Monthly Archives: June 2022

Dorchester Illustration 2572 Neil McNeil and Sylvester Parshley

Posted on June 26, 2022 by earltaylor

Today’s illustration includes Neil McNeil (left) and Sylvester Parshley (right).  The McNeil Bros. business was one of the largest contracting firms in Boston in the second half of the nineteenth century. Neil went south during the U.S. Civil War on … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2571 Littlefield Grocery Store

Posted on June 19, 2022 by earltaylor

Today’s vintage illustration is from Picturesque Boston Highlands, Jamaica Plain and Dorchester. (1895). The color photograph is from 2003. In 1883, Arthur Horace Littlefield and Warren Herbert. Littlefield went into business together as grocers in the building at 2286 Dorchester … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2570 Harris School

Posted on June 12, 2022 by earltaylor

In 1861, the Harris School on Adams Street at the corner of Victory Road (formerly Mill Street) was erected and named in honor of the Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris who was the pastor of the First Parish for many years. … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2569 Baker Chocolate Sign Lighting

Posted on June 5, 2022 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2569 Baker Chocolate Sign Lighting The top Photograph from CaugthInDot   at     https://caughtindot.com/dorchester-history-lesson-baker-chocolate-factory/  The bottom photo shows the interior of the Administration building about 1955. The Lower Mills Civic Association announced the re-lighting of the Walter Baker sign. You … Continue reading →

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