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Dorchester Illustration 2476 Territory given up for the creation of Hyde Park

Dorchester Illustration no. 2476   Territory given up for the creation of Hyde Park On April 22, 1868, the new Town of Hyde Park was incorporated out of land coming from Dorchester, Milton and Dedham.  The town was annexed to the … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2475 Walter Baker Old Stone Mill

Dorchester Illustration no. 2475   Walter Baker Old Stone Mill The stone building at the left of the photo was known as the Old Stone Mill on the west side of Adams Street next to the Neponset River.  Built in 1849, … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2474 Which came first: the trolley or the cemetery?

Dorchester Illustration no. 2474     Which came first: the trolley or the cemetery? The photo, showing the trolley line between the parts of the Cedar Gove Cemetery, was taken by Herbert Stier in 1949. Which came first, the trolley or the … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2473 Meisel Press Manufacturing Company

Dorchester Illustration no. 2473      Meisel Press Manufacturing Company Francis Meisel, born in 1846,  was the son of August Meisel, a lithographer.  The family emigrated from Germany, and Francis became a US citizen in 1880.  Francis Meisel organized the Meisel Press … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2472 James John Slater

Dorchester Illustration no. 2472      James John Slater World War 1 biography By Camille Arbogast James John Slater was born on July 1, 1897, at 74 Bromley Street in Roxbury. His father, James Blanchard, a printer, was born in Moncton, New … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2471 August Stein Atwood

Dorchester Illustration no. 2471      August Stein Atwood World War 1 biography By Camille Arbogast August Stein Atwood was born on April 2, 1892, at 61 Alban Street in Dorchester. His father, Harrison Henry Atwood, was born in Londonderry, Vermont, and … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2470 Charles C. Yancey

Dorchester Illustration no. 2470      Charles C. Yancey In our efforts to document the recent history of Dorchester, we hope to present biographies of some of Dorchester’s living personalities. We are calling this occasional series: Diverse Dorchester. Biography of Charles C. … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2469 Sturtevant Mill Company

Dorchester Illustration no. 2469      Sturtevant Mill Company The following is from: https://sturtevantinc.com/about/   accessed July 29, 2020 Thomas L. Sturtevant recognized the need for mechanization in the fertilizer industry and founded the Sturtevant Mill Company in the state of Main in … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2468 Whaling Ship Charles Carroll

Dorchester Illustration no. 2468      Whaling Ship the Charles Carroll In the 1830s a syndicate was formed with facilities at Commercial Point to make a profit from whale and cod fishing. The following paragraph is from “Captain John Codman, William D. … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2467 Looking Back at Sports Stars

Dorchester Illustration no. 2467      Looking back at sports stars With the opening of a professional baseball season, we have thoughts of Dorchester sports stars of earlier years. Rose Pitonoff Champion Swimmer Rose Pitonoff (from Pittsburgh Dispatch, November, 1910) Rose Pitonoff … Continue reading

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