Earl Taylor - Dorchester

U.S. LIFESAVING STATION. Showing the U.S. Lifesaving station in Dorchester Bay, this card was printed in Germany for Mason Brothers and Company in Boston, Massachusetts.

TENEAN BEACH. Entitled Tenean Beach, Dorchester, this card depicts a family outing on the shore, with a view of Dorchester Bay. Postmarked August 29, 1910, at Dorchester Station, this card was published by Putnam Art Company in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

LAWLEY SHIPYARDS. The view in the picture is from Tenean Beach across Pine Neck Creek to the Lawley Shipyards. George Lawley and Sons manufactured pleasure yachts here from 1910 to 1945. Postmarked in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 5, 1918, this card was issued as the Royal Blue Card and published by Putnam Art Company in Grove Hall.

LAWLEY SHIPYARDS ON PORT NORFOLK. This card, postmarked in 1914, shows a view of the Lawleys Shipyards area on Port Norfolk. The Guinevere was built at the Neponset yard. It was the first yacht ever fitted with diesel oil engines to motor the electric Westinghouse equipment, which propelled the boat; hoisted the sails; lit, heated, and cooked the craft; and twirled the big gyroscope that kept the boat on even keel.

THE BUILDINGS AT LAWLEY SHIPYARDS. This card shows the buildings used by the Lawley Shipyards on Port Norfolk. In 1910 the ship manufacturing plant was moved from South Boston across Dorchester Bay to the old Putnam Nail Works at Port Norfolk. Postmarked August 17, 1915, this card was published by Putnam Art Company in Grove Hall.

PORT NORFOLK WATERFRONT. Manufactured goods, lumber, coal, and other commodities, and people came to Dorchester by boat prior to the widespread use of the automobile and the creation of modern highways. Port Norfolk was a busy commercial port serving Pope Lumber and the Putnam nail factory. In 1910 the waterfront became the home of the George Lawley and Son Shipyards. Postmarked at Dorchester Station, this card was published by W. N. Baker, but it was printed in Germany.

NEPONSET BRIDGE. Trolley cars, automobiles, and pedestrians crossed from Neponset Circle to Quincy via this ground-level bridge. Today, a concrete arched span allows boats to pass underneath. Postmarked July 26, 1910, at Dorchester Station, this card was published by W. N. Baker and was printed in Germany.

NEPONSET CAR BARN. The car barn, which housed cars at night, was owned by the West End Street Railway Company and later by the Boston Elevated Railway Company. Trolley cars made the turnaround at Neponset Circle or continued on toward Quincy. The card was published by W. N. Baker and was printed in Germany.

NEPONSET AVENUE. The trolley tracks ran north along Neponset Avenue, past the Bakers Pharmacy building on the right. Published by W. N. Baker and printed in Germany, this card was postmarked in 1916.

BAKERS PHARMACY, NEPONSET. Bakers Pharmacy is located on Neponset Avenue across from Minot Street. In this picture, the avenue leads to the Neponset River Bridge, alongside the buildings in the distance, which were demolished for the construction of the Southeast Expressway. Printed in Germany and published by A. Kagan of Boston, this card was postmarked in Dorchester Center.

WALNUT STREET. The Neponset Fire Station appears in the distance on the left and the Unitarian church is on the right. Another church that is almost hidden in the left foreground was the Appleton Methodist Church. Printed in Germany and published by W. N. Baker, this card was postmarked February 3, 1909, at Dorchester Station.

NEPONSET FIRE STATION. Horse-drawn fire engines appear in front of the Neponset Fire Station. Until it was demolished in the 1970s, this station stood on Walnut Street, which leads to Port Norfolk. Postmarked April 9, 1910, this card has a handwritten caption that reads, Neponset Fire Fighters.

NEPONSET RAILROAD STATION. In 1842 there was strong opposition to railroads, then a modern invention. When a petition was brought before the legislature asking permission to build a railroad from Boston to Quincy through Dorchester, the townspeople were bitter in their opposition, but the Old Colony Railroad prevailed. Printed in Germany and published by A. Kagan of Boston, this card was postmarked April 7, 1910.

SOUTH SIDE OF NEPONSET RAILROAD STATION. This card, which shows a view from the south side of the station looking north, was published by Walter N. Baker, druggist of Neponset, and was postmarked January 6, 1919.