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Dorchester Illustration 2745  Radio in the Bathroom

Posted on November 2, 2025 by earltaylor

Today’s image shows Belle Hunneman posing in a bathtub while listening to a radio.  The photograph was distributed for publication by International News Reel in 1922.    The caption pasted to the back of the photo reads: “Where music is next … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2744 Dorchester Pottery’s Character Jug

Posted on October 26, 2025 by earltaylor

The Dorchester Pottery opened in Dorchester in 1896 and closed in the early 1970s. They called themselves the only stoneware pottery in New England. Wikipedia says that stoneware is a “broad class of pottery fired at a relatively high temperature, … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2743 Victory Road Park

Posted on October 19, 2025 by earltaylor

Today’s illustration is about the creation Victory Road Park. The photograph with the title, “Rock and earth dam at Tenean Beach” comes from the Boston Herald, June 25, 1970.  The caption reads: “Earth and rock dam in Dorchester was constructed yesterday by … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2742 Lawley Shipyard

Posted on October 12, 2025 by earltaylor

George Lawley, Sr. (1823-1915), who came from a family of boat-builders in Limehouse (London), England, found his first job in America with the East Boston ship designer, Donald McKay. After fifteen years in 1866, Lawley and fellow worker William Maybury … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2741 Edmund Tarbell In the Orchard

Posted on October 5, 2025 by earltaylor

The continued warm weather reminds me there isn’t much more time this season to enjoy the outdoors. The painting In the Orchard by Edmund Tarbell is set in a Dorchester landscape somewhere between Adams Street and Carruth Street. The paintings … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2740 Samuel Downer

Posted on September 28, 2025 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2740 Samuel Downer  Samuel Downer was born in Dorchester in 1807. He was a partner with his father in a West India goods commercial house. Later, Samuel was a manufacturer of sperm whale oil and candles. Many men … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2739 Zebedee Cooke, Jr. 

Posted on September 21, 2025 by earltaylor

Zebedee Cooke, Jr., was another of Dorchester’s experimenters in agriculture. His last name was sometimes spelled without the “e.”  He lived at Cook’s Hill, on the west side of the Dorchester Turnpike (Dorchester Avenue) approximately where Columbia Road crosses the … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2738 Cheever Newhall

Posted on September 14, 2025 by earltaylor

John and Cheever Newhall were born in Lynn, Massachusetts. In 1824, Cheever bought a house with extensive grounds on the north side of Ashmont Street, nearly opposite Carruth Street, approximately where the Dorchester Calvary Baptist Church now stands. John Newhall … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2737 Mary Green

Posted on September 7, 2025 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2737 Mary Greene  The season for elections seems like a good time to tell the story of Mary Geene, Mrs. Vincent L. Greene. Mary Greene was nearly always referred to as Mrs. Vincent L. Greene. Using the husband’s … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2736 John Barnard Swett Jackson

Posted on August 31, 2025 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2736  John Barnard Swett Jackson  Today’s illustration is a portrait of John Barnard Swett Jackson and a recent image of his house at 10 Pleasant St. Jackson was born in Boston on June 5, 1806. He graduated from … Continue reading →

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