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City Hall, Waltham, Mass.

Subject
City Halls & Courthouses
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of City Hall, Waltham, Mass., c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Back of City Hall, Waltham, Mass., c. 1915 lithograph postcard
Back

About this subject

A two-story green clapboarded building with a gabled roof, two brick chimneys and a rooftop cupola, fronted by a long colonnaded veranda. Two figures stand on the sidewalk near a mailbox and lamp post, with a dirt street in the foreground and trees on either side.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Aug 23rd Dear Sis, we arrived safe. Walter went to the boat to meet us, Dorothy would not make friends with him till after we got home. Grandma is the one with her yet. I spent yesterday with Mary. The baby is small but seems well. It loves her, she is a proper nurse. with love Faby

City Hall, Waltham, Mass. 62903 --- This Space For Writing Messages Post Card This side for the Address only
PostmarkedBoston, MA
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs Frank LeBain

Sand Beach, Yarmouth, N.S.

Postcard record

PostmarkedBoston, MA
Series62903
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs Frank LeBain, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Place depictedCity Hall, Waltham, MA
Stamp1c Andrew Jackson, green
NotesWhite border visible around edges; light corner and edge wear, minor surface soiling. Number 62903 printed lower left. Postmark: BOSTON MASS AUG 25 4 AM / POSTAL STATION 3 — year not legible. Divided-back card with white border, color litho texture; light edge wear. 1c Franklin stamp affixed. Message written in pencil sideways-to-normal orientation.

Cite this card

City Hall, Waltham, Mass., postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/city-hall-waltham-mass. Accessed October 5, 2026.