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Waltham Watch Factory

Card type
Real photo

About this subject

Sepia photographic view of the large Waltham Watch Factory complex, a group of multi-story brick mill buildings with a corner tower, seen from across the Charles River. A church spire and tree-covered hillside with houses rise behind the factory.

Postcard Details

Message ยท English, in pen

Hello Gramppa + Gramma:- Hope you are both well. Hav'nt Lennie got home yet. I got three cards of a man in the shop who took them him- self. I wish it was a front view it would be better. We are all quite well. Did you is still sporting with love to all

PostmarkedSeptember 3, 1912, 11:00
Stamp
Addressed to
J. M. Newman

Seawall, Maine

Postcard record

Postmarked
ConditionGood
Place depictedWaltham Watch Factory, Waltham, MA
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
NotesSepia-toned real photo print; printed caption along lower right is cut off at the card edge; dark band/scan artifact along left edge; slight corner wear. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS. SEP 3 11 AM 1912 โ€” divided-back card, sepia matte print, no white border; year '1912' written in ink beside the postmark; light edge wear and a few foxing spots.

Cite this card

Waltham Watch Factory, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/waltham-watch-factory. Accessed October 5, 2026.