Hamilton Fish Market, 243 Bowdoin Street
The Dorchester Beacon, October 26, 1907
Hamilton Fish Market
Dorchester headquarters for all kinds of fresh and salt fish, 243 Bowdoin Street
The Hamilton Fish Market at No. 243 Bowdoin Street, Dorchester, is the recognized headquarters for all kinds of salt, fresh pickled and smoked fish, etc. The market was established eight years ago and is owned and conducted by Eugene Clark, who came into possession two years ay. The store is large and is very neat, clean and attractive in appearance, with its marble counters and other handsome appointments. Mr. Clark always keeps a large and choice stock of all kinds of food from the sea, each in its season, including fresh, salt, pickled and smoked fish. oysters, clams and lobsters and also fresh water fish from the rivers and lakes. Where he secures his tine stock is a mystery most of his customers, bar he always has a generous supply, in almost infinite variety. He has facilities, also for keeping them in the pink of condition by placing them in huge ice boxes, where the hot air cannot reach them, even in the most tropical weather. His store is one the most popular and hest patronized among the food supply houses in Dorchester.
Mr. Clark was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, and came to Boston twenty-seven years ago. He has been connected with the fish business for the last eight years, and is an expert in that branch of trade. He Is now a man in middle life and is fall of energy, and activity. He employs three per sons and makes use of a wagon to deliver orders to the dwellings of his customers.