The photograph shows a two-story white clapboard house with a columned front porch, viewed from across the street behind two large shade trees. The caption identifies it as the house of General Nathaniel P. Banks, the Waltham-born politician who served as governor of Massachusetts and as a Union general during the Civil War. The setting suggests a quiet residential street in early twentieth-century Waltham.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Postal received.
"Merry Christmas" from
your friends 6&8
Common St. C.H.S.
Dec. 24, 1904, 9 o'clk A.M.
White border; halftone print on card stock; postmark cancellation and handwritten message on the front; undivided-back era (dated 1904).
Postmark: WALTHAM MASS. DEC 24 12 M 1904. Undivided back ("This side for address."), white border, halftone print; light edge wear and faint foxing.
Cite this card
General Banks' House, Waltham, MA, 1904, postcard, c. 1904. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/general-banks-house-waltham-ma-1904. Accessed November 2, 2026.
