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Waltham Watch Company's factory, Waltham, MA, circa 1905

Subject
Factories & Mills
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1905 (Early)
Front of Waltham Watch Company's factory, Waltham, MA, circa 1905, c. 1905 lithograph postcard
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Back of Waltham Watch Company's factory, Waltham, MA, circa 1905, c. 1905 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A long red-brick factory building with rows of windows stretches along a snowy street in Waltham, Massachusetts. A square tower rises at the left end of the block, with a chimney and another tower farther down the row. Bare winter trees and a white picket fence stand between the building and the streetcar tracks in the foreground. Waltham was known as "Watch City" in the early 1900s, when the Waltham Watch Company's interchangeable-part watches made it one of the country's leading watch manufacturers.

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PublisherLitho-Chrome
Waltham Watch Company's Factory, Waltham, Mass. --- POST CARD LITHO-CHROME TRADE-MARK LEIPZIG BERLIN DRESDEN ORDER No 11131 Postage. United States and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico ONE CENT For all other Countries TWO CENTS This side for the Adress only. 89986
Addressed to
Miss N W Fletcher

46 Cromwell St Stoneyholm Burnley Lane England

FromSeth Lancaster, 11 Harvard St, Waltham, MA 02453

Postcard record

PublisherLitho-Chrome
Series89986
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss N W Fletcher, 46 Cromwell St, Stoneyholm, Burnley Lane, England
Place depictedWaltham Watch Company's Factory, Waltham, MA
PublisherLitho-Chrome, Leipzig, Germany
Place sent fromSeth Lancaster, 11 Harvard St, Waltham, MA, 02453
NotesWhite border along bottom edge with printed caption; tinted lithograph look; light corner and edge wear; winter scene with snow on ground. No postmark. Undivided back ('This side for the Adress only.'), Litho-Chrome imprint (Leipzig/Berlin/Dresden), no stamp present; pencil dealer marks 'F/USA' and '30p' at top.

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Waltham Watch Company's factory, Waltham, MA, circa 1905, postcard, c. 1905. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/waltham-watch-companys-factory-waltham-ma-circa-1905. Accessed November 2, 2026.