Early postcard view titled “Railroad Station and Restaurant, Greenfield, Mass.” showing the railroad station complex in Greenfield, Massachusetts. The image provides a detailed view of the station architecture, covered passenger platforms, multiple railroad tracks, and a railroad car visible beside the depot.

Railroad depots were important transportation and commercial centers during the early 20th century, making station views especially interesting to collectors of railroad history, transportation, Massachusetts towns, and historic architecture.

Postcard Details:

• Location: Greenfield, Massachusetts

• Subject: Railroad station and restaurant / train depot

• Series: Mansion House Series

• Series/Card No.: A 3018

• Publisher: W. E. Wood, Greenfield, Massachusetts

• Manufacturer mark: Excelsior, N.Y., Leipzig, Dresden, Berlin (Germany)

• Back: Divided back

• Postally used: Yes

• Postmark: December 1909; exact location is not fully legible

• Stamp: Green 1-cent Benjamin Franklin U.S. postage stamp

• Message and address handwritten in pencil

• Addressed to an Ohio recipient

• Postcard type/period: Early 20th-century divided-back postcard consistent with the Golden Age of postcards

• Image style: Monochrome/black-and-white photographic-style reproduction; the exact printing process is not identified on the card

• Embossing: No embossing apparent from the images

The publisher information is printed along the left edge of the reverse: “No. A 3018 Published by W. E. Wood, Greenfield, Mass.” The Excelsior mark also identifies Germany and the cities Leipzig, Dresden, and Berlin.

The combination of a clearly identified Massachusetts railroad location, period depot architecture, tracks and railroad equipment, an early postal use, and publisher/manufacturer markings gives this card crossover appeal for collectors of railroadiana, train depots, Massachusetts history, Greenfield memorabilia, transportation history, early postcards, and postal history.

Condition:
Postally used early postcard with age-related wear. Visible corner and edge wear, surface toning/soiling and handling wear are present. Pencil writing appears on the reverse along with postal cancellation marks and the original postage stamp. There is also a handwritten “15-” notation near the upper edge of the reverse. Please review both front and back images carefully for the complete condition.

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