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Water Sports on the Charles River, Waltham, Mass.

Subject
Swimming & Bathing
Card type
Lithograph
Date
Postmarked July 10, 1910 (Golden Age)
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About this subject

A crowd of spectators lines the shore and the balconies of a large gambrel-roofed boat house on the Charles River at Waltham, Massachusetts, decorated with bunting and flags. In the foreground three swimmers in bathing costumes wade in the water, while an American flag flies from a tall pole at right.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Daisy is feeling some better to day. Address 134 City Road St John N.B. Fannie

PublisherValentine & Sons' Publishing Co.
Water Sports on the Charles River, Waltham, Mass. 211.967 --- POST CARD. FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD Correspondence Address only Published by the Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co. New York and Boston.
PostmarkedWaltham, MA, July 10, 1910, 18:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mary Gibbons

6 Harvard Pl., Waltham, Mass.

From134 City Road, St Johns, N.B.

Postcard record

Postmarked, Waltham, MA
Series211.967
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMary Gibbons, 6 Harvard Pl., Waltham, MA
Place depictedCharles River, Waltham, MA
Place depictedWaltham, MA
PublisherNew York and Boston
Place sent from134 City Road, St. Johns, New Brunswick
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
NotesWhite border around image; color lithograph with a circled 'JV' publisher monogram and number 211.967 printed in the lower left corner. Postmark: WALTHAM MASS. JUL 10 6-PM 1910. Divided-back Valentine & Sons color litho card; light edge wear, small stain lower center; dealer pencil marks upper left.

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Water Sports on the Charles River, Waltham, Mass., postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/water-sports-on-the-charles-river-waltham-mass. Accessed October 5, 2026.