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  • Collection: Oliver Warila Photographs

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Campaigners for Maynard Selectman Howard Boeske's run for State Representative. Howard is in the photo 4th from the left.

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Campaigners for Maynard Selectman Howard Boeske's run for State Representative. Howard is in the photo 2nd from the left.

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Looks like somebody just won a television at the Gulf gas station operated by the United Cooperative Society. The station was located at 5 Waltham Street. A "Dollar Stretcher Sale" was happening at the time. The contest winner's shirt implies he…

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This Esso gas station was located on Main & Waltham Streets and was operated by Charlie Colburn

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Speculating that this building fire was on Main Street (177 Main) The business appears to be television/radio store.

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Walter Boeske and an unknown customer. Boeske Brothers Rambler auto dealership was located on Brown Street (Rout 27). Rambler stopped producing automobiles in 1969, so we assume this photo is prior to 1970.

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Demolition of the Assabet & Middlesex House buildings at 143 Main Street. The buildings were most recently used as the Town Hall but are being destroyed to become the new Maynard Post Office.

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Unidentified members at a meeting of the International Association of Machinists, a labor organization affiliated with the AFL-CIO and other labor unions. The meeting took place in St. Bridget's hall. The meeting presumably took place before 1964…

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A group of strikers by a Thompson Street entrance to Bradley Container, located in Mill building #5.

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The photo shows Gerald Tierney of the New Idea store and Ralph DiPietro Jr. the customer buying a new jacket. The New Idea Store was located at 65-67 Main St.

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A unidentified surveyor with St. Bridget's Church in the background. He was working in the Mill parking lot across from the church.

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Hermina DiGeronimo holding the box, possibly Hermina's gift shop at 120 Waltham Street?

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Town Paint and Supply was located at 36 Nason Street.

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Two unknown bowlers at Tutto's Bowling Lanes rear of 24 Main St.

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Mr. Cole (biology teacher) stands in the George Washington Auditorium (Fowler School on Summer Street)

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The Assabet River. (Believed to be taken near Summer Hill Glen.)

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The Assabet River. (Believed to be taken near Summer Hill Glen.)

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Town Paint and Supply was located at 36 Nason Street.

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The Firestone Tire Store at18 Nason Street featured a large toy selection.

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The Firestone Tire Store at 18 Nason St. featured a large selection of toys.