Maze Garden or Japanese Puzzle Garden, Waltham, Mass.

Subject: Gardens
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of Maze Garden or Japanese Puzzle Garden, Waltham, Mass., c. 1915 lithograph postcard — Back

About this subject

A view over a formal hedge maze of clipped green hedges laid out in curving and geometric paths, with a circular bed edged in white stones at the center. Tall trees and a soft pink-and-blue sky fill the background.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Rec'd your card. Rec'd your card. We are having a fine trip. No mail come for you yet. Ship is in dock and have not been out once in sight. But am going to try and go to work tomorrow. Hope all well. Hoping yours

PostmarkedWaltham, MA

Addressed to

Simeon Wiggins

210 Rodney St., Watsonville, California

Postcard record

Postmarked	Waltham, MA
Series	21257
Condition	Fair
Place addressed	Simeon Wiggins, 210 Rodney St., Watsonville, CA
Place depicted	Maze Garden or Japanese Puzzle Garden, Waltham, MA
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
Notes	Thin white border; printed number 21257 and small circular monogram at lower right; worn corners and a missing piece at the lower-left corner; light surface staining. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS FEB 5 7-30A (flag cancel: FAMOUS QUALITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD). Divided-back Theochrom Serie 0735 card printed in Germany; white border; light edge/corner wear; 1c green Washington stamp affixed.

Cite this card

Maze Garden or Japanese Puzzle Garden, Waltham, Mass., postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/maze-garden-or-japanese-puzzle-garden-waltham-mass-1915. Accessed October 5, 2026.