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View of City Hall and Common, Waltham, MA, 1943

Subjects
City Halls & CourthousesPublic Parks & Commons
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1943 (Linen)
Front of View of City Hall and Common, Waltham, MA, 1943, Miss Mary Corliss, MA, USA, c. 1943 linen postcard
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Back of View of City Hall and Common, Waltham, MA, 1943, Miss Mary Corliss, MA, USA, c. 1943 linen postcard
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About this postcard

The view looks across the common toward Waltham City Hall, a large brick building with a domed tower. Lawn and shade trees fill the foreground, framing the civic building at the center of town. The common was a public green and gathering place in the city center, and the printed appeal to buy U.S. Savings Bonds reflects the home-front messaging of the wartime period.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Many thanks for Sunday I am on my two weeks vacation now. To bad you arent back, so we could go places. The Farrington's have moved to Shutesbury Rd. I was down there last night. Peggy was home too I hope to see you soon call me Helen Giles

PublisherTichnor Bros., Inc.
View of City Hall and Common, Waltham, Mass. 70547 --- THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES TICHNOR QUALITY VIEWS REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. MADE ONLY BY TICHNOR BROS., INC., BOSTON, MASS. PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE BUY U.S. SAVINGS BONDS ASK YOUR POSTMASTER POST CARD MADE IN U.S.A.
PostmarkedBoston, MA, September 26, 1943, 12:00
Addressed to
Miss Mary Corliss

St. Ann's Rectory Clinton P.O. Wayland, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Boston, MA
PublisherTichnor Bros., Inc.
Series70547
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Mary Corliss, Clinton P.O., St. Ann's Rectory, Wayland, MA
PublisherTichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, MA
NotesLinen texture; white border; crease at right edge; corner wear. Postmark: BOSTON, MASS SEP 26 12-PM 1943. Divided-back linen card with white border; no stamp present (removed). Pencil dealer marks '150' and 'P159' at top. Light creasing, corner wear, and a diagonal crease at right. In the message a word after 'call me' is struck through before the signature 'Helen Giles'.

Cite this card

View of City Hall and Common, Waltham, MA, 1943, postcard, c. 1943. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/view-of-city-hall-and-common-waltham-ma-1943. Accessed November 2, 2026.