Training School for Nurses, Waltham, Mass.

Subject: Schools & Universities
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of Training School for Nurses, Waltham, Mass., c. 1915 lithograph postcard — Back

About this subject

A large crenellated red-brick institutional building with rows of white-trimmed windows and an arched entrance stands behind a broad lawn and curving walk. To the right are a white clapboard outbuilding and a two-story brick house with a porch, with a few bare trees and a spruce on the grounds.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

auntie on her BIRTHDay Alice

PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons

WALTHAM, MASS. Training School for Nurses. --- TUCK'S POST CARD CARTE POSTALE POSTKARTE By Appointment TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES. The Waltham Training School for Nurses was established in 1885, and for 15 years was carried on in rented tenements. Finally, generous friends of the school came to its rescue, and at an expense of about $50,000, gave and furnished the present building. In addition to the school building is the Putnam Home, which is new the dormitory for some of the student nurses. (For Address Only.) "WALTHAM, Mass." Raphael Tuck & Sons' "RAPHOTYPE" [Regd.] Postcard No. 5768, Printed in Holland ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN

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Postcard record

Condition	Good
Place depicted	Training School for Nurses, Waltham, MA
Place mentioned	11 Harvard St, Waltham, MA, 02453
Publisher	Raphael Tuck & Sons, Raphael Tuck & Sons, London
Notes	White border along bottom carrying the printed caption; small publisher monogram at lower left. Light corner/edge wear and faint soiling on the border. No postmark, stamp, or address block present. Divided-back Raphael Tuck & Sons "Raphotype" card (Postcard No. 5768, printed in Holland); pencil message written on the message side. Light toning/foxing and a few stains.

Cite this card

Training School for Nurses, Waltham, Mass., postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/training-school-for-nurses-waltham-mass. Accessed October 5, 2026.