Monthly Archives: April 2020

Dorchester Illustration 2454 Walter Humphrey

Dorchester Illustration no. 2454       Walter Humphreys We are continuing to share the Society’s collections by email and through other online methods. Today’s illustration is a portrait of Walter Humphreys. Walter Humphreys, son of Henry Humphreys and Sarah Clapp Humphreys, was … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2453 Capen Bowl

Dorchest We are continuing to share the Society’s collections by email and through other online methods. Today’s illustration features a bowl brought to America by the Capen family who migrated in the 1630s.  Barnard [or Bernard] Capen, a shoemaker, and … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2452 Decorative Needlework

Dorchester Illustration no. 2452        Needlework from centuries past  We are continuing to share the Society’s collections by email and through other online methods. Today’s illustration features a piece of decorative needlework stitched on silk.  Jane Withington was a student at … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2451 Mellin’s Infant’s Food

Dorchester Illustration 2451  Mellin’s Food Thomas Goodale of the Doliber-Goodale Co. chose local children for his advertisement.  The top illustration is an 1894 advertisement for Mellin’s Food with an illustration of Marian Louise Bowker, Neponset, Mass.  The advertisement on the … Continue reading

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