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Main St., looking East, Waltham, Mass.

Card type
Lithograph

About this subject

A view looking east down Main Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, with a row of multi-story brick commercial buildings on the left featuring arched windows and red-and-white striped awnings over the storefronts. Pedestrians, a horse-drawn carriage, and streetcar tracks occupy the wide dirt street, with large shade trees lining the right side.

Postcard Details

Message ยท English, in pen

Sept 11th 1906 Father & I came here on trolley ride.

Addressed to

No address detected

Postcard record

SeriesG 6937
ConditionGood
Place depicted11 Harvard St, Waltham, MA, 02453
PublisherThe Rotograph Co., 225 Fifth Ave, New York, NY
NotesUndivided-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 โ€” undivided 'This side for the Address' reverse. Printed in red: POST CARD, stamp box with 'Domestic One cent / Foreign Two cents', 'The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City. (Germany.)' along left edge, and Rotograph 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, Mass., postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-st-looking-east-waltham-mass-2. Accessed October 5, 2026.