Boston Manufacturing Co., Waltham, Mass.

Subject: Factories & Mills
Card type: Real photo
Date: c. 1907 (Golden Age)

Back of Boston Manufacturing Co., Waltham, Mass., c. 1907 real photo postcard — Back

About this subject

Sepia view of the Boston Manufacturing Company mill complex in Waltham, Massachusetts: a long multi-story brick mill with rows of windows stands behind a wooden outbuilding and stone retaining wall, with a mill pond and dam in the foreground. Three figures stand on the grassy bank at lower right.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

I have exchanged a few views with Alice G. Dixon on the same street that you live on & Chestnut St do you know here I suppose that you do by liveing so near to here. Sincerely Samuel S. Searle. 88 Wacrd Ave Waltham Mass.

PostmarkedWaltham, MA

Addressed to

Ruth W. Somerby

5 Chestnut St., Newburyport, Mass.

FromSamuel S. Searle, 88 Ward Ave, Waltham, Mass.

Postcard record

Postmarked	Waltham, MA
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Ruth W. Somerby, 5 Chestnut St., Newburyport, MA
Place depicted	Boston Manufacturing Co., Boston Manufacturing Co., Waltham, MA
Publisher	The Metropolitan News Co., Box 8000, WNAC-TV, Boston, MA, 02114
Place sent from	Samuel S. Searle, 11 Harvard St, Waltham, MA, 02453
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
Notes	Sepia-toned real-photo card with thin white margin; circular postmark ('FENBUR...') struck over the upper right of the image; handwritten caption and message on the front; slight corner wear. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS MAR 5 8-PM (year not legible). Divided-back card; printed imprint of The Metropolitan News Co., Boston & Germany, No. 2028; 'THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS.' Handwritten message in ink on left half; 1c Franklin stamp affixed. Slight edge wear and toning.

Cite this card

Boston Manufacturing Co., Waltham, Mass., postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/boston-manufacturing-co-waltham-mass. Accessed October 5, 2026.