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Waltham Watch Works, Waltham, Mass., 1909

Subjects
Factories & MillsWatch & Clock Making
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1909 (Golden Age)
Front of Waltham Watch Works, Waltham, Mass., 1909, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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Back of Waltham Watch Works, Waltham, Mass., 1909, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The Waltham Watch Works complex stands beside the Charles River, with a tall smokestack and several mill buildings reflected in the water. A marshy foreground of green vegetation frames the industrial view. The sender's note calls Waltham the Watch City because of its watch factories and names this plant the most famous, adding that the other factory in town is not as large. The Waltham Watch Company helped establish American mass production of watches, and by the early twentieth century the city's name was closely tied to precision watchmaking.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Your P.C. received, thank you very much. Waltham is called the Watch City because of its Watch Factories. This is one of them. The most famous the other is the U.S. Watch factory which is not as large as this Your P.C friend Grace J Mortlock 359 1/2 Moody St. Waltham Mass.

PublisherThe Robbins Bros. Co.
Waltham Watch Works, Waltham, Mass.
PostmarkedWaltham, MA, September 13, 1909, 16:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Charles R. Brooks

504 N 5 1/2 St. Terre Haute, IN

From11 Harvard St, Waltham, MA 02453

Postcard record

Postmarked, Waltham, MA
PublisherThe Robbins Bros. Co.
ConditionGood
Place addressedCharles R. Brooks, 504 N 5 1/2 St., Terre Haute, IN
Place depicted11 Harvard St, Waltham, MA, 02453
Place depictedWaltham Watch Works, Waltham, MA
PublisherThe Robbins Bros. Co., Box 8000, WNAC-TV, Boston, MA, 02114
Place sent from11 Harvard St, Waltham, MA, 02453
Stamp1c Andrew Jackson, green
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesPostmarked on front; white border; printed caption in red; small red circular mark lower right. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS. SEP 13 4-PM 1909. Divided-back card; full-bleed front (no white border); colored halftone/chromolith texture. 1c green Washington stamp present, tied by flag cancellation. Message written sideways along left edge in pencil, plus a green-ink note at lower right.

Cite this card

Waltham Watch Works, Waltham, Mass., 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/waltham-watch-works-waltham-mass-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.