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Waltham Pumping Station, Waltham, Mass.

Subject
Power & Water Works
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Waltham Pumping Station, Waltham, Mass., c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Waltham Pumping Station, Waltham, Mass., c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this subject

A stone pumping station with a green hipped roof and two small towers sits on a low embankment beside a calm body of water, with a tall red brick smokestack rising to its left. Trees and a house appear behind the building under a cloudy, tinted sky.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Sunday night. Dearest Mandie, We have just got back from Malden + it is after eleven and we are tired so cannot write a little 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. 13240 --- POST CARD This space may be used for Correspondence The Address only to be Written Here SOUVENIR POST CARD CO. NEW YORK. PRINTED IN GERMANY
PostmarkedWaltham, MA
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. J. W. Leavner

P. O. Box 2, Newbury, New Hampshire

Postcard record

PostmarkedWaltham, MA
Series13240
ConditionGood
Place addressedMrs. J. W. Leavner, P. O. Box 2, Newbury, NH
Place depictedWaltham Pumping Station, Waltham, MA
PublisherSouvenir Post Card Co., Souvenir Post Card Co., New York, NY
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
NotesWhite border visible at edges; worn corners and a small tear/chip at upper left; number 13240 printed at lower left. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS. 11-AM 19 09 (month not legible). 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, Mass., postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/waltham-pumping-station-waltham-mass. Accessed October 5, 2026.