Sepia-toned view of a large two-story mansard-roofed frame house with a double-decker porch, set back behind lawn and mature trees at a street corner. A low stone wall and hitching posts line the road in the foreground.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pencil
Dear Sarah,
This Middlesey
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: [illegible] — circular cancel struck over the POST CARD banner with a wavy flag cancel tying the stamp; no date, time, or city legible. 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, Mass., postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-elks-home-waltham-mass. Accessed October 5, 2026.
