Monthly Archives: February 2017

Dorchester lllustration 2289 Burrill’s Tooth Powder

Dorchester Illustration no. 2289           Burrill’s Tooth Powder Postcard. Capton on front: Blue Hill Ave., near Franklin Field, Dorchester, Mass. With illustration of billboard for Burrill’s Tooth Powder.  Postmarked Dec. 10, 1910. On verso: advertising message written as if from … Continue reading

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March 19, 2017 Program: The New Bostonians

Program: Sunday, March 19, 2017 2 pm The William Clapp House, 195 Boston Street, Dorchester, MA 02125 Professor Marilynn S. Johnson from the Department of History at Boston College will speak about her work on urban social relations in late … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2288 Bookkeeping Class 1892

Dorchester Illustration no. 2288           Bookkeeping Class Bookkeeping class at the H. L. Pierce Grammar School, 1892. The Pierce School was located where the Codman Square Branch of the Boston Public Library is located today at the corner of Washington … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2287 Soldiers Monument

Dorchester Illustration no. 2287           Soldiers Monument The following is from Monuments, Tablets and Other Memorials Erected in Massachusetts to Commemorate the Services of Her Sons n the War of the Rebellion, 1816-1865. Collected and Arranged by Alfred S. Roe. … Continue reading

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