Police Station, Court House and Library, Dorchester, MA, 1907
- Card type
- Lithograph
About this postcard
A three-story red-brick municipal building with steep green-slate gabled roofs, stone trim, arched windows and a raised basement behind an iron fence, seen from the street corner with a single early automobile parked at the left. The card names it as Dorchester's combined police station, court house and library, a multi-purpose civic block serving the Boston neighborhood. Dorchester was an independent town until its annexation by Boston in 1870, and such combined municipal buildings were common in growing streetcar suburbs of the period.
Postcard Details
14 Pine St Dartmouth Canada
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , Boston, MA |
|---|---|
| Publisher | The Robbins Bros Co. |
| Series | No. H. 12667 No. H. 12667 |
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Miss Anna Brennan, 14 Pine St, Dartmouth, Canada |
| Place depicted | Dorchester, MA |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | No white border; pale green sky typical of early color lithography; small circular red publisher monogram logo (M&Co/MV&Co) printed in lower right corner; light edge and corner wear. Postmark: BOSTON MASS. AUG 21 9 PM 1907 / U.S. CORNER STATION; printed heading POST CARD. Undivided back; private publisher imprint (The Robbins Bros Co. Boston, Mass. and Germany); 1¢ Franklin adhesive stamp; light edge wear. |
Cite this card
Police Station, Court House and Library, Dorchester, MA, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/police-station-court-house-and-library-dorchester-ma-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.