A three-story brick school with a stone foundation, arched entry, and gabled rooflines stands behind a lawn, seen from across the street. Three boys in caps and knickerbockers walk the sidewalk in the foreground.
Waltham was a manufacturing city on the Charles River, known in these years for the Waltham Watch Company and for its cotton and woolen mills. A high school of this size served a growing industrial population.
Wide white margin at right carrying the printed caption “Waltham High School, Waltham, Mass.”; slight surface crease/scratch at lower right; undivided-back era stock.
Postmark: none visible. Undivided back ("THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS") with stamp box reading PLACE POSTAGE STAMP HERE / DOMESTIC ONE CENT / FOREIGN TWO CENTS — pre-1907 era. No. 6926. The Metropolitan News Co., Boston, Mass., Manufacturers of Souvenir Postal Cards. Printed in Germany. Light creasing and a small tear at lower left; no stamp, no handwriting.
Cite this card
Waltham High School, Waltham, MA, circa 1901, postcard, c. 1901. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/waltham-high-school-waltham-ma-circa-1901. Accessed November 2, 2026.
