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American Woolen Company - Insurance Identification Card - 1918
An insurance identification card for Edwin A. Laurila, an employee of the American Woolen Company in 1918.
An Illustration of the Standard Cover of the American Woolen Mill Blanket Box - ca 1940's
An illustration of the standard cover of the boxes for blankets produced by the American Woolen Company, circa 1940. The color of the box indicated the color of the blanket enclosed.
American Woolen Company, US Savings Bonds National Defense Program, Payroll Allotment Plan - October 27, 1941
A booklet describing the Payroll Allotment Plan for United States Savings Bonds during WWII, in the name of Albert W. Connors, an oiler with the American Woolen Company, 1941.
Notification for Separation Pay Mailing Card - 1951
Assabet Mills
These cards were to be used by the employees of the Assabet Mills for their severance pay at the time of the closing of the mills.
American Woolen Company Large Mailing Envelope
A large, brown addressed mailing envelope to
American Woolen Company
Box 666 Grand Central Post Office
New York 17, N.Y.
American Woolen Company
Box 666 Grand Central Post Office
New York 17, N.Y.
American Woolen Company Stock Certificate and Common Dividends.
A series of American Woolen Company Stock Certificates and Common Dividends issued in 1922, 1946-1951, to John F. King, an employee.
American Woolen Company Blanket Labels
Two blanket labels and one set of directions on the cleaning and care of woolen blankets.
A Sketch of the Mills of the American Woolen Company - 1901
A book that describes the inception and history of the American Woolen Company, including pictures/sketches of the American Woolen Company's 19 mills.
We have included the text of pages 49-51, related to the Assabet Mills of Maynard.
We have included the text of pages 49-51, related to the Assabet Mills of Maynard.
American Woolen Company Commercial Electric Light Bill - 1929
A bill from the American Woolen Company's Electric Light Department, dated May 1929, for $4.20 for one month's worth of light.
Wage Envelope from American Woolen Company
Wage envelope for R. Kelsey from the American Woolen Company, indicating $6.25 weekly wage.
Former American Woolen Companies Houses - ca 1985
A collection of 19 pictures taken in the winter of 1985 of houses that once where the property of the American Woolen Company for the tenancy of its employees. Four photos shown: top left, Railroad Street; top right, Taft Avenue; bottom left, Parker…
Joshua John Edwards & Fellow Employee in Weave Room
American Woolen Company Mills
A photo of Joshua Evans in the Weave Room of the American Woolen Company Mills. Joshua John Edwards is on the right.
Spinning Room - 1905
American Woolen Company Mills
A photo of employees in the Spinning Room of the American Woolen Company Mills in 1905.
Weave Room Employees - ca 1900's
American Woolen Mills
Still Image of the employees in the perching weave room in the mill in the early 1900's. Left to right: James Keller, Frank Johnson, Thomas Wright, Harry Brooklyn, William McAuslin, Hiram Parkin, August Moynihan, Herbert Whitehead, and __ Smith.
The Warping Room Employees - 1901
American Woolen Mills
A photo of employees who work in the Warping Department. These employees maintain machinery that uses strands of yarn to form heavier threads that will ultimately become a sixty inch finished width of fabric.
The Dressing Room Employees - ca 1900
American Woolen Mill
This photo shows some of the workers in the Dressing Room of the mills. The warp yarns from the dresser spools are combined and laid side by side as they are wound in sections on the dressing reel. This will ultimately furnish the warp threads for…
Final Inspection of Fabrics - ca 1900
American Woolen Company
A photo showing the final examination of the fabrics as they are pulled over high racks. Inspectors reject or pass the finished pieces according to rigid standards set for the particular grades of fabric. (May not be the Maynard Mill)
Mill Employees After Work Camaraderie - ca 1916
American Woolen Mills
A photo of the woolen mill employees enjoying some after work fun taken in the Thompson Street field (now a parking lot). Front Row (l-r): Ed King, Jack Kane, Ed McManus, Ralph Sheridan, and John Hoffman; Back Row (l-r): Ed Hoffman, George Peterson,…
Millworkers - Early 1900's.
A photo of American Woolen Mills Company employees on a break. People moved to Maynard primarily to access job opportunities provided by the Maynard Mills. These were people of all races, religions, and nationalities.
American Woolen Mills - Early 1900's.
A picture of the American Woolen Company Mills at full production in the early 1900's.