Entrance to Mount Feake, Waltham, Mass.

Subject: Cemeteries
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1902 (Undivided Back)

Back of Entrance to Mount Feake, Waltham, Mass., Mrs. F. L. Nordyke, IA, USA, c. 1902 lithograph postcard — Back

About this subject

A color view of the stone gateway entrance to Mount Feake in Waltham, Massachusetts, with low fieldstone walls and rough-hewn granite pillars flanking a curving drive. An early open touring automobile with driver passes through the gate, while a woman with a parasol and a man in dark clothing stand on the lawn; a small gatehouse and rail fence sit on the rise behind.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Evelyn, I have forgotten if it is my turn to write but I have an impression you owe me a letter. Does this scene look familiar yours ever J. S.

PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons

WALTHAM, MASS. Entrance to Mount Feake. --- POST CARD THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE CEMETERY GATE. The Prospect Street entrance to Mt. Feake Cemetery is marked by a beautiful gate built in 1906, at a cost of about $2,000. The wall of the gateway is about 4 feet high; the center post is about 6 feet and the smaller, about 5 feet. The material is field stone capped with granite. Raphael Tuck & Sons' "RaphoType" [Regd] Postcard No. 5764, "WALTHAM, MASS." ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. Printed in Holland

PostmarkedWaltham, MA, July 8, 1907, 12:00

Addressed to

Mrs. F. L. Nordyke

1322 Brady St, Davenport, Iowa

Postcard record

Postmarked	July 8, 1907, 12:00, Waltham, MA
Condition	Fair
Place addressed	Mrs. F. L. Nordyke, 1322 Brady St, Davenport, IA
Place mentioned	Mt. Feake Cemetery, Waltham, MA
Publisher	London
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
Notes	White margin at bottom carrying the printed caption; textured lithograph stock. Heavy corner wear, edge chipping, surface staining and a large scuff/streak in the sky; handwritten message in ink across the lower front. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS JUL 8 12 1907. Undivided back ('The address to be written on this side'); correspondence written on the front. Raphael Tuck & Sons 'RaphoType' Postcard No. 5764, printed in Holland. Corner wear and album residue at top right; stamp partly torn at right edge.

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Entrance to Mount Feake, Waltham, Mass., postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/entrance-to-mount-feake-waltham-mass. Accessed October 5, 2026.