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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1767   Last year we saw the Elbridge Smith School from a distance, but today we have a newly acquired close-up.  This school building was in place at the corner of Dorchester Avenue and … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1766 Excerpts from Fire From the Sky By Evan McLeod Wylie From the July 1988 issue of Yankee. new.yankeemagazine.com/article/fire-sky June 26, 1987 Near Lonsdale Street a security guard saw a plane with its engines … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1765   Chemistry class at Dorchester High School in 1901. _____ The Dorchester Illustration of the Day (DIOTD) is sent weekdays. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please reply to be taken off … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1764   We received news this week of far-flung descendants of Timothy J. McCarthy, a Dorchester resident who perished on the Titanic.  Karen Killoren in Austin, TX, appeared in the video noted below, and … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1763   Today’s illustration shows the Dorchester High School girls’ gym class about 1901. Photo from City of Boston Archives: http://cityofbostonarchives.tumblr.com/ _____ The Dorchester Illustration of the Day (DIOTD) is sent weekdays. If you … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1762 The Dorchester Reporter last week carried a story about Douglas MacKinnon.  Dorchester Reporter, April 5, 2012: Memoir with a Message: Dot native MacKinnon tells of rough-and-tumble journey. By Bill Forry. The article begins: … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1761   Yesterday we saw the Lucy Stone School, one of two school buildings that the Roxbury Prep Charter School will begin to use.  Today we have the other one: the Quincy E. Dickerman … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1760   The building in the lower part of today’s illustration was built in 1937, and this week the Dorchester Reporter announced that the Roxbury Prep Charter School will expand to the Lucy Stone … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1759   Students from the North Bennet Street School repaired windows at the First Parish Church.  The First Parish Church’s steps in the plan for restoring the building are as follows. The Massachusetts Historical … Continue reading →