Hand-tinted postcard of the railroad depot in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, its tall brick clock tower anchoring a busy scene of waiting trolleys, wagons, and a "Buffet Lunch" car parked trackside. Fitchburg's depot, built for the Fitchburg Railroad in the 1860s and later part of the Boston & Maine system, was a major stop on the line linking Boston to the Berkshires, and its clock tower was a local landmark for generations of travelers. Mailed in June 1916 from Fitchburg all the way to San Francisco, the card carries only a brief note of arrival — a quick line dashed off mid-journey to let someone back home know the writer had made it.

• Caption: "Depot, Fitchburg, Mass."
• Card no.: 81-65
• Publisher: J.I. Williams, Worcester, Mass. (No. 5002)
• Postmark: Fitchburg, Mass., Jun 22, 1916
• Status: Posted