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A sample piece of green cloth made at the Assabet Mills during the World War I for the United States Marine Corps.

Two brown wooden bobbins used at the American Woolen Company Mill.

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

A light brown shuttle used in the Assabet Mills.

A light brown shuttle used in the Assabet Mills.

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

A heddle used in the Assabet Mills. Heddles are loops of wire or cord attached to the loom's harness that are used to separate and control the warp yarns during the weaving process. Each heddle controls one warp yarn, with a loom having as many as a…

The book has the date of order, date of carding and spinning , quantity and other information of the finished woolen cloth.

The book records orders for different quantity, color, style, quality and kind of finished woolen cloth over a two year period.

The book records orders for different quantities, color, style, quality and kind of finished woolen cloth over an eleven month period.

The book records orders for different quantities, color, style, quality and kind of finished woolen cloth over a ten month period.

Cloth label that was sown on the finished product.

A collection of fourteen wool hooks used in the American Woolen Company Mills, in the process of manufacturing woolen cloth. These were used in the Drawing-In Room. They range in length from 6 to 10 inches.

A green woolen blanket similar to those made at the American Woolen Co., Maynard.

A square piece of purple wool cloth similar to those made at the American Woolen Co.

The clock is being repainted similar to the original 1892 color.

A ledger recording the real estate transfer of the property owned by the woolen company to private owners. The record indicates the purchase price, parcel location, interest payments and the balanced owed as of March 1936. Example shown is the…

The shuttle carried the weft back and forth through the warp to make the weave.

Bobbins were wound with the yarn that was used in weaving.

The American Woolen Company built the houses off Parker Street and owned the variety store.