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Dorchester Illustration no. 2131   Statue of Edward Everett Edward Everett’s statue stands in Richardson Park.  First installed in the Boston Public Garden, it was moved to the rotary at Edward Everett Square, and after being toppled by a motorist, … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2130   Immanuel Church Postcard. Caption on front: Immanuel Church, Dorchester, Mass. Postmarked Mar 6, 1908. Dorchester Station, Boston. With one cent stamp. On verso: No. H 12696. The Robbins Bros Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany. This … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2129   Photograph showing the newly-constructed bridge across the Neponset River from Dorchester to Quincy in 1970. ____ The Dorchester Illustration of the Day (DIOTD) is sent weekdays. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please reply … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration  no. 2128 After several years of sending out the illustration of the day, I have realized that I can no longer keep up the daily schedule.  Therefore, the illustration will be sent out occasionally but continuing the same … Continue reading →

Desmond Rohan http://www.crowdrise.com/dhs-rcis/fundraiser/desmondrohan (Desmond is on the right) Benefiting: DORCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND ROGER CLAP School. EVENT: Boston Marathon 2014 EVENT DATE: Apr 21, 2014 DAYS TO GO: 128 THE STORY: I am running ONE LAST TIME!!!  After volunteering at … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2127 Postcard. Caption on front: Eaton Square showing First Parish Church, Dorchester, Mass.  Postmarked July 29, [probably about 1910], with one-cent stamp.  On verso: The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City. Printed in Germany 56490 Note: … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2126 1894 advertisement for Mellins Food with illustration of Marian Louise Bowker, Neponset, Mass. By the 1890s the most popular by far of the powders to be added to milk was Mellins Food, developed … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2125 In the 1860s you could buy 4 tons of coal for $36. ____ The Dorchester Illustration of the Day (DIOTD) is sent weekdays. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please reply to … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2124 In 1919, the park at Savin Hill beach was renamed for Dorchester native Joseph W. McConnell, a US Army captain who had been killed in action in France in 1918 and awarded the … Continue reading →