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June 21 Anthony Sammarco: A Compendium 6-21-2011

Anthony Sammarco. On Tuesday, June 21, at 7 p.m., local author Anthony Sammarco will speak about his new book Dorchester: A Compendium. Free and open to the public, at DHS Headquarters, 195 Boston Street. (If you want to buy a … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1550 St. Paul’s Church

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1550 Scan of title page illustration of St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church in St. Paul’s Cook Book. Mattapan, [1914?] and a 2011 photo of St. Paul Victory Church Assembly of God.  The building is located … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day, no. 1549 Robinson House

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1549 Note: Would anyone like to march with the Dorchester Historical Society in the Dorchester Day Parade? Yesterday we saw Lemuel Robinson’s Tavern.  Today we have another Robinson property, but I can’t tell if … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1548 Robinson Tavern

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1548 Brick in the Edward A. Huebener Brick Collection at the Dorchester Historical Society was taken from the Robinson Tavern building and an artist painted the picture of the tavern on the face of the … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1547

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1547 Another of those quirky postcards. Postcard. Caption on front: To This Little Town of Dorchester, There Surely is Some Style.  Postmarked Feb. 9, 1917. With one-cent stamp.  On verso: The picture [picture of … Continue reading

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Dorchester Descendants Blake House Birthday

Join us at the James Blake House on June 25th at noon for the 350th birthday of the construction of the house. 735 Columbia Road in Richardson Park

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