The view looks east along Main Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, where a row of multi-story brick commercial buildings lines the left side. Arched windows and red-and-white striped awnings mark the storefronts, while pedestrians, a horse-drawn carriage, and streetcar tracks fill the wide dirt street. Large shade trees line the right side.
A note records a father and child coming to town on a trolley ride. Waltham was a busy industrial city, known for the Waltham Watch Company, and trolley lines connected downtown with neighboring communities.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Sept 11th 1906 Father & I came here on trolley ride.
Undivided-back era card with white margin at bottom carrying the printed caption; handwritten message in ink across the lower front margin. Slight corner and edge wear, light soiling.
No postmark, stamp, address, or message on the back — undivided 'This side for the Address.' reverse. Printed in red: POST CARD, stamp box with 'Place Stamp Here / Domestic One cent / Foreign Two cents', 'The Rotograph Co., N. Y., City. (Germany.)' along left edge, and ROT CO sunburst logo. Front (context only) is a white-bordered color lithograph captioned 'Main St., looking East, Waltham Mass.' with 'Copyright 1905 by the Rotograph Co.' Light soiling and slight edge wear.
Cite this card
Main St. looking east, Waltham, MA, 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-st-looking-east-waltham-ma-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.
