Order a house history for a house in Dorchester or Mattapan. Check it out on the house history page on the Dorchester Historical Society website.
Today’s illustration is a news photograph with caption affixed to the back side:
Make Merry. Wreathed in smiles, Mary Sullivan, Dorchester (left) and Ann Weinberg, Chelsea, offer a toast to each other’s good fortune as 1940 was ushered in at the Brown Derby
Looking forward to a happy new year.