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Frank P. Sheehan, Dorchester Illustration 2616
Frank P. Sheehan Dorchester Illustration 2616 Francis Patrick Sheehan (1884 -1953) was a middle distance runner. He was a member of the St. Alphonsus Athletic Club, South Boston Athletic Club, Boston Athletic Association and the Boston Irish-American Athletic Club. In … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2615 Railroad Bridge
Dorchester Illustration 2615 Railroad Bridge Today’s illustration appeared in Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, a 19th-century illustrated magazine published in Boston, in 1855. The subject of the engraving is the Old Colony Railroad bridge between Savin Hill and Commercial Point. … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2614 Richard Scarry
Dorchester Illustration 2614 Richard Scarry Richard Scarry (1919-1994), children’s author and illustrator, grew up in Dorchester. His parents, John and Mary, bought a house at 32 Melville Ave. in 1917. John Scarry operated Scarry’s department store in Brookline Village for … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2613 Henry Martyn Tremlett, Civil War
Dorchester Illustration 2613 Henry Martyn Tremlett, Civil War Henry Martyn Tremlett was a Boston merchant. Tremlett was born July 15, 1833 in Dorchester, the son of Thomas and Cordelia Tremlett. Tremlett began as a captain in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2612 Charles H. Haines, Jr., World War I
Dorchester Illustration 2612 Charles H. Haines, Jr., World War I Today’s illustration is from the Aug. 3, 1918, edition of The Dorchester Beacon newspaper. Charles H. Haines, Jr., was born in Dorchester on Feb. 14, 1888, to Charles H. Haines … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2611 Shawmut Station
Dorchester Illustration 2611 Shawmut Station The top photograph in today’s illustration was recently shared on Facebook. The Shawmut Branch of the Old Colony Railroad runs from Savin Hill to Ashmont. Electrification of the Shawmut Branch began at the end of … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2610 Hebre Home for the Aged
Dorchester Illustration 2610 Hebrew Home for the Aged The top image, published in the Sept. 10, 1905, edition of the Boston Sunday Post, shows a house on Queen Street in Dorchester. On Jan. 28, 1903, a small group of Orthodox … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2609 Stedman Home on Savin Hill
Dorchester Illustration 2609 Stedman Home on Savin Hill One of the featured insets on the 1858 Map of Norfolk County is the “Residence of D. B. Stedman, Esq. Savin Hill, Dorchester. Daniel B. Stedman was an importer of crockery and … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2608 Consumptives Home on Quincy Street
The Free Home for Consumptives was located on the north side of Quincy Street and occupied the land now taken up by the cul-de-sac Fernald Terrace and its houses. . It was free to “all poor consumptives, of every nationality, … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2607 Roger Clap Monument
Roger Clap was one of the Dorchester settlers who arrived on the ship Mary and John in 1630. The ship dropped anchor off Nantasket, because the captain was not familiar with Boston harbor. The settlers traveled overland from Nantasket until … Continue reading
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