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Bird's Eye View of Whitman, Mass.

Subject
Aerial Views & Panoramas
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Bird's Eye View of Whitman, Mass., Mary R. Fowler, MA, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Bird's Eye View of Whitman, Mass., Mary R. Fowler, MA, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
Back

About this subject

Elevated bird's-eye view over the town of Whitman, Massachusetts, looking down a broad unpaved street lined with houses and commercial blocks. A large brick factory complex with a tall tower dominates the mid-ground, with wooded hills and scattered houses rising behind the town.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Mary: Fred just got back. come when you can we are well as usual hope you are. With love Mrs. M.M.

PublisherThe Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd.
Bird's Eye View of Whitman, Mass. 203,052 C.T. --- SOUVENIR POST CARD The Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd., New York Printed in Great Britain
PostmarkedWaltham, MA
Stamp
Addressed to
Mary R. Fowler

293 Clifton St., Malden, Mass.

Postcard record

PostmarkedWaltham, MA
Series203,052
ConditionGood
Place addressedMary R. Fowler, 15 Malden Ave., Malden, MA
PublisherThe Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd., 225 Fifth Ave, New York, NY
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
NotesPostmark ink smudges across the upper left of the image; light corner and edge wear; small printed job number and 'C.T.' mark at lower right. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS FEB 20 8 PM STA (no year legible). Divided-back Valentine 'Souvenir Post Card' printed in Great Britain; 1c Franklin stamp. Light edge wear.

Cite this card

Bird's Eye View of Whitman, Mass., postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/birds-eye-view-of-whitman-mass. Accessed October 5, 2026.