No. 12304 Bird’s-Eye View of Lower Mill, 1890 The Simpson Refrigerator Company was located on the north side of Sanford Street, Dorchester (Boston),Massachusetts, in the Lower Mills section. The factory would have been located approximately at 53-57 Sanford...
No. 3612 Image of the factory comes from the 1890 Bird’s-Eye View of Lower Mills Ariel M. Cain was born in 1845 in Dorchester. He served in the Civil War, 1861 to 1865, in the 42nd Regiment of the Massachusetts Infantry. In 1870, Ariel was working with his father...
Lincoln’s Visit to Dorchester No. 23264 Map showing Lincoln’s visit to the area In 1848 Abraham Lincoln came to the northeast to campaign for the candidacy of Zachary Taylor for the office of President of the United States. Taylor’s nomination was...
Israel Stoughton built Dorchester’s first mill in 1634. The Dorchester Town Records contain an entry for Monday, November 3, 1633 that says “It is generally agreed that Mr. Israel Stoughton shall build a water mill, if he see cause.”[1] By the following January, the...
Gilbert Stuart School No. 2744 Postcard. Caption on front: Gilbert Stuart School, Dorchester Lower Mills, Mass. Written out but not sent. On verso: Pub. by Thomson & Thomson, Boston, Mass. No. 1566. Printed in Germany.
