The Common, Waltham, MA, 1912

Subject: Public Parks & Commons
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1912 (Golden Age)

Back of The Common, Waltham, MA, 1912, Templeton, MA, USA, c. 1912 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

Tree-lined walks cross the grassy common, with several people strolling and a man in a suit and hat seated on a bench at right. Faint buildings appear beyond the trees. The scene is the Common in Waltham, Massachusetts, a public green in a manufacturing city known in the period for its watch works.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Aug. 11, 1912 Dear Aunt Nan: — How are you these days? I hope you are having a nice time. We have had a nice time today and now the sun is coming out, making all nature look lovely. The weather has been quite comfortable since we came back. — Myra has been very sick today. Nellie is coming to East Waltham to spend the day with me.

PostmarkedWaltham, MA, August 12, 1912, 16:00

Addressed to

Nancy J. Spinney

Georgetown, ME

Postcard record

Postmarked	August 12, 1912, 16:00, Waltham, MA
Publisher	Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd.
Series	211972 JN
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Nancy J. Spinney, Georgetown, ME
Place depicted	The Common, Templeton, MA
Publisher	Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd., 225 Fifth Ave, New York, NY
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	White border; printed caption and number 211972 at bottom; monogram 'JN' in circle at lower left. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS AUG 12 4 PM 1912. Divided-back card; Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd. imprint. Handwritten message in blue ink dated Aug 11 1912. 1c Washington green stamp. Staining lower right and along left edge.

Cite this card

The Common, Waltham, MA, 1912, postcard, c. 1912. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-common-waltham-ma-1912. Accessed November 2, 2026.