Sepia view of The Elks' Home in Waltham, Massachusetts, a large two-story frame house with a mansard roof and a double-decker porch, set back behind a lawn and mature trees at a street corner. A low stone wall and hitching posts line the road in front.
Elks lodges of the period often kept clubhouses for meetings and social events, and Waltham was then an industrial city known for watchmaking. Cecilia's note mentions a mix-up between the Middlesey (likely Middlesex) and Billerica turnpikes and an 11:30 meeting.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pencil
Dear Sarah,
This is Middlesex
turnpike instead
of Billerica turnpike
I made a mistake
I will be there to meet
you at 11.30. Cecilia.
am having a wild time
White border; sepia halftone print with visible screen texture. Faint reversed/offset ghost text in the sky area (bleed-through, not a message). Moderate corner and edge wear, light toning.
Postmark: FRAMINGHAM / MASS / JUL 18 / 6-30P — circular cancel struck over the POST CARD banner with a wavy flag cancel tying the stamp. Divided-back card (FOR CORRESPONDENCE ONLY / FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY). Sepia-tinted print, pencil message written sideways-to-normal on the correspondence half. Stamp slightly ragged along the bottom edge. Triangles at the bottom of the stamp box.
Cite this card
The Elks' Home, Waltham, MA, circa 1915, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-elks-home-waltham-ma-circa-1915. Accessed November 2, 2026.
