The view looks across Hobb's River Reservoir in Waltham, Massachusetts, where a dirt road curves along the water below a rocky bank and a stand of large trees. The caption's name appears to be an older variant of Hobbs Brook Reservoir, the water body in Waltham. Waltham was a manufacturing city west of Boston, and its reservoirs gave residents nearby open water and woods; by the 1930s such scenes were familiar local views.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Sept 4/38
We are all O.K.
Will write soon
It is lovely here
love to you and
Bill. Rebecca
White border around a mounted photographic print; light edge and corner wear, minor surface staining; divided-back stock (printed "This side for Correspondence" / "This side for Address"). Postmark: BOSTON MASS. SEP 7 1 30 PM 1938. Divided-back card with white border; matte/cream stock (texture other). Creasing, edge and corner wear, small tear at upper left; stamp present and intact.
Cite this card
Hobb's River Reservoir, Waltham, MA, 1938, postcard, c. 1938. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/hobbs-river-reservoir-waltham-ma-1938. Accessed November 2, 2026.
