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7 pm at Dorchester Historical Society, 195 Boston Street, Dorchester A talk by James O’Toole, Professor and Clough Millenium Chair in History at Boston College and author of The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America (2008), among other titles.  … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1967 This 1938 photo has no identifying information other than the date, but I think it can only be 121-123 Bowdoin Street.  The bottom photo of 121-123 Bowdoin Street is from 2005. ____ The … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1966 Postcard. Caption on front: Gynmasium at Franklin Field, Boston, Mass.  [sic].  Postally unused.  With clipping pasted on back: Franklin Park has an area of 527 acres and Franklin Field has 77 acres. ____ … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1965 Pauline Frederick was a Dorchester girl who became an actress of stage and screen.  Her most famous role was as Madame X, a film made in 1920. Madame X (1920) Goldwyn Pictures Corp; … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1964 Seventeenth-century military hero Humphrey Atherton met an ignominious death when his horse stumbled over a cow. The following inscription can be found on Humphrey Atherton’s tomb in Dorchester Old North Burying Ground: Hear … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1963 1783 tax bill expressed in pounds, shilling and pence. ____ 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. 1962 The granary building was a storehouse for equipping ships at Commercial Point.   It was called the granary because it was built from materials that came from the granary building formerly occupying the site … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1961 The third Unitarian Church in Dorchester was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Nesponset Avenue and Mill Street.  The building was in place before1874 but went into private ownership before … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1960 Postcard. Caption on front: Hallet & Davis Piano Factory, Dorchester.  Roper-photo.  Postally unused.  The building, which  is now known as the Keystone Building was built between 1910 and 1918.  It  is perhaps best … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1959 Pope’s Hill Station was located approximately where the Murphy School is located today. Illustration in The New Haven Railroad’s Old Colony Division / By Robert A. Liljestrand. Ansonia, CT : Bob’s Photo, 2000. … Continue reading →