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Dorchester Illustration no. 2220 Strand Theatre program 1929 Clara Bow appears in The Saturday Night Kid, November, 1929, at the Strand Theatre. The Strand Theatre was constructed on the site of the former Dyer mansion. The Strand opened on November … Continue reading →

Dorchester and the American Pipe Organ: Restoring E.M. Skinner’s Opus 708 for All Saints, Ashmont Sunday, November 8, 2015, 2 p.m. A talk by Skinner organ expert Jonathan Ambrosino and a demonstration of the organ by All Saints’ Organist Andrew … Continue reading →

  Dorchester Illustration no. 2218 St. Matthew’s Church In 1888 Father Fitzpatrick of St. Gregory’s bought a lot of land at the corner of Norfolk and Darlington Streets, and two years later opened a temporary church on the site at … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2217 Upham’s Corner Today we have a view of Upham’s Corner showing Winthrop Hall on the left.  The Dorchester Savings Bank building replaced Winthrop Hall. _____ The Dorchester Illustration is sent occasionally. If you receive this e-mail … Continue reading →

A Pleasant Home for the Neglected: The Archaeology of Dorchester’s Industrial School for Girls. October 18, 2015, 2 pm, at the William Clapp House, 195 Boston Street City Archaeologist, Joe Bagley, shares early results from his team’s archaeological survey behind … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2216 Andrew Oliver Andrew Oliver appears at the right in this copy of a painting at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.  Oliver was Lieutenant Governor of the Massachusetts leading up to the Revolution and was a … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration no. 2215 Today’s illustration shows the J P O’Connell masons’ supplies building at a railroad crossing on Freeport Street in the 19 teens.  This was before the T took over.  The line was owned by the New York, … Continue reading →