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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1977 My favorite winter scene. ____ The Dorchester Illustration of the Day (DIOTD) is sent weekdays. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please reply to be taken off the e-mail list. If you … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1976 Scan of photograph of F.W.G. May House Adams Street in scrapbook owned by Dorch. Hist. Soc. entitled Old Dorchester 1888.  The house still stands at 69 Adams Street crowded by later house.  Most … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1975 Photograph of trolley car: Field’s Corner via Hampden & Washington Sts.  Sign on front of car: Field’s Corner 1878. ____ The Dorchester Illustration of the Day (DIOTD) is sent weekdays. If you receive … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1974 The Dorchester Atheneum was a private subscription library organized in 1856 and located at the corner of East Cottage Pleasant and Pond Streets. In March, 1856, several gentlemen in the north part of … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1973 And here is another Barden Cream jar or bottle. ____ 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. 1972 The Roger Clap School is shown newly built in 1896. 35 Harvest Street, Dorchester, William H. Besarick, Architect Roger Clap (1609-1691) came to Dorchester with the first settlers in 1630. His house, built … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1971 here’s a Dorchester boy from http://matherproject.org/node/36 Biography: Increase Mather (1639-1723) INCREASE MATHER (1639-1723). Even more than his illustrious son Cotton, Increase Mather, is representative of American Puritanism in seventeenth-century New England. As a … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1970 Paul DeLorey says that the houses in the illustration yesterday are on the corner of Ashmont and Burgoyne. Postcard. Caption on front: Ostriches Franklin Park, Boston, Mass. 3917.  Postally unused.  On verso: Pub. … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1969 Does anyone know where on Ashmont Street these houses might be? ____ The Dorchester Illustration of the Day (DIOTD) is sent weekdays. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please reply to be … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1967 Does anyone know where the Dirigo Cream Co or Barden Cream Company was located? ____ The Dorchester Illustration of the Day (DIOTD) is sent weekdays. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please … Continue reading →