Clay Brothers, Dealers in Groceries, Beef, Pork, Lard, Hams, Tripe, Smoked Beef, Tongues, Pigs’ Feet, Sausages, Poultry, Eggs, Beans, Vegetables, Pickles, Canned Fruit, Butter, Cheese, Fish Oysters. etc. 1159 to 1163 Washington Street, Ward 24, Dorchester, Mass. Telephone connection.
… operations were begun in 1869 …
From Picturesque Boston Highlands, Jamaica Plain and Dorchester. (New York : Mercantile Illustrating Co., 1895)