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Two-story clapboard house, Waltham, MA, circa 1915

Subject
Residences
Card type
Real photo
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Two-story clapboard house, Waltham, MA, circa 1915, Mrs R H Ballagh, NY, USA, c. 1915 real photo postcard
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Back of Two-story clapboard house, Waltham, MA, circa 1915, Mrs R H Ballagh, NY, USA, c. 1915 real photo postcard
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About this postcard

A two-story wood-frame house with a steep gabled roof, central brick chimney, and a covered front porch on turned columns. Light-colored shutters, a rough stone foundation, and a dirt road in the foreground set it in a residential neighborhood; trees and a small outbuilding stand at the sides. The exact address is not recorded, but the card's Waltham postmark ties the house to that city. Waltham was a busy manufacturing center in the early 1900s, and modest clapboard houses with front porches were common in its neighborhoods.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear S. Thank you for two nice traycloths be- tween you and M- other Celia and from Lorn able to keep my table looking nice, love to you and Bert and the girls Aunt B.

PublisherDoucet Photo Co.
POST CARD CORRESPONDENCE HERE ADDRESS ONLY Doucet Photo Co., 134 Houston Ave. Milton, Mass.
PostmarkedWaltham, MA
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs R H Ballagh

249 Cutaris St Albany, NY

Postcard record

PostmarkedWaltham, MA
PublisherDoucet Photo Co.
ConditionFair
Place addressedMrs R H Ballagh, 249 Cutaris St, Albany, NY
PublisherDoucet Photo Co., Milton, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1907, perforated on all sides
NotesSepia real-photo print; white border; diagonal crease at upper right, surface wear/staining, and edge wear. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS. 4-PM 11. Divided-back real-photo card with 1¢ U.S. Postage ONE CENT stamp; Doucet Photo Co., 134 Houston Ave., Milton, Mass. imprint; handwritten "8/20" in oval at upper left; pencil place identification "WALTHAM MASS ?"; toned, soiled, edge wear and creases.

Cite this card

Two-story clapboard house, Waltham, MA, circa 1915, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/two-story-clapboard-house-waltham-ma-circa-1915. Accessed November 2, 2026.