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The American Waltham Watch Factory, Waltham, Mass.

Subject
Factories & Mills
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of The American Waltham Watch Factory, Waltham, Mass., c. 1930 lithograph postcard
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Back of The American Waltham Watch Factory, Waltham, Mass., c. 1930 lithograph postcard
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About this subject

Distant view across a marshy, weed-choked stretch of the Charles River toward the long brick ranges of the American Waltham Watch Factory, dominated by a tall striped smokestack. A low bridge and tree line close the left horizon under a pale blue sky.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

from the Bulls Head 5'28 Creche St Newton

PublisherThe Metropolitan News Co.
The American Waltham Watch Factory, Waltham, Mass. --- Post Card No. 6924. The Metropolitan News Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany. IN SPACE BELOW MAY BE WRITTEN SENDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS (NO OTHER WRITING)
PostmarkedWest Newton, MA, July 31, 1908, 20:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs S. B. Merrill

Heskines, N.J., Box 406

Postcard record

Postmarked, West Newton, MA
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs S. B. Merrill, Heskines, NJ
Place depictedThe American Waltham Watch Factory, Waltham, MA
PublisherThe Metropolitan News Co., The Metropolitan News Co., Boston, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
NotesUndivided-back era card with a narrow white margin around the image; light corner wear and faint surface soiling, no writing on front. Postmark: WEST NEWTON STA. BOSTON MASS JUL 31 8 PM 1908. Divided-back card printed in Germany for The Metropolitan News Co., Boston; pencil message written sideways along the left edge; light edge wear and a small stain near the bottom of the address side.

Cite this card

The American Waltham Watch Factory, Waltham, Mass., postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-american-waltham-watch-factory-waltham-mass-2. Accessed October 5, 2026.