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General Banks' House, Waltham, Mass.

Subject
Residences
Card type
Printed photo

About this subject

A two-story white clapboard house with a columned front porch, viewed from across the street behind two large shade trees. This is the General Banks' House in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Postal received. "Merry Christmas, from your friends [illegible] Commons St. Dec. 24, 1904, 9 o'clock A.M. C.B.S.

PostmarkedWaltham, MA, December 24, 1904, 12:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. G. E. Pratt

21 Grosvenor Road, Jamaica Plain, Mass

Postcard record

Postmarked, Waltham, MA
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs. G. E. Pratt, 21 Grosvenor Road, Jamaica Plain, MA
Place depictedGeneral Banks' House, Waltham, MA
Place mentionedMetropolitan News Co., Boston, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
NotesWhite 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, Mass., postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/general-banks-house-waltham-mass-1904. Accessed October 5, 2026.