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Dorchester Illustration no. 2233 Putnam Nail

Dorchester Illustration no. 2233 Today we have a trade card from the Putnam Horse Shoe Nail Company series with horse-related images from the late 19th century. Putnam Nail was located at the tip of Port Norfolk. _____ The Dorchester Illustration … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2232 Chamberlain Pharmacy

Dorchester Illustration no. 2232 This realphoto postcard shows the pharmacy of W. H. Chamberlain at 357 Adams Street, corner of Parkman Street (where the locksmith is today).   The bakery belonging to John L. Whytal Jr. appears to the right at … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2229

Dorchester Illustration no. 2229 Baker Chocolate tin that contained 1/2 pound of cocoa. _____ The Dorchester Illustration is sent occasionally. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please reply to be taken off the e-mail list. If you know others … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2227 Barden Cream

Dorchester Illustration no. 2227 Dorchester’s Barden Cream delivery wagon with Edward Stern at the front. _____ The Dorchester Illustration is sent occasionally. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please reply to be taken off the e-mail list. If you … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2224 Ashmont Market

Dorchester Illustration no. 2224 Architect W. Whitney Lewis designed two suburban stores in the 1880s: the market at Ashmont that became O’Brien’s Market and another market at Bowdoin Station at 200 Washington Street.  Elevations of the two markets were featured … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2155 Looking from River Street toward Pierce Square

Postcard Realphoto. Caption on front: River St.  Postmark: Dec. 6, 1911.   Anthony Sammarco in his book Dorchester Then and Now dates the view as 1895 and says the stores along Washington Street are, from right to left, Miss Cooks … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1548 Robinson Tavern

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1548 Brick in the Edward A. Huebener Brick Collection at the Dorchester Historical Society was taken from the Robinson Tavern building and an artist painted the picture of the tavern on the face of the … Continue reading

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