Dorchester Illustration no. 2233 Putnam Nail

Posted on January 24, 2016 by earltaylor

2233 Putnam Nail Caught in the Storm

Dorchester Illustration no. 2233

Today we have a trade card from the Putnam Horse Shoe Nail Company series with horse-related images from the late 19th century.

Putnam Nail was located at the tip of Port Norfolk.

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Dorchester Illustration 2232 Chamberlain Pharmacy

Posted on January 17, 2016 by earltaylor

2232 Chamberlain pharmacy 357 Adams Street

Dorchester Illustration no. 2232

This realphoto postcard shows the pharmacy of W. H. Chamberlain at 357 Adams Street, corner of Parkman Street (where the locksmith is today).   The bakery belonging to John L. Whytal Jr. appears to the right at 353 Adams Street.  The postmark seems to be from December 1905.  The 1905 city directory shows both of these businesses at these locations, although both had other locations as well — Chamberlain at 73 Green Street and Whytal at 413 Geneva.

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Dorchester Illustration 2231 Shawmut Station

Posted on January 10, 2016 by earltaylor

2231 Westerly exposure to Shawmut Railroad Station, March 1926

Dorchester Illustration no. 2231

This view from 1926 shows that the old Shawmut Station faced the tracks, which were at grade.  Two years later the tracks were put below ground, and a new brick station house replaced this wooden building.

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Dorchester Illustration 2230 Ashmont Street

Posted on January 3, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2230

The attached realphoto postcard shows a section of Ashmont Street looking east from the corner of Carruth Street.  Postmarked Dec. 12, 1911.

2230 Ashmont Street at corner of CarruthThe buildings are in order 281, 283 and 285 Ashmont Street.  Number 285, the Charles and Adelaide Kittredge house, was lost to fire in the 1930s or 40s.  The house appears in the 1933 atlas.  There are building permits from 1949 for the three houses that took the place of Number 285.  These three are now numbered 289, 291 and 297.

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2229

Posted on December 27, 2015 by earltaylor

2229 Baker Chocolate cocoa tin

Dorchester Illustration no. 2229

Baker Chocolate tin that contained 1/2 pound of cocoa.

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Dorchester Illustration 2228 Harring and Teele

Posted on December 20, 2015 by earltaylor

2228 Harring & Teele druggist 1 Harvard Street at Washington

Dorchester Illustration no. 2228

Realphoto postcard showing Harring & Teel, druggists at 1 Harvard Street, located at the corner of Washington Street (Four Corners), ca. 1910.

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Dorchester Illustration 2227 Barden Cream

Posted on December 13, 2015 by earltaylor

2227 Barden Cream carriage with Edward Stern in front

Dorchester Illustration no. 2227

Dorchester’s Barden Cream delivery wagon with Edward Stern at the front.

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December 13, 2015 Holiday Party 2-4 pm

Posted on December 7, 2015 by earltaylor

illus for December announcement for Reporter

DHS members and friends gather to ring in this holiday season at the annual Holiday Open House. Dorchester-based pianist Bil Mooney-McCoy will play music of the holiday season and lead the gathering in a lively carol sing.  Enjoy food, good company and shopping in our specialty gift shop.

 

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Dorchester Illustration 2226 Boys with Blocks

Posted on December 6, 2015 by earltaylor

2226 Two boys in chairs with large blocks on table Franklin Park pho

Dorchester Illustration no. 2226

This photograph was taken at Franklin Park photographers.  Presumably the boys shown were residents of the surrounding area.  Can anyone help identify them?

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Dorchester Illustration 225 Market at Mt Bowdoin Station

Posted on November 29, 2015 by earltaylor

2225 Store at Mt Bowdoin designed by W Whitney Lewis

Dorchester Illustration no. 2225

Here is the store at Mt. Bowdoin station, the second of two deisgned by Architect W. Whitney Lewis in the 1880s.

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