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Hobbs River Reservoir, Waltham, Mass.

Subject
Rivers & Streams
Card type
Real photo
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Hobbs River Reservoir, Waltham, Mass., c. 1915 real photo postcard
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Back of Hobbs River Reservoir, Waltham, Mass., c. 1915 real photo postcard
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About this subject

A black-and-white view of the Hobbs River Reservoir in Waltham, Massachusetts, showing a curving dirt road along the water's edge with a rocky embankment on the right and large trees on the left bank.

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

PublisherRotograph Co.
HOBBS RIVER RESERVOIR, WALTHAM, MASS. --- This side for Correspondence This side for Address. © Rotograph Co.
PostmarkedBoston, MA, September 7, 1938, 13:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Florence L. Cox

Tuckerton, N.J.

From1839 Trapelo Road, Waltham, Mass.

Postcard record

Postmarked, Boston, MA
ConditionGood
Place addressedFlorence L. Cox, Tuckerton, NJ
Place depictedHobbs River Reservoir, Waltham, MA
Place sent from11 Harvard St, Waltham, MA, 02453
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
NotesWhite border around a mounted photographic print; light edge and corner wear, minor surface staining; undivided-era style stock. 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

Hobbs River Reservoir, Waltham, Mass., postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/hobbs-river-reservoir-waltham-mass. Accessed October 5, 2026.