The final race of this year's America's Cup is scheduled for 4:15 p.m. today, involving futuristic hydrofoils off California. But once, the races took place off England and Rhode Island, and often featured yachts built or upgraded at George Lawley & Son, a boatyard that operated in South Boston until 1909 and then in Dorchester by the Neponset until it shut down in 1946.

Leslie Jones chronicled their work on both yachts and other vessels, including the Yankee, in 1935:

H/t Carter.

Photos from the BPL's Leslie Jones collection posted under this Creative Commons license.