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  • Collection: Assabet Mills

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A set of hands from the Maynard Mill Clock on the North side. The clock built in 1892 by the Assabet Manufacturing Company was completly refurbished in 1980 by Digital Equipment Corporation.

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A set of hands from the Mill Clock. The clock was built in 1892 by the Assabet Manufacturing Company and completely refurbished by Digital Equipment Corporation in 1980.

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A set of three bobbins with dark brown yarn made at the Assabet Mills, Maynard, Mass.

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Three burling irons used in the old burling room of the Assabet Mills. Two were used by Miss Eleanor Sheridan. A third was donated by Mr. Havelock Schnair. Burling irons were used to pick knots and burrs from the cloth.

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A magnifying glass used by Miss Maggie Duggan in the Sewing Department at the Assabet Mills.

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Sewing Room Employees.
Starting with first row.
Margaret Keegan, Nellie McHan, Mame Kelly, Lizzie McHass, Cecelia O'Toole, Meg Scully, Net Binns?, Kate Sweeney, Sadie McGarrey, Frank Moynihan, Connie Desmond, Mary Callahan, Nellie Crotty,…

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A light brown shuttle used in the Assabet Mills.

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A light brown shuttle used in the Assabet Mills.

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This shuttle was used in the weave room of the Assabet Mills and has been in the possession of the D'Errico family for many years.

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A brown shuttle and bobbin of red yarn, used in the Assabet Mills.

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This shuttle was used in the weave room of the Assabet Mills and has been in the possession of John W. Katvala for more than fifty years. Mr. Katvala is living in California, and when he learned that we were looking for a shuttle he immediately…

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This shuttle with a bobbin of Khaki yarn was used in the Assabet Mills during World War One.

Photo negatives included.

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This shuttle was donated by Mr. George Peterson who worked his lifetime up to retirement in the Assabet Mill. During the ownership of the American Woolen Company he was employed in the carding department. He later worked as a maintenance man and a…

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Fourteen square/rectangle wool sample cloths of varying colors. Sizes range from 3.5 x 5 in. to 4.5 x 7.5 in. Colors include reds, greens, brown, and black. These wool cloth samples were manufactured at the Assabet Mills.

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Specking room employees working at a loom.

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A twist gauge used by Mr. Arthur Johnson who worked for many years in the Assabet Mills and the American Woolen Company. Mr. Johnson was also an instructor in spinning at the Massachusetts Reformatory in West Concord, Mass.

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A spindle used in the woolen spinning mules.

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A photo of employees in the Spinning Room of the American Woolen Company Mills in 1905.

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A Banner for the Textile Workers Union #771, Maynard, displayed on a wooden rod.

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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…