Monthly Archives: January 2022

Dorchester Illustration 2551 Wooden Snow Shovels

Posted on January 30, 2022 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration 2551 Wooden Snow Shovels Many of you are waking up to the task of dealing with the snow from yesterday’s storm. Today’s photo shows snow shovels in the collection of the Dorchester Historical Society.  They are displayed in … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2550 Hendries Restaurant

Posted on January 23, 2022 by earltaylor

Today’s illustration shows two views of the former Hendrie’s Restaurant, which was located on Talbot Avenue near Blue Hill Avenue. The section of Talbot Avenue from Blue Hill Avenue to Codman Square was laid out in 1888.  The building was … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2549 Gamewell Fire Alarm

Posted on January 16, 2022 by earltaylor

Gamewell Fire Alarm Advertisement in Fire Engineering magazine, April 1949, featuring a picture of eight-year-old Thomasina De Beneditto who pulled the fire box alarm when she observed a fire in a nearby factory in Dorchester, Massachusetts. In 1949, the Gamewell … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2547 Pennant Postcards

Posted on January 9, 2022 by earltaylor

Within the postcard industry in the early twentieth century, there was a subset of generic postcards with space for a town name to be printed or stamped with a rubber stamp.  We have two examples today, where the sender thought … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2546 Coal Schooner at Commercial Point

Posted on January 2, 2022 by earltaylor

Today’s illustration shows a four-master schooner delivering coal to the Cutter coal yard on Commercial Point. The location of the schooner in the photograph would be at the bottom of the detail from the 1898 atlas, just under the red … Continue reading →

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