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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2006 Williams Motor Co., used car company whose business card says they are  located at 815 Gallivan Boulevard at Neponset Circle about where the parking lot for Staples is today.  The photo above seems … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2005 Photograph of 10 Radford Lane looking up at the backs of houses on Carruth Street. The house at the very left is 33 Carruth Street at the corner of Carruth and Radford Lane.  … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2004 Photograph of the yard of the Nathan Carruth House, formerly at the top of the hill between Beaumont and Elmer Streets. ____ The Dorchester Illustration of the Day (DIOTD) is sent weekdays. If … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2003 Scan of advertisement for Winthrop Hall in Dorchester Woman’s Club Cook-Book 1897. Winthrop Hall was located at 570-572 Columbia Road where the Citizens Bank building is located today.  In the scan the stone … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2002 Residence of City Alderman Charles V. Whitten at 321 Centre Street.  Scan of clipping from Boston of To-day, published in the 1890s.  The building was later used as a sanatorium by a Dr. … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2001 Scan of photograph published in the 1890s of 2157 Dorchester Avenue (now across from the driveway entrance to Carney Hospital, although the Hospital was not there at this time).  Built between 1889 and … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2000 In this third series of the Dorchester Illustration of the Day we have reached the number 2000.  Thank you all for continuing to ready the daily messages. The photo displayed today shows no. … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1999 Photograph of Macks at Park Street furnished by Leo Sullivan.  Does anyone know the approximate date? ____ The Dorchester Illustration of the Day (DIOTD) is sent weekdays. If you receive this e-mail by … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1998 We have seen Ashmont Hall in the past from its north side. Here is the south side. Known as Ashmont Hall, this bungalow-type building housed “elegant social evenings,” children’s dancing classes, a neighborhood … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1997 Scan of photograph of bus on Park Street dated June 2, 1932. Courtesy of Frank Norton. ____ The Dorchester Illustration of the Day (DIOTD) is sent weekdays. If you receive this e-mail by … Continue reading →