Tag Archives: Columbia Road

Dorchester Illustration 2637, 478 Columbia Road Then and Now

Posted on October 8, 2023 by earltaylor

The house at 478 Columbia Road was built in the mid-nineteenth century. Today’s vintage photo is from about 1880.Note the differences in the modern image. William B. Bradlee, Jr., a lard oil manufacturer turned druggist, was one of the early … Continue reading →

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George Walter Adlard

Posted on January 23, 2021 by earltaylor

George Walter Adlard World War I Veteran By Camile Arbogast George Walter Adlard was born on April 16, 1894, in Brooklyn, New York, to Charlotte M. (Geezer), known as Lotte, and Walter Adlard. Lotte and Walter were born in Brooklyn … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2306 Cars Decorated for Parade

Posted on June 25, 2017 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2306           Cars Decorated for Parade, 1915 Today we have a photograph of two cars from 1915 with flags facing the wrong way on Columbia Road, and the display advertisement from the 1913 Boston City Directory for R.S. … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2294 Upham Store

Posted on April 5, 2017 by earltaylor

Today’s illustration is a photograph showing the view from the corner of the Old Dorchester North Burying Ground before the current brick wall on the border of the cemetery was installed. It shows the intersection of Columbia Road and Stoughton … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2258 Holden House

Posted on July 17, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2258    Holden House near Upham’s Corner The house of the Holden family stood on Columbia Road opposite Albright Ct. (now Annabel Street). Between 1884 and 1889, the house was taken down, and the property was sub-divided to … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2256 Columbia Road at Bellevue

Posted on July 3, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2256    Columbia Road at Bellevue Photograph of Roy Wilkes, bay pacing gelding. Owned by Solly Wolfson. Published in The Dorchester Gentlemen’s Driving Club. Year Book 1905. Edited and compiled by Ernest H. Morgan. The house in the … Continue reading →

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