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Dorchester Illustration 2646, Tileston House, a Military Hero’s Home

Tileston House a Military Hero’s Home Dorchester Illustration 2646 Text from Carole Mooney The house in this illustration may look familiar, you can see it when leaving the Shaw’s Market parking lot. The house at 13 River Street was built … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2501 Fire Station on River Street

Dorchester Illustration no. 2501  Fire Station on River Street When Dorchester was a separate town from Boston, the fire station at Lower Mills had the name Fountain Engine no. 1.  In the early 1880s the City replaced a wooden fire … Continue reading

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Charles Russell Cavanagh

Charles Russell Cavanagh World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Charles Russell Cavanagh, known as Russell, was born on January 2, 1899, at 13 River Street in Lower Mills, to Charles R. and Elizabeth G. (Herman) Cavanagh. Both parents were … Continue reading

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Clarence Fulton Ashe

Clarence Fulton Ashe World War I Veteran By Camille Arbogast Clarence Fulton Ashe was born on July 27, 1890, in Saint John, New Brunswick, to Annibel Meribah (Steeves), known as Annie, and John Wilkinson Ashe. John and Annie married in … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2348 Leslie Moore

Dorchester Illustration no. 2348    Leslie Moore At the Dorchester Historical Society, we are in the process of a year-long project to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of World War I. Using a collection of photographs we have of World War … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration no. 2155 Looking from River Street toward Pierce Square

Postcard Realphoto. Caption on front: River St.  Postmark: Dec. 6, 1911.   Anthony Sammarco in his book Dorchester Then and Now dates the view as 1895 and says the stores along Washington Street are, from right to left, Miss Cooks … Continue reading

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