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Dorchester Illustration 2392 135 Savin Hill Avenue

Posted on February 17, 2019 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2392   135 Savin Hill Avenue Today’s illustration is a scan of a real photo post card circa 1910 showing the house at 135 Savin Hill Avenue, corner of Hubbardston Road, along with a picture from Google showing … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2390 Welles Mansion

Posted on February 3, 2019 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2390  Welles Mansion Welles Mansion The home of the Welles family was the original estate house for Ashmont Hill when the hill was all open land except for the house in the illustration.  George Derby Welles, who … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2389 Bollard of Three Decker

Posted on January 27, 2019 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2389  Bollard of Three Decker The sculptures on top of bollards at Edward Everett Square, located in the plaza with the bronze pear sculpture, represent themes connecting Dorchester’s past and present. One of the pieces of artwork … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2388 House of William Cranch Bond

Posted on January 20, 2019 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2388 House of William Cranch Bond The photograph shows the house of astronomer William Cranch Bond, who, together with his son George Phillips Bond, are regarded as the first important contributors towards the early history of astronomy … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2387 Baker Chocolate tank car

Posted on January 13, 2019 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2387 The Dorchester Historical Society has model railroad cars imitating those that shipped liquid chocolate all over the USA.  Jeff Gonyeau recently took a photograph of a real tank car with the Bakers Chocolate name and logo … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2385 Subway Collision at Ashmont

Posted on December 30, 2018 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2385   Subway Collision at Ashmont Subway Trains derailed at Ashmont, October 19, 1949 Problems with rapid transit are not new.  The photo taken by Herbert Stier was published Oct. 19, 1949, by the Boston Traveler with caption: … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2383 William T. Adams

Posted on December 16, 2018 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2383        William T. Adams The following is from: One of a Thousand. A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888-89. Compiled under the editorial supervision of John … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2382 Ivers Adams

Posted on December 9, 2018 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2382        Ivers Adams Portrait of Ivers Adams from http://arslongaartcards.com/cards/pioneer-portraits-i/ivers-adams/ Ivers Adams lived at the northeast corner of Washington Street and Columbia Road, where there is now a Burger King.  Adams was the first president of the Boston … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2381 Elizabeth Stanton Chadbourne

Posted on December 2, 2018 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2381        Elizabeth Stanton Chadbourne Elizabeth Stanton Chadbourne was born September 6, 1855, to William and Elizabeth Chadbourne.  William came to Lynn, Massachusetts, from Lyman, Maine, at the age of eighteen to take a job in the shoe … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2380 Charles B. McDonald

Posted on November 25, 2018 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2380        Charles B. McDonald At the Dorchester Historical Society, we are in the process of a year-long project to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I. Using a collection of photographs we have of WWI Dorchester … Continue reading →

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