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Wikipedia: Dorchester is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is named after the town of Dorchester in the English county of Dorset, from which Puritans emigrated. Dorchester, including a large portion of today's Boston, was separately incorporated in 1630.
![[Old Blake House in c. 1905]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Old_Blake_House_2C_Dorchester_2C_MA_s.jpg "Old Blake House in c. 1905")
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![[Neponset River at Lower Mills in Dorchester]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/DorchesterMASeal_s.jpg "Neponset River at Lower Mills in Dorchester")
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![[Two people play tennis in Franklin Park, 1906.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1906_FranklinPark_Boston_LOC040079v_s.jpg "Two people play tennis in Franklin Park, 1906.")
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![[The headquarters of the Boston Globe is located on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Boston_Globe_building_Sept_2009_s.jpg "The headquarters of the Boston Globe is located on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester")
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![[This recent picture of the Uphams Corner section of Dorchester shows the typical urban street]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BostonMA_UphamsCornerMarket_s.jpg "This recent picture of the Uphams Corner section of Dorchester shows the typical urban street")
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![[Map of Dorchester, Massachusetts and surrounding area from the H]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dorchester_1858_s.jpg "Map of Dorchester, Massachusetts and surrounding area from the H")
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![[The red line MBTA platform at the JFK/UMass station]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/JFK_UMassMBTAstation_agr_s.jpg "The red line MBTA platform at the JFK/UMass station")
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![[Baker's Cocoa Advertisement in Overland Monthly, January 1919]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BakersCocoa_s.jpg "Baker's Cocoa Advertisement in Overland Monthly, January 1919")
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![[One of Dorchester's most influential residents, Lucy Stone was an early advocate for women's rights]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Lucy_stone_s.jpg "One of Dorchester's most influential residents, Lucy Stone was an early advocate for women's rights")
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