Dorchester Historical Society

Dorchester Illustration no. 2205

Attached please find the invitation to the Dorchester Historical Society’s fundraiser scheduled for September 20, 2015, 4 to 6 pm at the new Boston Harbor Distillery in Port Norfolk.

Why should you attend?

1) support the Dorchester Historical Society Preservation Fund for the renovation of its buildings

2) have a great time touring this new Dorchester business and tasting samples of their products

3) marvel at the handmade craftsmanship of the structure of a building that served as a manufacturing facility for Putnam Horseshoe Nails, Lawley Yachts, and Seymour Ice Cream, seen only by employees in the distant past

4) enjoy the light fare from Ashmont Grill (rumors are that the treats will have themes matching the historic industries just like the Distillery’s products, matching the Putnam New England Whiskey, Lawley’s New England Spirit, Seymour’s Local Roast Coffee Liqueur and more

5) be current with what’s happening in the community whether you live in Dorchester or have moved to the suburbs

6) this will be the event of the year and is the easiest way you will ever learn your history — by eating and drinking it!

You can obtain tickets on the Society’s website www.dorchesterhistoricalsocietyblog.org – scroll down on the home page.  You can use PayPal or a credit card.  Or you can mail to Dorchester Historical Society, 195 Boston Street, Dorchester, MA 02125.  Questions? Call Earl Taylor 617 293-3052.

Don’t wait.  Attendance is limited. You don’t want to miss out.

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2204

Find out about Horsheshoe Nails, Yachts and Nutty Buddys on September 20th.  Save the date.

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If you value receiving the illustration, please express your appreciation by making a donation to the Dorchester Historical Society, either by regular mail at 195 Boston Street, Dorchester, MA 02125, or through the website at www.DorchesterHistoricalSociety.org

Dorchester Illustration no. 2202

Find out about Horsheshoe Nails, Yachts and Nutty Buddys on September 20th.  Save the date.

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If you value receiving the illustration, please express your appreciation by making a donation to the Dorchester Historical Society, either by regular mail at 195 Boston Street, Dorchester, MA 02125, or through the website at www.DorchesterHistoricalSociety.org

Dorchester Illustration no. 2202

Nutty Buddys

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2201

Yachts

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2200

Putnam Nails

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2199

Photograph showing truck and storefront for the Uphams Corner Vulcanizing Co. at 564 Columbia Road.  The proprietor of the business, Joseph Aloysius Sweeney is leaning against the lamp pole.

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2198

St. Gregory’s School appeared in American Architect and Building News, March 20, 1918.

Francis X. Dolan became the pastor of St. Gregory’s in 1914. He undertook the construction of a grammar school which opened in 1915. A convent was opened in 1921.

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2197

Irving Colpack

Caption on verso: Dorchester Yout Wins Newsboys Harvard Scholarship.  Irving Colpack a newsboy of the Dorchester District of Boston was the winner of this year’s scholarship to Harvard University.  The scholarship was founded in 1906 by the Boston Newsboys Protective Union and covers the cost of the first year’s tuition.  It is awarded to the boy who passes the Harvard admission examinations with the highest percentage.  Colpack is a graduate of the Boston Latin School.  9/10/25

The following is from:

from: http://cambridgehistoricaltours.org/about-us/our-guides/irving-kolpeck/

Irving Colpack , 1908-1930

Born in 1908, Irving Colpack lived in Dorchester, MA with his two older brothers.  Like his brothers before him, he was a newsboy who delivered 200 newspapers on weekdays and 400 copies of the Sunday edition weekly.  In 1925 he was accepted to Harvard and received the Boston News Protective Union’s Harvard Scholarship for being the newsboy in the Boston area with the highest marks on his Harvard entrance exam.  He graduated from Harvard and went on to pursue his Masters at the University of Chicago.  He passed away one year into his studies in Chicago.

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2196

St. Matthew’s Church appeared in American Architect and Building News, March 20, 1918.

In 1888 Father Fitzpatrick of St. Gregory’s bought a lot of land at the corner of Norfolk and Darlington Streets, and two years later opened a temporary church on the site. It opened on Christmas Day, 1890, and remained as a ward of St. Gregory’s until it became St. Matthew’s Parish in 1900. The new Saint Matthew’s on Stanton Street was the creation of Father John A. Donnelly, 1907-1923, the second pastor of the parish, and the new church building was ready for use in 1923.

St. Matthew’s was designed by Cambridge architect, Charles Greco, who designed many church buildings, Catholic and Jewish, in Boston, Cleveland, Miami, Brockton, Jamaica Plain (Immaculate Conception) and Cambridge. He also built fire houses in Cambridge.

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