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The corner of Nason and Summer Streets was the the site of the Riverside Cooperative Association. The top two stories of the three story building was destroyed by fire in 1936. The Knights of Columbus bought the site and rebuilt the structure…

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The house was located on Parker Street.

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Located at the corner of Main St. and Florida Rd., the boarding houses where built in 1902 by the American Woolen Company. There were dining rooms in the section between the two large structures. The Town of Maynard purchased the building in 1934,…

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This is the replacement bridge erected after the flood of 1927 undermined the then existing stone arch bridge. It was replaced in 2012.

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Two photos from the square at the junction of Main St. and Nason St. The first picture is looking west on Main St. The second picture is looking east along Nason St..

Some of the signage seen in the Main St. view include:
E. E. Gray…

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Photo showing the construction of the main entrance from Parker St. of the Glenwood Cemetery.

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The Great Road entrance gate and wall of Glenwood Cemetery was a W.P.A project. It was in such disrepair that it was taken down in 1951.


The folder contains newspaper clippings, histories and miscellaneous documents relative to the Town of Acton, MA.

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William Gutteridge's first tax bill, poll tax, in the newly incorporated Town of Maynard (1871). It was accessed by Lorenzo Maynard and payable at the Counting Room of the Assabet Manufacturing Company.

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This document lists all of the tax payers in Maynard in 1888 along with the amount due from each and, where appropriate, a detailed list of personal taxed assets (e.g., house, land, barns, cattle, cord wood, horses, silos, etc.)

The tax rate was…

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Mission Evangelical (Finnish) Congregational Church located on Walnut Street, established 1906,

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Front Row (9):
?, ?, Martha Koski Weckstrom, Vieno Koski Ware, Paul Koski, ?, Agda Reini, Sirkka Koskinen, ?

Center Row (9):
?, ?, ?, Irene Hekkala, Ruth Pekkala ,?, ?, Lillian Wick, Matti Nelson

Back Row (8):
?, ?, ?, George…

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Front Row (7 seated):
Mary Stein, ?, Ellen Hangas Haapala, Martha Koski Weckstrom, Lempi Eklund, Vieno Koski Ware, Lillian Pekkala Wick
 
Back Row (12standing):
Wilma Maki, Eino Laurila, ?, Helmi Taival, Saimi Williams, ?, Limpi Pera,…

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Photo of the congregation of the Finnish Congregational Church on Walnut Street, established 1906

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Front row: Toivo, Fannie, and Edward Wick
Back row: Hjalmar, HIlja, Lauri

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Toivo, Hjalmar, Lauri, Hilja, Fannie, and Edward Wick

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A group portrait of the Pekkala Family: Waino Pekkala, Lauri Pekkala, and Lillian Pekkala

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A portrait 3 siblings: Ida Maria Pekkala, (Jaakko) Lauri Pekkala, and (John) Albert Pekkala,

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Portrait of (Jaakko) Lauri Pekkala and sister Ida Maria (Mary) Pekkala Konsen

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A portrait of (Jaakko) Lauri Pekkala and Elizabeth Pekkala

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