1880-1920
Geo.: Large: Mass.: Dorchester: Modern: Public and Commercial Buildings: Unmounted
GUSN-194932
Road work is underway at the intersection of Adams Street and Dorchester Avenue in front of various commercial buildings in Fields Corner, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts. According to the 1908 "Boston City Directory", Fred William Connolly owned a drugstore at 1436 Dorchester Avenue, and Robert H. Billings owned a drugstore at 1439 Dorchester Avenue. Other sources give Connolly's address as 1434 Dorchester Avenue. A small structure in the middle of the street bears several signs: "Real Estate"; "This building for sale, to be removed"; "M.E. White, electrician"; and "will remove to 1438 Dorchester Ave., room 3, Oct. 1st." There is also a poster for Dorchester Flower Day in the window. According to "The Boston Globe" articles of October 1913 and 1915, this was a fundraiser for local charities such as Dorchester House and the Dorchester Free Clinic.
intersections
commercial buildings
drugstores
streets
workers
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
DigitalID 000164
AccessID 243
Other identifier HNEDID-000164
1 photograph
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0090.003
1880s-1910s
Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Billings, Robert H.
White, M. E.
Connolly, Fred William, 1861-
R.H. Billings (Firm)
Connolly's Drug Store
Adams Street (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.)
Dorchester Avenue (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.)
Dorchester Flower Day
Kodak camera
streets -- maintenance and repair
Fields Corner (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.)
Item
Geo.: Large: Mass.: Dorchester: Modern: Public and Commercial Buildings: Unmounted
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