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Dorchester Illustration 2306 Cars Decorated for Parade

Dorchester Illustration no. 2306           Cars Decorated for Parade, 1915 Today we have a photograph of two cars from 1915 with flags facing the wrong way on Columbia Road, and the display advertisement from the 1913 Boston City Directory for R.S. … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2297 Upham’s Corner Comfort Station

Dorchester Illustration no. 2297                       Upham’s Corner Comfort Station Activating a Historic Site: Sip & Spoke Bike Kitchen’ at Old South Meeting House April 28th The Old South Meeting House is hosting “Activating a Historic Site: Sip & Spoke Bike Kitchen, Dorchester” … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2294 Upham Store

Today’s illustration is a photograph showing the view from the corner of the Old Dorchester North Burying Ground before the current brick wall on the border of the cemetery was installed. It shows the intersection of Columbia Road and Stoughton … Continue reading

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Dorchester Illustration 2257 Pierce Building at Upham’s Corner

  Dorchester Illustration no. 2257    Pierce Building at Upham’s Corner Anthony Sammarco has pointed out a mistake in last week’s Illustration. The house in the picture was not the Upham house but the Samuel B. Pierce House exactly across Columbia … Continue reading

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