Moody Street Fire Station Waltham MA Postcard 1905 Undivided Back WFD For Sale

A printed halftone postcard of the Moody Street Fire Station in Waltham, Massachusetts, published by the Souvenir Post Card Co. of New York (catalog no. 7350). The handsome two-story brick firehouse bears a keystone inscribed "1896 WFD" (Waltham Fire Department) and is shown in a bare winter streetscape. Mailed in December 1905 with the message written on the picture side — standard practice for the undivided-back era.

• Publisher: Souvenir Post Card Co., N.Y.; catalog no. 7350 printed below image
• Era: Undivided Back (pre-1907); back reads "THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS" only, no message division
• Postmarked Oakland, December 17, c. 1905; franked with a 1-cent green Franklin stamp (1902 series)
• Addressed to a recipient in Canaan, New Hampshire via R.F.D. Route 1
• Condition: light age toning; message on picture side; no tears or missing corners — structurally sound

Postally used; message written on the picture side, standard undivided-back convention. Card shows light age toning and minor soiling; structurally sound with no tears or missing corners.

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