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Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass.

Richardson Block & Post Office, Wakefield, Mass.

Item

Title
Richardson Block & Post Office, Wakefield, Mass.
Description
Postcard shows a view of the 1860 Richardson Block on the northwest corner of Main Street and Richardson Avenue. The Wakefield Post Office was located in the building from 1901 until 1924, when it moved to a building on Albion Street.
Card is undated but bears a postmark of 1915.
Contributor
Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Coverage
Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield
Date
ca. 1915
Format
image/jpeg
Publisher
Wakefield, Mass. : H.E. Butler
Subject
Postal service
Commercial buildings
Type
still image
Cards
Original Format
1 postcard : b&w
Extent
9 x 14 cm.