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All_Saint_Episcopal_Church_and_the_Peabody_Apartment_building_at_Peabody_Square
Codman_Square
Codman_Square_Reading_Room_now_the_Great Hall
Codman_Square_Second_Church
Dorchester_High_School_later_Girls_Latin
Dorchester_Womens_Club_Centre_Street
Fields_Corner_Trolley_Car_Transfer_Station
Fountain_in_Eaton_Square_near_St_Peters
General_View_of_Dorchester_Avenue
Looking_west_along_Bowdoin_Street_from_Eaton_Square
Mattapan_Bridge
Neponset_River_Bridge_at_Neponset
Police_Station_and_Library_Lower_Mills
Soldiers_Monument_and_First_Church_on_Meeting_House_Hill
St_Gregorys_Roman_Catholic_Church
St_Margarets_Hospital
St_Peters_Roman_Catholic_Church_and_Parsonage
Tileston_School
Uphams_Corner
Walter_Bakers_Mill
Water_Front_Neponset
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  • Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1785 Power House

    Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1785   In the era of trolley cars, the building occupied by Yale Electric today was once the power house for the Boston Elevated Railway Company. ____ The Dorchester Illustration of the Day (DIOTD) … Continue reading →

  • Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1784 Richard Clapp House

    Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1784   Today we have a photo of Richard Clapp’s house, which was located on Columbia Road approximately where the Russell School is today across from the Blake House. The following is from The … Continue reading →

  • Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1783 Savin Hill Depot

    Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1783   Postard circa 1910 of Savin Hill Depot.  The illustration of the blimp in the sky seems to be printed on the card but printed in a different way than the rest of … Continue reading →

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