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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1791   Amos Upham opened his store in the 1820s on the corner of Columbia Road (then still named Boston Street and Dudley Street.  In the mid-19th century the company was renamed for Amos’ … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1790   Crescent Market, 757 Dudley Street, Upham’s Corner. Crescent Market, dealers in Fresh and Salt Meats of every description, Choice Fruit, Vegetables, etc., No. 757 Dudley Street, Upham’s Corner is an excellent place … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1789 View of Baker Chocolate Stone Mill from Milton side of Neponset River. Photograph with label on back: Adams Street & Baker’s Court. Walter Baker Stone Mill (right), Cook & Scott Woolen Cleansing Mill, … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1788   Disco singer Donna Summer passed away on Thursday. Donna Summer won five Grammys and sold more than 130 million records worldwide. Her career took off in the mid 1970s, and she became … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1787   Sometimes when we drive around Dorchester we concentrate so much on the traffic that we don’t see the monuments and the artwork displayed on our streets.  Today we have the World War … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1786   Endicott School Building The Bridge Boston Charter School will occupy the former Endicott School Building, beginning this summer. The new school will serve 108 students in pre-K through first grade and add … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1785   In the era of trolley cars, the building occupied by Yale Electric today was once the power house for the Boston Elevated Railway Company. ____ The Dorchester Illustration of the Day (DIOTD) … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1784   Today we have a photo of Richard Clapp’s house, which was located on Columbia Road approximately where the Russell School is today across from the Blake House. The following is from The … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1783   Postard circa 1910 of Savin Hill Depot.  The illustration of the blimp in the sky seems to be printed on the card but printed in a different way than the rest of … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1782   Today’s illustration is a copy of an advertisement for a Henderson Footwarmer from 1912.  The Dorchester Pottery company was founded in 1895 by George Henderson to produce commercial and industrial stoneware.  Its … Continue reading →