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Boston & Maine R. R. Depot, Waltham, MA, 1910

Subject
Railroad Stations
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1910 (Golden Age)
Front of Boston & Maine R. R. Depot, Waltham, MA, 1910, Mr. H. Stanley Needham, MA, USA, c. 1910 lithograph postcard
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Back of Boston & Maine R. R. Depot, Waltham, MA, 1910, Mr. H. Stanley Needham, MA, USA, c. 1910 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A color view of the Boston & Maine Railroad depot in Waltham, Massachusetts, a long, low station building with a tall square brick clock tower. A wooden passenger car sits on the tracks at right, and several sets of rails sweep across the foreground; a few figures stand on the platform at left. Waltham was a busy manufacturing city, known in the period for its watch works, and the depot connected it to Boston and the wider New England rail network. The sender's note mentions a Hallowe'en party and a short trip into Boston, a small sign of how the railroad fit into ordinary travel and holiday plans.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Oct. 31 - 10. Hello Stranger - What are you doing? I am just starting out to a Hallowe'en party to look for my fate. Sorry you had such unpleasant weather for your trip up country but that seems to be your luck. I was up river yesterday about an hour just to finish up the season. Hope to see you soon. M. F. D.

PublisherValentine & Sons' Publishing Co.
Boston & Maine R. R. Depot, Waltham, Mass.
PostmarkedWaltham, MA, November 1, 1910, 07:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr. H. Stanley Needham

25 Walnut St West Lynn, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Waltham, MA
PublisherValentine & Sons' Publishing Co.
Series211979
ConditionGood
Place addressedMr. H. Stanley Needham, 25 Walnut St, West Lynn, MA
PublisherValentine & Sons' Publishing Co., New York and Boston
Stamp1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesThin white border; scattered spotting/staining in the sky area; monogram mark (JV) beside the number 211979 at lower left. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS. NOV 1 7-30A 1910; the 'FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD' slogan is printed on the card (part of the 'FAMOUS POST CARD' heading), not part of the postmark. Divided-back card; English message in blue ink written sideways on the message half; Valentine & Sons' imprint along the left edge; light corner/edge wear.

Cite this card

Boston & Maine R. R. Depot, Waltham, MA, 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/boston-maine-r-r-depot-waltham-ma-1910. Accessed November 2, 2026.