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Road to Spot Pond, Melrose, Massachusetts, 1908

Subjects
Forests & TreesLakes & Ponds
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1908 (Golden Age)
Front of Road to Spot Pond, Melrose, Massachusetts, 1908, Mrs. James M. Robertson, MA, USA, c. 1908 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Road to Spot Pond, Melrose, Massachusetts, 1908, Mrs. James M. Robertson, MA, USA, c. 1908 lithograph postcard
Back

About this postcard

A shaded road curves through dense trees toward Spot Pond, with a utility pole at right and small red flowers along the grassy verges. A tinted sky shows through the canopy above. Spot Pond lies in the Middlesex Fells Reservation north of Boston, a protected landscape that drew early-1900s visitors for scenic drives and outings. The road from Melrose was a local route into that wooded reservation.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Sept. 5 '08 Am feeling quite well and enjoying my self. Mr. L has taken Friday + Saturday off for me. Coming

ROAD TO SPOT POND, MELROSE, MASS.
PostmarkedMelrose, MA, September 5, 1908, 00:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. James M. Robertson

56 Wellesley Park Dorchester, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Melrose, MA
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs. James M. Robertson, 56 Wellesley Park, Dorchester, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
NotesWhite border along bottom edge; handwritten message in ink on the front over the lower margin; slight edge wear. Postmark: MELROSE MASS. SEP 5 1908. Undivided back ('THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS'); white-border litho card; light edge wear and a small stain near 'Dorchester'.

Cite this card

Road to Spot Pond, Melrose, Massachusetts, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/road-to-spot-pond-melrose-massachusetts-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.