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The Real Home

Subject
Residences
Card type
Real photo

About this subject

A black-and-white photograph of a large, two-story wooden house with a gabled roof and a porch, identified by a sign as 'The Real Home' at 428 Main Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. The house is set back from the street with a stone marker '428' in the foreground, and other buildings are visible to the left.

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Postcard record

Series1228-A
ConditionFair
Place depicted428 Main Street, The Real Home, Waltham, MA
PublisherPortland Lithograph Co., 452-460 Fore St., Portland, ME
NotesWhite border; heavy staining and corner wear; no message on front. No postmark and no handwriting on the back — unused card. Undivided back ("POST CARD" centered, no dividing line), stamp box top right reading "PLACE STAMP HERE / MADE IN U.S.A." Printed imprint along the vertical center: "PORTLAND LITHOGRAPH CO., 452-460 FORE ST., PORTLAND, MAINE". Front shows a white border and a photo-litho (non-linen, non-glossy) surface; heavy foxing/staining and a torn, abraded patch lower right of the back.

Cite this card

The Real Home, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-real-home. Accessed October 5, 2026.