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Main Street with trolley tracks, Waltham, Mass., 1907

Subject
Street Scenes
Card type
Printed photo
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Main Street with trolley tracks, Waltham, Mass., 1907, c. 1907 printed photo postcard
Front
Back of Main Street with trolley tracks, Waltham, Mass., 1907, c. 1907 printed photo postcard
Back

About this postcard

Looking down Main Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, the view follows trolley tracks along an unpaved roadway. Trees shade both sides, houses stand on the left, and an early automobile is parked on the right. The tracks point to the streetcar service that connected Waltham's neighborhoods in the early 1900s, when the city was a manufacturing center west of Boston.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

April 28. 1907 Best regards Mabel.

PublisherThe G. W. Armstrong D. R. & N. Co.
MAIN STREET, WALTHAM, MASS.
PostmarkedWaltham, MA, April 29, 1907
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. H. E. Shaw

80 Elm St. Worcester, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Waltham, MA
PublisherThe G. W. Armstrong D. R. & N. Co.
ConditionFair
Place addressedMrs. H. E. Shaw, 80 Elm St., Worcester, MA
Place depictedWaltham, MA
Place mentionedBoston, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
NotesWhite border; undivided-back era; handwritten message and date on front; corner and edge wear; printed caption and publisher line at bottom. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS. APR 29 1907 (time not legible). Undivided back ('This side is for the address.'); white border around picture; halftone print on cream stock; light foxing/toning and a few creases on the back.

Cite this card

Main Street with trolley tracks, Waltham, Mass., 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-street-with-trolley-tracks-waltham-mass-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.