Dorchester Historical Society

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1669

Today’s illustration shows Joseph Healy in the Antarctic in 1941.

Official photograph U.S. Antarctic Service: Bleak Ramparts of the Antarctic.  ANTARCTIC–At the foot of one of the mountains which hide secrets of the polar region, Joseph D. Healy of Dorchester, Mass., member of the United States Antarctic Expedition, halts his sled team for a rest, while exploring the area.  Note the sledge-meter wheel which records distance covered, an important instrument for polar travel.  Members of the Expedition have returned from extensive exploration.  6/7/41

Joseph Healy was a contemporary of the Antarctic explorer Richard Byrd (1888-1957), under whose leadership he served as a member of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition, 1939-1941.  Apparently Cape Healy was named after him. The Cape is described as a prominent, square-shaped rock cape forming the N side of the entrance to Lamplugh Inlet, on the E coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by members of the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) who explored this coast by land and from the air in 1940. Named for Joseph D. Healy, member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1933-35, and dog driver at the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) East Base, 1939-41.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1668

The Methodist Episcopal Church near the corner of Washington Street and Richmond Street was organized in 1816. The building at the right in the illustration was built in 1874-75 and was taken down in 1966.

Postcard. Caption on front: Washington St. & Methodist Episcopal Church, Dorchester, Mass. Postmarked Sep 4, 1907.  Dorchester Center Station, Boston, Mass. With one cent stamp. On verso: No. H 12788 The Robbins Bros. Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1667

Postcard not posted, showing St. Brendan’s Roman Catholic Church on Gallivan Boulevard. The date is probably soon after the church was built in 1933.

From St. Brendan’s website:

“From our first Mass in a garage on the corner of Gallivan Blvd. and Granite Avenue  in 1929, until the present day, our parish has been under the patronage of St. Brendan the Navigator.  Much has changed since then.  A growing city has matured.  Families that moved here in the Depression have endured and expanded.  Homes that squeezed in families of five or eight children after WWII, now provide a quiet refuge for a mature couple. Their children have fanned out across the city and suburban developments.  Each decade has brought new blood which renews the houses and yards.  All of them are stamped with an ‘Originally From Dorchester’ trademark. They also have a master hallmark.  Like a master jeweler’s necklace, each family is a gem that shines about the cross of faith – the faith learned here at St. Brendan’s. …. St. Brendan’s had taken pride in its faith, its ethnic heritages and its strong community.”

~ Rev. Clifton Thuma

75th Anniversary, October 2004

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1666

View of Savin Hill depot.

Postcard. Caption on front: Savin Hill Depot, Dorchester, Mass. Postmarked Uphams Corner Station Aug. 6, 1909. With one cent stamp. On verso: Published by Putnam Art Co., 12 Pearl St., Boston. Hand colored. [Note: obviously the card is black & white and was never colored]

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1665

View of Dorchester Avenue at Savin Hill Avenue.

Postcard. Caption on front: General View of Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, Mass. [At bottom left of card is the number:] 1497. Postally unused. On verso: Pub. by German Novelty Co., Boston, Mass.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1664

Postcard. Caption on front: Henry L. Pierce School, Dorchester. Postally unused. Circa 1910.

The Henry L. Pierce School replaced the Welles Mansion at the corner of Washington Street and Welles Avenue in 1892. It was itself replaced after a fire in the 1970s by the Codman Square branch of the Boston Public Library.

Like the Fifield School and the Dochester High School for Boys, the Henry L. Pierce School was designed by Harrison Atwood.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1663

Postcard showing All Saints Church about 1910.

All Saints’ Episcopal Church began in 1867 as a mission of St. Mary’s Church and  was formed as a separate parish in Dorchester Lower Mills in 1874 in a wooden frame chapel built for the mission in 1871.

Colonel Oliver Peabody and his wife, Mary Lothrop Peabody, endowed All Saints’ with vast sums of money. In 1882 they paid to have the chapel moved along Dorchester Avenue from Lower Mills to Ashmont. They contributed eighty thousand toward the one hundred fifteen thousand dollars needed to build the new stone church in Peabody Square at 209 Ashmont Street from 1892 to 1894.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1662

Today we have a matchbook cover from the Venetian Gardens restaurant, which is perhaps the only establishment represented from our matchbook covers that is still in operation.  Located at 1269 Massachusetts Avenue near Edward Everett Square, it’s telephone number used to be COL 0020 or GEN 8895.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1661

The property at 321 Centre Street housed the Whitten estate, which was used in the early years of the 20^th century as Dr. Douglas’ Sanatorium.  A brick building, St. Joseph’s Home, now stands at this location.

Postcard. Caption on front: Dr. Douglas’ Sanatorium, 321 Centre Street, Dorchester, Mass. Near Field’s corner. Postmarked Nov 12, 1906. Dorchester Station, Boston. With one cent stamp.

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Friday, November 11^th, Veteran’s Day

Lecture and Opening of Photo Exhibit of World War I Servicemen

7 pm – Karen MacNutt, Retired Colonel in the National Guard, will speak about World War I and will display artifacts and clippings from the War.  The Society has prepared an exhibit of photos of World War I servicemen from Dorchester.  The Society has recently cataloged a photo album put together by a Dorchester doctor who examined local servicemen prior to their entrance into service.  The men later sent him photos of themselves.  Location: William Clapp House, 195 Boston Street

Saturday, November 12^th

              10 am – 2 pm   Exhibit of photos of World War I servicemen from Dorchester

                                       William Clapp House, 195 Boston Street

 Sunday, November 20^th

            11 am – 4 pm  

Open houses at William Clapp House, Lemuel Clap House, James  Blake House

Exhibit of photos of World War I servicemen from Dorchester, William Clapp House