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April 23, 2017 The Old Overholt and Other Stories

Posted on April 8, 2017 by earltaylor

The Old Overholt and Other Stories Sunday, April 23, 2017, 2 pm, at the William Clapp House, 195 Boston Street Michaela Casey will talk about growing up in Dorchester, about how her family influenced and inspired her book, and about … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2294 Upham Store

Posted on April 5, 2017 by earltaylor

Today’s illustration is a photograph showing the view from the corner of the Old Dorchester North Burying Ground before the current brick wall on the border of the cemetery was installed. It shows the intersection of Columbia Road and Stoughton … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2293 1138 Adams Street

Posted on March 26, 2017 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2293 1138 Adams Street This realphoto postcard shows the home of R. M. Davis at 1138 Adams Street about 1910. Notice the window hoods, the divided panes in the windows, the brackets in the gables, the shutters … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration #2292 Mattapan Bridge

Posted on March 19, 2017 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2292 Mattapan Bridge Today’s illustration is a postcard that shows the bridge from Dorchester’s Mattapan Square across the Neponset to Milton. It is unusual to find a photographer’s name on a postcard. Although Frederick Frizell was a … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2291 Catharine Clapp in Parlor

Posted on March 12, 2017 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2291 Catharine Clapp in Lemuel Clap House One-half of a stereoview card showing Catharine Clapp in the parlor of the Lemuel Clap House. In the late 18th to early 19th century, the family began using Clapp, … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2290 Young Preacher

Posted on March 5, 2017 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2290 Young Preacher Photograph – caption on verso: On verso: May 6, 1924. Girl Preacher Travels Dens of Moonshiners. Miss Lorna G Townsend, a pretty Dorchester, Mass, girl preacher, who, with her license in her pocket … Continue reading →

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Dorchester lllustration 2289 Burrill’s Tooth Powder

Posted on February 26, 2017 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2289 Burrill’s Tooth Powder Postcard. Capton on front: Blue Hill Ave., near Franklin Field, Dorchester, Mass. With illustration of billboard for Burrill’s Tooth Powder. Postmarked Dec. 10, 1910. On verso: advertising message written as if from … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2288 Bookkeeping Class 1892

Posted on February 19, 2017 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2288 Bookkeeping Class Bookkeeping class at the H. L. Pierce Grammar School, 1892. The Pierce School was located where the Codman Square Branch of the Boston Public Library is located today at the corner of Washington … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2287 Soldiers Monument

Posted on February 5, 2017 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2287 Soldiers Monument The following is from Monuments, Tablets and Other Memorials Erected in Massachusetts to Commemorate the Services of Her Sons n the War of the Rebellion, 1816-1865. Collected and Arranged by Alfred S. Roe. … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2286 St Williams Church

Posted on January 29, 2017 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2286 St. Williams Church St. William’s became its own Parish in 1909, when it was set off from St. Peter’s; it consisted of territory south of St. Margaret’s nearly to Glover’s Corner, and included the Savin … Continue reading →

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