Waltham Aero Club, A New View of the Waltham Watch Factory, Waltham, Mass.

Subjects: Aviation Factories & Mills Watch & Clock Making
Card type: Real photo
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Waltham Aero Club, A New View of the Waltham Watch Factory, Waltham, Mass., c. 1930 real photo postcard — Back

About this subject

A sepia composite photograph showing the Waltham Watch Factory across the Charles River, with numerous rowboats, canoes, and a small steamboat on the water. The sky is filled with early airplanes, balloons, and parachutes, while foreground figures include a man in a barrel, a policeman, and a couple seated on a bench.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

What do you think of this - Mammie

PostmarkedWaltham, MA, September 18, 1908, 07:00

Addressed to

Mrs Fred Selkirk

Alton Bay, N.H.

Postcard record

Postmarked	September 18, 1908, 07:00, Waltham, MA
Condition	Fair
Place addressed	Alton Bay, NH
Place depicted	Charles River, Waltham, MA
Place depicted	Waltham Watch Factory, Waltham, MA
Place mentioned	11 Harvard St, Waltham, MA, 02453
Publisher	Fay McFadden, Granville, MA
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
Notes	Sepia real-photo print; composite montage; heavy foxing/staining; faint printed text upper left; no white border; no publisher line visible. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS SEP 18 7-AM 1908. Divided-back card; white border on front; matte/other texture; no stamp-box marks. Light soiling and corner wear; stamp intact.

Cite this card

Waltham Aero Club, A New View of the Waltham Watch Factory, Waltham, Mass., postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/waltham-aero-club-a-new-view-of-the-waltham-watch-factory-wa. Accessed October 5, 2026.