Monthly Archives: May 2016

Dorchester Illustration 2251 View of Ashmont Hill 1880s

Posted on May 29, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2251 View of Ashmont Hill View of Ashmont Hill from top of 34 Alban Street 1880s. Scan of photo donated to the Dorchester Historical Society by the widow of grand nephew of Frank Wood, first owner of … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2250 Alban Street Interior 1880s

Posted on May 22, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2250 Victorian Interior Does your home look like this one on Alban Street as it was comfortably furnished in the 1880s? Do the homes on Ashmont Hill still look like this?  Find out at the Dorchester House … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2249 Welles Mansion

Posted on May 15, 2016 by earltaylor

The home of the Welles family was the original estate house for Ashmont Hill (see below) when the hill was all open land except the house in the illustration. George Derby Welles, who lived in Paris, inherited the estate from … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2248 Patent Medicine Bottle

Posted on May 8, 2016 by earltaylor

  Dorchester Illustration no. 2248  Patent Medicine Bottle from Blake House Site The bottle shown as today’s illustration was found in the archaeological dig at the Blake House site on Columbia Road.  When the house was moved to its current … Continue reading →

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Dorchester lllustration 2245 Dorchester Trolley

Posted on May 1, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2247 Today we have a photo of a Dorchester trolley car and crew ca. 1900. _____ 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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