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Waltham Grinding Wheel Co. factory, Waltham, MA, 1928

Subjects
AdvertisingAerial Views & PanoramasFactories & Mills
Card type
Real photo
Date
c. 1928 (White Border)
Front of Waltham Grinding Wheel Co. factory, Waltham, MA, 1928, Amherst, MA, USA, c. 1928 real photo postcard
Front
Back of Waltham Grinding Wheel Co. factory, Waltham, MA, 1928, Amherst, MA, USA, c. 1928 real photo postcard
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About this postcard

Sepia-toned aerial view of the Waltham Grinding Wheel Co. plant, an industrial complex of long factory buildings with smokestacks and a domed structure, surrounded by scattered houses and trees. In the background a large open field with a curved track or fence line stretches across the upper right.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Thank you for the good time, we arrived home all right.

PublisherC. W. Potter
POST CARD Waltham Grinding Wheel Co. Established 1880 First makers of elastic grinding wheels CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS COPYRIGHT, 1928, C. W. POTTER POSTAGE STAMP HERE
Addressed to
Mrs Sidney Eastman

Amherst, MA

FromWaltham, MA

Postcard record

PublisherC. W. Potter
ConditionGood
Place addressedAmherst, MA
Place mentionedWaltham Grinding Wheel Co., 11 Harvard St, Waltham, MA, 02453
Place sent fromWaltham, MA
Stamp2c George Washington, red, perforated on all sides
NotesSepia-toned real photo print; no printed text or border visible on front; slight edge and corner wear. No postmark; green U.S. postage stamp still present in the printed stamp box. Divided-back advertising card, printed copyright 1928 C. W. Potter; Waltham Grinding Wheel Co. imprint. Pencil message and address; dealer/collector number "R 293-59" at bottom. Front: aerial photo, no white border.

Cite this card

Waltham Grinding Wheel Co. factory, Waltham, MA, 1928, postcard, c. 1928. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/waltham-grinding-wheel-co-factory-waltham-ma-1928. Accessed November 2, 2026.