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Tag Archives: Dorchester
Dorchester Illustration 2306 Cars Decorated for Parade
Dorchester Illustration no. 2306 Cars Decorated for Parade, 1915 Today we have a photograph of two cars from 1915 with flags facing the wrong way on Columbia Road, and the display advertisement from the 1913 Boston City Directory for R.S. … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2305 Robinson School
Dorchester Illustration no. 2305 Robinson School The Robinson School was located where there is now a vacant lot on Robinson Street, where pieces of stone and fence indicate what was once there. Postcard. Caption on front: The Robinson School, Dorchester, … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2304 Edmund Baker House corner of Washington & Richmond
Reminder: Dorchester House tour today, noon to 5 pm, starting at All Saints Church, Peabody Square Dorchester Illustration no. 2304 Edmund Baker House corner of Washington & Richmond Postcard. Caption on front: Cor. Wash. And Richmond Sts. Postmarked Dorchester … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2303 World War I Francis G. Kane
Dorchester Illustration no. 2303 World War I: Francis G. Kane In response to our first post about the Society’s World War I materials, Marti Glynn offered information about another Dorchester soldier. Francis G. Kane of Dorchester was killed in … Continue reading
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What we are cataloging now at the Dorchester Historical Society
What we are cataloging now at the Dorchester Historical Society At the Dorchester Historical Society, we are in the process of a year-long project to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of World War I. Using a collection of photographs we … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2301 Boston State Hospital
Dorchester Illustration no. 2301 Boston State Hospital There are neighborhoods that cross the Dorchester town line including Lower Mills and Mattapan. Lower Mills can mean Dorchester or Milton. Similarly Mattapan is a name that has been applied in the … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration no. 2300 Industrial School for Girls
Dorchester Illustration no. 2300 Industrial School for Girls On Wednesday, May 10, 2017, students of the Graduate Program in Public History at UMass Boston presented their research on the Industrial School for Girls and the girls and women involved … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2299 German Sweet Chocolate
Dorchester Illustration no. 2299 German Sweet Chocolate In 1852 Sam German developed a dark sweet baking chocolate for the Baker Chocolate Company. One hundred five years later Mrs. George Clay of Dallas, Texas, submitted her recipe for German’s Chocolate … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2298 33 Monadnock Street
Dorchester Illustration no. 2298 33 Monadnock Street The land that encompasses Virgina and Monadnock Streets and the houses there was owned as one large parcel in 1874 by the heirs of Ebenezer Sumner. The atlas of 1884 shows the … Continue reading
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Dorchester Illustration 2297 Upham’s Corner Comfort Station
Dorchester Illustration no. 2297 Upham’s Corner Comfort Station Activating a Historic Site: Sip & Spoke Bike Kitchen’ at Old South Meeting House April 28th The Old South Meeting House is hosting “Activating a Historic Site: Sip & Spoke Bike Kitchen, Dorchester” … Continue reading
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