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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1781   Photograph of man doing handstand on MDC sign on Malibu Beach ca. 1950 ____ The Dorchester Illustration of the Day (DIOTD) is sent weekdays. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1780   Last evening the Boston Landmarks Commission approved the nomination of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church to the National Register of Historic Places based on the contribution of the church complex to the local … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1779   Yesterday, we saw a painting of Savin Hill, and today we have an electro-type version of that painting from Antique Views of Ye Towne of Boston by James Henry Stark.  First published … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1778   The painting of Savin Hill is by Michael Olcott Barry.    Savin Hill 1830 represents one of the finest accomplishments of 19th century landscape artistry in Dorchester.  In this painting we see Savin … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1777   Today we have a painting of Savin Hill from approximately the same view point as yesterday’s illustration of the railroad bridge.  It is called Dorchester 1856.  “This is one of Edward Mitchell … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1776   In 1855 this engraving was printed in Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, showing an Old Colony Railroad train on the bridge in front of Savin Hill.  The bridge crossed over the water and … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1775   Today we have a postcard showing Franklin Park. Postcard. Caption on front: Road Scene, Franklin Park, Boston, Mass. Postmarked Apr 5, 1907 Roxbury Station with one-cent stamp.  On verso: Made in Germany. … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1774   Gladys Edson Locke lived for many years at 33 Grampian Way at the top of Savin Hill with a magnificent view of the city.  She tried her hand at writing detective / … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1773   Photograph of the Bird Sawyer House published in Pathways of the Puritans. Compiled under the Direction of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission and published by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Second edition, … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1772   Perez and Sarah Morton had their house built in 1796 at a location that today would be approximately 600 Dudley Street (then called Stoughton Street).  The Mortons moved from Boston to the … Continue reading →