Monthly Archives: January 2016

Feb. 21, 2016 The Black Community of Colonial Dorchester and Boston

Posted on January 31, 2016 by earltaylor

February 21, 2016 2 pm at the Dorchester Historical Society, 195 Boston Street Open to the public In the 1650s, Sebastian Kane was a landowner in Dorchester. He was also a person of color. Local historian Alex Goldfeld will present … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2234 Blaney Baptist Church

Posted on January 31, 2016 by earltaylor

Dorchester Illustration no. 2234 Postcard. Caption on front: Blaney Memorial Baptist Church & Parsonage, Dorchester Lower Mills, Mass. Circa 1910. Located at 60 Richmond Street, the Blaney Memorial Baptist Church was organized November 13, 1882, with a membership of twenty-five. … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2233 Putnam Nail

Posted on January 24, 2016 by earltaylor

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. _____ The Dorchester Illustration … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2232 Chamberlain Pharmacy

Posted on January 17, 2016 by earltaylor

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 … Continue reading →

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Dorchester Illustration 2231 Shawmut Station

Posted on January 10, 2016 by earltaylor

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. … Continue reading →

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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. The buildings are in order 281, 283 and 285 Ashmont Street.  Number 285, the … Continue reading →

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