and was killed 5 days before the Armistice was signed. Awarded the Légion d’Honneur medal from … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2156   Pennant postcard. Postcard. Caption on front: It certainly pays to stop in Dorchester, Mass.  I’ll give you her address.  Postmarked Dec. 16, 1914 with one-cent stamp.  The senders of the card (Frances and Herbert) seem … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2145   Pierce and Adams-Street Mill 1899 Photograph of the mill buildings of the Baker Chocolate company on the east side of Adams Street from article Some Notes on the Food Value of Cocoa and Chocolate, Harper’s … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2144   Demolition of the silos at Baker Chocolate in 1987. Eighteen large silos and a grain elevator were built in 1941 as storage, in anticipation of World War II and expected difficulties in securing cacao beans. … Continue reading →

Saturday, May 10                              1 pm- 2:30 pm Sweet  History Stroll along the Neponset River   Meet at the public parking lot in Milton Lower Mills, beside the Milton Yacht Club at 36 Wharf Street in Milton. Parking is limited … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2143 Lifeguards at Malibu Beach   Lifeguards George MacMasters and Karen Hartley raking Malibu Beach 7-29-1988.  They said it was the worst ever – they found trash, dead rats, fish, pigeons, eels, etc.  Photograph Arthur Pollock.  The … Continue reading →