Contributor: Anita Marshall (ID# 328)

Me at 6 1/2 Months

Date: 1991 / 07 /

Contributor: Anita Marshall (ID# 328)

Me and Nana

I love my nana!

Date: 1992 / /

Contributor: Anita Marshall (ID# 328)

Me and Grandma

Cheese!

Date: 1992 / /

Contributor: Anita Marshall (ID# 328)

Ma and Uncle Ant

Date: 1977 / /

Contributor: Anita Marshall (ID# 328)

My Great-Great Grandma

She had 3 children. There were two girls, Anita and another and one boy, Buddy.

Date: 1953 / 05 /

Contributor: Anita Marshall (ID# 328)

My Uncle Buddy

Date: 1943 / 03 / 27

Contributor: Anita Marshall (ID# 328)

My Great-Great Grandfather

Date: 1930 / /

Contributor: Anita Marshall (ID# 328)

Anita Marshall at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show

Anita Marshall holding photos of herself and her family (Image# 16.1.1.jpg, Image# 16.1.4.jpg, Image# 16.1.7.jpg and Image# 16.1.5.jpg) at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show at the Dorchester Lower Mills Boston Public Library branch library on December 2, 2006.

Date: 2006 / 12 / 02

Contributor: Peggy Anne Canty (ID# 373)

Dorchester Girl, 15, Made Home Run for Babe's Autograph

On Sept 12, 1947, Babe Ruth autographed my baseball in Boston. He was here as a spokesman for Ford Motor Co. In August 1948, the newspaper ran an article about my getting the autograph, to mark Babe Ruth's death the day before, Aug 16, 1948.

Date: 1948 / 08 / 17

Contributor: Peggy Anne Canty (ID# 373)

Peggy Anne Canty at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show

Peggy Anne Canty holding a photograph of a signed Red Sox baseball and the newspaper article about how she came to acquire the baseball (Image# 16.2.1.jpg) at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show at the Dorchester Lower Mills Boston Public Library branch library on December 2, 2006.

Date: 2006 / 12 / 02

Contributor: Erin Hashimoto Martell (ID# 374)

Our First Home

The building shown in this photo is our home on Patterson St. in Dorchester. We moved from Quincy to Dorchester in 2006.

Date: 2006 / 04 /

Contributor: Erin Hashimoto Martell (ID# 374)

Christopher Martell and Erin Hashimoto Martell at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show

Christopher Martell and Erin Hashimoto Martell holding a photo of themselves (Image# 16.2.1.jpg) at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show at the Dorchester Lower Mills Boston Public Library branch library on December 2, 2006.

Date: 2006 / 12 / 02

Contributor: George David Wall (ID# 375)

Nature's Wrath: Hurricane of 1968

Buildings shown are Walter Baker Loading Platform and Henry's Ice Cream storage manufacturing building.

Date: 1968 / 05 /

Contributor: Helen Bender (ID# 376)

My father and my grandfather

This photo is part of a collection that belonged to my mother. The photo is stamped on the back: "Peter Pan Print, Monosson Photo Service, Sept 23, 1936"

Date: 1936 / 09 / 23

Contributor: Helen Bender (ID# 376)

Me - Helen Bender

On the back of this photo, it says "Ciro's Studio of Photography, 312 Bowdoin St, Dorchester, MA." I was the oldest, so there are photos of me.

Date: 1961 / 07 /

Contributor: Helen Bender (ID# 376)

My Grandmother and Five Oldest Grandchildren

The buildings shown in this photo are my grandmother's house on Jerome St.

Date: 1970 / 06 /

Contributor: Helen Bender (ID# 376)

Family Photo with Dad

This was taken in our family room on Jerome St. I picked it because my dad's in it. He took most of the photos.

Date: 1971 / 02 /

Contributor: Helen Bender (ID# 376)

Easter 1973 - Aunt Agnes

The building in this photo is my aunt Agnes Denehy's house. We went to her house for all the holidays. The photo has all 7 kids and cousin Eleanor (the only cousin). Agnes was my mother's sister. The blue checked dress was a hand-me-down. All three girls wore it and it had a matching handbag.

Date: 1973 / /

Contributor: Helen Bender (ID# 376)

Family Portrait

The whole family went to a studio, the Harding Glidden Photo Studio on Rte. 1A in Dedham. We never really got all of us together-it was the first real family photo we ever did.

Date: 1985 / /

Contributor: Helen Bender (ID# 376)

Hemenway School

This is probably my first grade photo. I didn't know many of the kids because they came from another part of Readville.

Date: 1968 / /

Contributor: Helen Bender (ID# 376)

Helen Bender at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show.

Helen Bender (BPL Lower Mills Adult Services Librarian) holding photo of her father and her grandfather (Image# 16.5.1.jpg) at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show at the Dorchester Lower Mills Boston Public Library branch library on December 2, 2006.

Date: 2006 / 12 / 02

Contributor: Jeremy Johnson (ID# 377)

Common Ground Cafe

This is the Common Ground Cafe at 2243 Dorchester Ave. The mural was painted in 1994. When it first opened it had a store, and now it is a market. The Cafe is run by "The Community" in Dorchester. We live in Dorchester and wanted to have a chance to meet locals. We took an old barn in Canada and used the old wood in the Cafe.

Date: 1997 / /

Contributor: Jeremy Johnson (ID# 377)

Common Ground Cafe Biz Card

The Common Ground Cafe is owned and run by The Community, a spiritual community based on the teachings of Jesus Christ. We live according to the First Church in Acts II and IV-living in The Community and taking care of one another. The Community has existed since the late 1960s. We have two houses with 35 people in Dorchester. (www.twelvetribes.org) We used to live at 52 Alban St., called "The Sus House" and had a candleshop and woodshop in the basement. We also made musical instruments. We first came to Dorchester because we used to be mostly in Vermont. We had a community in France that didn't have a house so we sent people to Dorchester to work to raise money to build a house in Sus, France. All the money went to France and also paid for a Dorchester house. People ask why the Cafe is in Dorchester. We think of it as an oasis and a refuge. The Community currently has two houses at 92 Melville and 69 Richmond.

Date: 2006 / /

Contributor: Jeremy Johnson (ID# 377)

Common Ground Cafe - Invitation to The Community

This is an invitation to participate in "The Community" (12 Tribes) Friday evening gathering.

Date: 2006 / /

Contributor: Jeremy Johnson (ID# 377)

Front of Invitation for "The Community"

This is an invitation to participate in "The Community" (12 Tribes) Friday evening gathering.

Date: 2006 / /

Contributor: Jeremy Johnson (ID# 377)

Jeremy Johnson at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show

Jeremy Johnson, [unidentified] and [unidentified] at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show at the Dorchester Lower Mills Boston Public Library branch library on December 2, 2006.

Date: 2006 / 12 / 2

Contributor: Sheila O'Flaherty (ID# 378)

Mother's First Visit

We moved from Cork, Ireland in 1998. We moved away from our family and this was mom's first visit. She came with some of her kids to visit the family in the U.S. I've always felt American and felt that my destiny was to come to America. First we went to South Boston and found it unfriendly, but Dorchester was so friendly! It has a great sense of community! This is Alex's grandmother and he adores her. They are really close.

Date: 2002 / 02 /

Contributor: Sheila O'Flaherty (ID# 378)

Alex, Age 13

This photo was taken in Alex's room on Adams St. in Dorchester. Alex is wearing a Cork soccer (football) jersey. Alex came to Dorchester from Cork, Ireland in 1998 at age 6. At first it was scary - I wasn't sure if I'd ever go back home to Ireland. The biggest difference being in the U.S. is not having my family around. The best part is meeting new friends. If you come at an early age, you can get more used to it. When people ask me, I say that I am from Cork, Ireland.

Date: 2005 / 10 /

Contributor: Sheila O'Flaherty (ID# 378)

Alex, Age 8, Opening His Christmas Presents

This photo was taken in the family room at Bellflower St in Dorchester. I got so much stuff for Christmas that I don't even remember. I got a Christmas ornament from my mom with a dove of peace. Our Christmas celebrations had a big tree, lots of presents, lots of celebrations and we always decorate the house. In this picture I am sitting in my favorite chair. I've always enjoyed Christmas.

Date: 2000 / 12 / 25

Contributor: Sheila O'Flaherty (ID# 378)

Alex Linehan and Sheila O'Flaherty at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show

Alex Linehan and Sheila O'Flaherty holding photos of their family (Image# 16.7.2.jpg, Image# 16.7.3.jpg and Image# 16.7.1.jpg) at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show at the Dorchester Lower Mills Boston Public Library branch library on December 2, 2006.

Date: 2006 / 12 / 02

Contributor: Ronald Reeves (ID# 379)

Juneteenth

These are three lifelong Dorchester residents who have known each other since childhood. Ronald Reeves (contributor); Boyce Slayman, who has returned to Dorchester and opened a soul food restaurant, "POPPA B'S" with his son; Melvin Reeves, first Metco group in Boston, attended Wellesley High School (the last high school to join) and won full scholarship to Harvard University. This photo was taken on Juneteenth, which is celebrated as Roxbury Day/Juneteenth at Franklin Park. The day commemorates June 19, 1865, date of emancipation of all slaves.

Date: 2006 / 06 / 19

Contributor: Ronald Reeves (ID# 379)

Karate Class, John Marshall Community School

This Karate Class was the first junior Karate tournament for children in US, held at the John Marshall Community School. Melvin Reeves, the contributor's brother, was the photographer.

Date: 1974 / /

Contributor: Ronald Reeves (ID# 379)

The Franklin Field "Spartans"

They were the first Pop Warner football team owned by an African-American, Ronald Reeves who, as a 17-year-old junior at Boston English bought the team for $200 in 1966. Reeves spent $200 on the team and buying uniforms, shirts, pants, helmets. They changed their name from the "Hilltoppers" to the "Spartans." They were a multi-racial team from the Franklin Field area. They went on to be undefeated. In 1966, Reeves' first year coaching, they went to Warwick, RI to play an exhibition game in which they were certain to lose. The team was one year older, 10 lbs heavier and undefeated for two years. The Spartans went on to win in the last seconds with a pass from Ronald Lee and a final score of 16-15.

Date: 1967 / 10 /

Contributor: Ronald Reeves (ID# 379)

Ronald Reeves at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show

Ronald Reeves holding a photo of himself (Image# 16.8.2.jpg) at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show at the Dorchester Lower Mills Boston Public Library branch library on December 2, 2006.

Date: 2006 / 12 / 02

Contributor: Maureen Brusie (McPartland) (ID# 382)

Sunday Afternoon

You can see the gas street lamps. They were gas until I was 5 years old.

Date: 1947 / /

Contributor: Maureen Brusie (McPartland) (ID# 382)

My Christening Day

Date: 1946 / 07 /

Contributor: Maureen Brusie (McPartland) (ID# 382)

My Parents' Wedding

Date: 1943 / 09 / 09

Contributor: Maureen Brusie (McPartland) (ID# 382)

Dress Up Day in the Neighborhood

Date: 1953 / 07 /

Contributor: Maureen Brusie (McPartland) (ID# 382)

May Procession

In the background in this photo are the Dorchester Avenue stores.

Date: 1953 / /

Contributor: Maureen Brusie (McPartland) (ID# 382)

Babysitting

Date: 1947 / /

Contributor: Maureen Brusie (McPartland) (ID# 382)

The Escape of Eddie O'Neill

Date: 1951 / /

Contributor: Maureen Brusie (McPartland) (ID# 382)

First Communion

Date: 1954 / 05 /

Contributor: Maureen Brusie (McPartland) (ID# 382)

Aunt Peggy and Unknown Beau

Date: 1939 / 06 / 20

Contributor: Maureen Brusie (McPartland) (ID# 382)

Maureen McPartland Brusie and her daughter at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show

Maureen McPartland Brusie and her daughter holding a family photo (Image# 16.9.4.jpg) at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show at the Dorchester Lower Mills Boston Public Library branch library on December 2, 2006.

Date: 2006 / 02 / 12

Contributor: Carol Bradley Moore (ID# 383)

Jeremiah Burke High School, 2005

The Jeremiah Burke High School in 2005, before major expansion, due to be completed in 2008.

Date: 2005 / /

Contributor: Carol Bradley Moore (ID# 383)

Burke High School, 2008

Architect's rendition of the Burke High School after expansion is completed in 2008.

Date: 2006 / /

Contributor: Carol Bradley Moore (ID# 383)

Architect's Rendition of Boston Public Library and Jeremiah Burke High School in 2008

Date: 2007 / 07 / 19

Contributor: Carol Bradley Moore (ID# 383)

Carol Bradley Moore at the Dorchester Lower Mills Road Show

Carol Bradley Moore holding photos of Burke High School (Image# 16.10.1.jpg and Image# 16.10.2.jpg) at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show at the Dorchester Lower Mills Boston Public Library branch library on December 2, 2006.

Date: 2006 / 12 / 02

Contributor: Jeannie (Skibbs) Sweeney-Rock (ID# 384)

Christmas 1961

We were one of the first families that moved to the Columbia Point Projects.

Date: 1961 / 12 /

Contributor: Jeannie (Skibbs) Sweeney-Rock (ID# 384)

My Sister and Her Little Boyfriend

The building in the background, the Beehive Store, was the only store in Columbia Point. In the back are kids playing in the dump. This was it-nobody knew we were poor, nobody knew anything else existed and nobody ever came to the projects.

Date: 1963 / 05 /

Contributor: Jeannie (Skibbs) Sweeney-Rock (ID# 384)

The Beginning of the Projects

Mothers waiting for the bus in front of St. Christopher's Church.

Date: 1963 / /

Contributor: Jeannie (Skibbs) Sweeney-Rock (ID# 384)

In the Kitchen

I lived in a 3-bedroom. There's a freezer but all you could put in it was an ice tray. Behind the stove were water bugs--they were frightening things. Mother raised 7 children alone. We all slept on military cots in three bedrooms. This picture might have been taken for Mother's birthday in December 1961 or for Christmas. Note the cross in the background.

Date: 1961 / 12 /

Contributor: Jeannie (Skibbs) Sweeney-Rock (ID# 384)

Wedding of Anna and John Lydon

We lived in 3-deckers, but there were 7-deckers in the middle and the elevators never worked. There were deaths from people falling down the elevator shafts. Anna looked pretty at the wedding. We didn't have a car so it was nice seeing people driving into the projects - the land of concrete. At the Administrative Building, they'd line up for dental exams and get jabbed with needles. Columbia Point was the biggest project and opened in 1953. We had to hike through the swampy mud to go to the grocery store which was near the current Boston Globe.

Date: 1965 / 08 /

Contributor: Jeannie (Skibbs) Sweeney-Rock (ID# 384)

Jeannie Sweeney-Rock and her daughter, Emily Sweeney, at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show

Jeannie Sweeney-Rock and Emily Sweeney holding family photos at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show at the Dorchester Lower Mills Boston Public Library branch library on December 2, 2006.

Date: 2006 / 12 / 02

Contributor: Emily Sweeney (ID# 385)

My Father - Southworth School, Grade 3

My mother (Jeannie) grew up in Columbia Point Projects and my father (Robert) grew up in St. Peter's Parish on Quincy Street. I grew up in Fields Corner, on Dickens Street, and attended St. Ambrose School. I lived on Newport Street and now live on Draper St.

Date: 1955 / /

Contributor: Emily Sweeney (ID# 385)

St. Peter's Little League, 1957

My father played lots of sports.

Date: 1957 / /

Contributor: Emily Sweeney (ID# 385)

Mather School, Room 2

My father was an independent spirit who enjoyed sports.

Date: / /

Contributor: Margaret E. Phillibert (ID# 386)

Father and Son

This is a photo of my husband and my son.

Date: 1991 / 03 / 30

Contributor: Margaret E. Phillibert (ID# 386)

Group Shot of the Family

My husband and son and I with my husband's parents.

Date: / /

Contributor: Margaret E. Phillibert (ID# 386)

Margaret E. Phillibert at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show

Margaret Phillibert (Lower Mills Branch Librarian) holding photo of herself and her family (Image# 16.13.2.jpg and Image#16.13.2) at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show at the Dorchester Lower Mills Boston Public Library branch library on December 2, 2006.

Date: 2006 / 12 / 02

Contributor: Massachusetts Studies Project (ID# 540)

Staff, volunteers and contributors at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show

Staff, volunteers and contributors at the Dorchester Lower Mills Mass. Memories Road Show at the Dorchester Lower Mills Boston Public Library branch library on December 2, 2006.

Date: 2007 / 07 / 18