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Postcards

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The MHS Postcard Collection is one of the best, and possibly most entertaining, way of looking into the history of the Town. Each postcard is a little cultural time capsule.

Most contain images of the day -- often events and scenes that you wouldn't consider postcard material today. Many of our donated postcards show the correspondence of the times - short dispatches from our town across the decades.

Contributor

Dave Griffin (Maynard Historical Society)

This is a PREVIEW of Items in the Postcards Collection

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Edvin Alberi Family Portrait Postcard
A photo postcard showing the family of Edvin and Iria (Fors) Alberi possibly shortly after Edvin enlisted the the National Guard (16-Jan-1941). In addition to Edvin and Iria, the portrait includes their daughter Anna and son Edwin.

Note: Edvin…

G. M. Hawkes<br />
Brown Street<br />
Maynard, Mass
A postcard sent to Emma Hill in Gardner from Nellie (Hawkes). House depicted on Brown St. (21) was the residence of Gilbert Hawkes, RR Station Agent.

Postcard to Annie Autio
Written in Finnish , signed by Laitinen, Kerttu, Linda.
See 2021.464 for additional information about postcard.

Postcard to Anni Autio
Names on card are Linda Autio & Sandra Maki

See 2021.464 for additional information about postcard.

Postcard to Annie Autio
Written in Finnish, name on card is Alma H...?
See 2021.464 for additional information about postcard.

Postcard to Ida Oja
See 2021.464 for additional information about postcard.

Postcard to Annie Autio
In Finnish, signed by Otto K...?

See 2021.464 for additional information about postcard.

Postcard to Annie Autio
In Finnish, signed by Anni ....?

See 2021.464 for additional information about postcard.

Postcard to Annie Autio
In Finnish, signed by Ida Toikkanen and Linda

Two Decorative Post Cards
The first post card shows a young woman with brown hair and with a pale pink hair decoration and white plume.

The second decorative post card shows a young woman with dark hair and a bright pink hair decoration and white plume.

Both cards were…

Maynard High School Class  -  1916
A photo/post card of the Maynard High School Class of 1916 on the Washington, DC trip to Mont Vernon.

Canoeing on the Charles  -  1908
A photo/post card of a canoeing activity on the Charles River, dated 1904. The post card is addressed to Miss Margaret Conel, 41 Belknap Street, Concord, Mass. It is from Louise Petersen. The caption reads: "Dear Miss Connel, I have had a very…

William Kenyon &amp; Wife   -  1915
A sepia-colored photo/post card of (L-R) Florence Byron, Mrs. Kenyon, William Byron, and William Kenyon. The photo is dated 1915. The picture was taken on Elmwood Street, Maynard, MA, with the Maynard Mansion in the background. Mr. Byron was quite…

M. A. Batley In Greenhouse  -  1914
An old post card of M. A. Batley in the Batley Greenhouse. The post card is dated April 25, 1914. The post card is addressed to Mrs. Ernest G. Turner of Holden , Mass., from M. A. B.

Summer Festival in Maynard  -  1913
A post card photo of Bowman reading parade instructions from the stairs of Taisto Hall (Parker Street Hall). It is dated July 1913.

Post Card Collection  -  ca 1905
A total of 217 post cards are in this Maynard Post Card Collection. Categories of Post Cards include Assabet River/Dam; Mill; Churches; Main St. Scenes; Car Barn; Boarding Room House; Maynard Rail Road Station; and Schools.

Most cards range in…

Maynard Postcard
A postcard depicting four views of Maynard, MA. The local views include Mill Pond, Ben Smith Dam, Maynard High School, and the Business District.

Leather Postcard - 1906
The postcard was sent to Louise Binns, Maynard.
The buildings is likely a Springfield, MA. structure.

Postcard History Series<br />
Lake Boon
A book of copied postcards illustrating Lake Boon during its hay day of summer activities.

Assabet Mills--General View<br />
Maynard, Mass
Postcard, in Finnish, sent from Annie Hnikan(?), Sudbury Rd., Concord to Mary Anderson, Maynard in 1920.