The card shows Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, looking along a busy commercial block with a yellow electric streetcar, pedestrians in early-1900s dress, multi-story brick buildings, awnings, and utility poles. Worcester was a major industrial and commercial center in central Massachusetts, and Main Street served as its principal downtown thoroughfare. The Detroit Publishing Co. copyright date of 1906 places the view in the early years of electric street railway service and downtown retail expansion.
White border; printed copyright date 1906; card number 9711.
No postmark. Undivided back with "THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS." and a "Place Stamp Here" box; white border, matte color-printed view; front carries copyright 1906 by Detroit Publishing Co. Blank, unused card.
Cite this card
Main Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, circa 1906, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-street-worcester-massachusetts-circa-1906. Accessed October 24, 2026.
