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Waltham Pumping Station, Waltham, MA, 1909

Subject
Power & Water Works
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1909 (Golden Age)
Front of Waltham Pumping Station, Waltham, MA, 1909, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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Back of Waltham Pumping Station, Waltham, MA, 1909, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A stone pumping station with a green hipped roof and two small towers stands on a low embankment beside calm water. A tall red brick smokestack rises at its left, with trees and a house behind the building under a cloudy, tinted sky. The station was part of Waltham's water system in a busy manufacturing city known for watches and textiles; such works supplied water and fire protection as the city grew. Mildred's note catches a winter Sunday night: just back from Malden after eleven, she is too tired to write a long letter to Maudie. The solid public building and the sender's ordinary fatigue sit together without fuss.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Sunday night. Dearest Maudie, We have just got back from Malden & it is after eleven and we are so tired we cannot write a letter to-night. If nothing happens we will write a good long one to-morrow night. We are well & all right. Have so much to write about with love - Mildred.

PublisherSouvenir Post Card Co.
Waltham Pumping Station, Waltham, Mass.
PostmarkedWaltham, MA, January 11, 1909, 11:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. J. W. Lemmer

P.O. Box 2. Newbury, NH

Postcard record

Postmarked, Waltham, MA
PublisherSouvenir Post Card Co.
Series13240
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs. J. W. Lemmer, P.O. Box 2., Newbury, NH
Place depictedWaltham Pumping Station, Waltham, MA
PublisherSouvenir Post Card Co., New York, NY
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border visible at edges; worn corners and a small tear/chip at upper left; number 13240 printed at lower left. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS. JAN 11 09 11 AM. Divided-back card printed in Germany; 1c green Franklin stamp affixed. Light edge/corner wear and faint staining on the back.

Cite this card

Waltham Pumping Station, Waltham, MA, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/waltham-pumping-station-waltham-ma-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.