One of the featured insets on the 1858 Map of Norfolk County is the “Residence of D. B. Stedman, Esq. Savin Hill, Dorchester. No. 2367 D. Residence of D. B. Stedman, Esq. Daniel B. Stedman was an importer of crockery and glass with a business address of 10 Summer...
High Schools In 1850 the subject of a high school was again agitated, –this time with more success. One hundred and eighty-three tax-payers of the town signed a petition asking the school committee ‘to recommend to the town the immediate establishment of a...
William G. Walsh Playground The William G. Walsh Playground at Washington Street and Clancy Street was dedicated in his honor in 1951. See The Boston Globe, May 12, 1951. No. 22712 William Gary Walsh William Gary Walsh – Gunnery Sergeant, United States Marine Corps...
Charles Barnard Fox, 1833-1895 Fox lived at 231 Fuller Street. No. 22711 Colonel Charles Barnard Fox from http://foresthillstrust.blogspot.com/2010/11/colonel-charles-barnard-fox.html With the sensationalism garnered in the movie “Glory,” we reveled in the drama and...
Bear Dens No. 2761 Postcard. Caption on front: Bear Dens, Zoological Gardens, Franklin Park, Boston, Mass. Postmarked Jul 14, 1915 with one cent stamp. On verso: Mfd. by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass. The Bear Dens at Zoological Gardens, Franklin Park. The zoo is...
