Dorchester Historical Society

Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1622

Postcard. Caption on front: Interior Bird House (North End) Franklin Park, Boston, Mass.  On verso: logo with initials D & D. Circa 1910.

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Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1621

Postcard. Caption on front: The Golf House, Franklin Park, Mass. Postmarked 1907 Roxbury Crossing Station with one-cent stamp. On verso: Pub. by Robbins Bros., Boston, Mass. and Germany.

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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 Nairobi, British East Africa in 1914 when 6 months old.  Gift of H.N. Slater and Sumner Wells. Pub. by M. Abrams, Roxbury, Mass.

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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 of the refectory building.

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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 toward Blue Hill Avenue. The building is no longer there.

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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 acres of beautiful scene, delightful walks, playgrounds, zoos, and a fine golf course, flower and rose gardens. The grandeur of its scenery brings thousands of picnickers to its grounds each year.  Published by United Art Co., Boston, Mass.

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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.

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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 Station. With one cent stamp.

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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.

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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 corner of Dorchester Avenue.  Just in front of that you can see the car barn for the trolleys where the high-rise building is now located.  At the western side of the intersection of Dorchester Avenue and Washington Street you can see the Milton Inn where Dark Horse Antiques is located now.  There is a mansard-roofed building where the Baker Chocolate Administration was later built.

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