Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2019
Postcard. Caption on front: Savin Hill Playground, Dorchester, Mass. Postmarked Sep 17, 1912 at Dorchester Center Station with one-cent stamp. On verso: The Royal Blue card.
This seems to be the area known as McConnell Park looking south. The 1910 atlas shows a row of connected bathhouses at the southern edge of the playground.
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