North Station at Night, 1908

Here's a night time view of North Station in Boston, Mass. I love the way the full moon illuminates the clouds. The lights inside the buildings look like flames! It's interesting to compare this view with the daytime shot that I posted earlier. Today's card depicts the station before the "T" was constructed. Wishing you all a happy Postcard Friendship Friday!

Faneuil Hall, Boston

Here's an oversized view of Faneuil Hall in Boston, a "Lusterchrome" Giant Post Card. The back reads:

Affectionately called "The Cradle of Liberty", Faneuil Hall was the focus of Revolutionary movement in Boston and the colonies. It was built in 1742 by Peter Faneuil and given to Boston as a Town Hall.

Happy Postcard Friendship Friday to everyone!

Boston Burial Grounds (Old Home Week)

These are for Vintage Postcards Revisited because she loves old cemeteries.

Old Boston Post Cards

I love these post cards of old Boston. I spent a lot of time there in the 80's making research runs. I would land at North Station via the commuter train and walk to the State House Library.

Next stop was usually the Boston Public Library's Government Documents room via the Green Line. Then I would hop on the Red Line to visit the Engineering Library and the Science Library at MIT.

On the return trip I liked to stop at Fanueil Hall Marketplace to buy postcards for my collection if I had time to kill before catching my train.

Commonwealth Ave. was lovely back in the days of the horse-drawn carriage. Wishing everyone a great Postcard Friendship Friday!

The Swan Boats, Boston (Old Home Week)

The Public Gardens and the Swan Boats are such favorites of mine. I think I've ridden perhaps twice in my life but it is nice to think that such an old (since 1877) tradition is still alive!

Current fares are: adults - $2.75; children - $1.50; seniors - $2.00. Sounds like a bargain to me. Visit this site to read about the history of the Swan Boats of Boston.

Trinity Church, Boston (Old Home Week)

The State House, Boston (Old Home Week)

Old State House, Boston (Old Home Week)

Boston (Hammerdots No. 4)

First is a high-contrast photo with the digital camera. I like the color tones of the scanned version a little better. Unfortunately, the image is too big.

Dots of decorative paper and book endpapers. Paper for the brown and yellow squares is called chiri. The 3/4 dots are from cigar box art. Ground is 300 lb. Arches. Image dimension is 13x10 inches.

I thought I was going to have a collage without words, but I couldn't resist adding the batter: