Tag Archives: Savin Hill

Dorchester Illustration 2698 Cedar Cottage

Posted on December 8, 2024 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2698 Cedar Cottage William Edward Coffin was born in Gloucester, Mass., in 1813. He married Margaretta Cotton in Boston in 1840. This quote is from Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, “William Edward Coffin was … Continue reading →

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Marlton Downing, Dorchester Illustration 2667

Posted on May 5, 2024 by earltaylor

Marlton Downing, Dorchester Illustration 2667 Marlton Downing was born Henry Marlton Downing in 1852. He changed his name for his work as a journalist and author. Downing married Sarah Thayer, and the couple moved in with her parents on Wesley … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2660, Handstand at Malibu

Posted on March 17, 2024 by earltaylor

Handstand at Malibu Dorchester Illustration 2660 This week, we are looking for information.  The illustration is of a man performing a handstand at Malibu Beach. Does anyone know how Mailibu Beach got its name?  Send your answer to   info@dorchesterhistoricalsociety.org 

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Dorchester Illustration 2629, John Fottler and John Fottler, Jr.

Posted on August 13, 2023 by earltaylor

John Fottler and John Fottler, Jr. Dorchester Illustration 2629 John Fottler, Jr. (1841-1929) came from an agricultural family.  The following is from A Healing Landscape: Environmental and Social history of the Site of Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Centre. Second edition … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2615 Railroad Bridge

Posted on May 7, 2023 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2615 Railroad Bridge Today’s illustration appeared in Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, a 19th-century illustrated magazine published in Boston, in 1855. The subject of the engraving is the Old Colony Railroad bridge between Savin Hill and Commercial Point. … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2609 Stedman Home on Savin Hill

Posted on March 26, 2023 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2609 Stedman Home on Savin Hill One of the featured insets on the 1858 Map of Norfolk County is the “Residence of D. B. Stedman, Esq. Savin Hill, Dorchester. Daniel B. Stedman was an importer of crockery and … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2605 Henry S. Russell

Posted on February 26, 2023 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2605 Henry S. Russell Henry Sturgis Russell (June 21, 1838 – February 16, 1905) was an American military and government official who served as commander of the 5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry and as the first commissioner … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration World War One Service Member biography: Ralph Cunningham Barnstead

Posted on November 28, 2019 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration World War One Service Member biography: Ralph Cunningham Barnstead 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 … 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 2349 Swimmers Jumping Off Bridge

Posted on April 22, 2018 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2349    Swimmers jumping off bridge Is it spring yet?   With thoughts turning to summer and the pleasures of warmer weather, we were reminded of this photograph.  September 1, 1980, “With the temperature in the 80’s plus high … Continue reading →

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