Monthly Archives: August 2011

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1620   Postcard. Caption on front: 245: –Lion at Franklin Park Boston, Mass.  Postmarked 1926 Boston, Mass. with two one-cent stamps.  On verso: Lion at Franklin Park, Boston, Mass. “Jim,” African Lion, captured in … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1619   Postcard. Caption on front: Boston, Mass. Outlook, Franklin Park. Postmarked Oct 10, 1910 Jamaica Plain Station. With one cent stamp.  On verso: Made in Germany. This seems to be the back side … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1618   Postcard. Caption on front: Boston, Mass.  Public Library Branch, Franklin Park.  Postmarked 1904.  On verso: No. 1007. The branch library was located in the Refectory building on the side of the Park … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1617   Postcard. Caption on front: 79-Rock Garden, Franklin Park, Dorchester, Boston, Mass.   43961.  Postmarked Somerville, Aug. 18, 1941. With one-cent Statue of Liberty defense stamp.  On verso: Franklin Park, a tract of 600 … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1616   Postcard. Caption on front: View in Franklin Park, Dorchester, Massachusetts   1085.  Postally unused.  On verso: American Art Post Card Co., Boston, Mass. ______ The Dorchester Illustration of the Day (DIOTD) is sent … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1615   Postcard. Caption on front: Birds eye View of Bridge & Drive, Franklin Park, Dorchester, Mass. On verso: The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City. Printed in Germany. 56487   Postmarked Jun 8, 1909. Dorchester Center … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1614   Postcard. Caption on front: Rose Garden, Franklin Park, Dorchester, Masschusetts 1081.   Postally unused. On verso: American Art Post Card Co., Boston, Mass. Probably 1920s. ______ The Dorchester Illustration of the Day (DIOTD) … Continue reading →

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1613   Postcard. Caption on front: Walter Baker Chocolate Mills, from the Big Chimney. copyright 1905 Frederick A. Frizell. Postally unused. At the very left you can see the Blaney Baptist Church at the … Continue reading →