Curving and geometric paths of clipped green hedge fill the view, with a circular bed edged in white stones at the center. Tall trees and a soft pink-and-blue sky close the background. The site is identified as the Maze Garden or Japanese Puzzle Garden in Waltham, Massachusetts, a formal pleasure garden of the kind that offered strollers a puzzle-like route in the early 20th century. Waltham, west of Boston, was then a busy manufacturing city.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear Cousin.
Rec'd your card.
Glad you are having a
good trip. No mail
has come for you yet.
To-day is Sunday and I
have not been out once
since you left. But am going
to try and go to work
to-morrow. Hope all are
well. ... home.
Thin white border; printed number 212597 and small circular monogram at lower right of front; worn corners with a missing piece at the lower-left corner; light surface staining.
Postmark: WALTHAM MASS FEB 5 7-30A 1912. Divided-back card published by The Leighton & Valentine Co., N.Y. City, Printed in United States; the printed slogan reads FAMOUS QUALITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD (TRADE MARK), not a flag cancel; 1c green stamp affixed.
Cite this card
Maze Garden or Japanese Puzzle Garden, Waltham, MA, 1912, postcard, c. 1912. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/maze-garden-or-japanese-puzzle-garden-waltham-ma-1912. Accessed November 3, 2026.
