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Waltham Watch Factory

Subject
Factories & Mills
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Waltham Watch Factory, Colourpicture Publication, MA, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
Front
Back of Waltham Watch Factory, Colourpicture Publication, MA, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
Back

About this subject

A long complex of red-brick factory buildings with tall smokestacks and a central tower, seen across a river or pond with flower beds along the far bank and foliage in the foreground.

Postcard Details

Message · French, in pen

Waltham est très fameux parce qu' elle a la factorerie des montres.

Translation

Waltham is very famous because it has the watch factory.

PublisherColourpicture Publication
WALTHAM WATCH FACTORY WALTHAM, MASS. --- THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE A "COLOURPICTURE" PUBLICATION, BOSTON 15, MASS., U. S. A.
Addressed to

No address detected

Postcard record

Series12 260
ConditionGood
PublisherColourpicture Publication, Colourpicture Publication, Boston, MA
NotesLinen-textured stock with visible crosshatch grain; thin border; small dark spots near top edge; card number 12 260 printed in lower right corner. No postmark; unused card (no stamp, no address). Divided back, linen texture, 'Colourpicture' publication imprint. Handwritten French message in pen.

Cite this card

Waltham Watch Factory, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/waltham-watch-factory-1930. Accessed October 5, 2026.