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  • Collection: Assabet Mills

A record book documenting the owners of the real estate of the American Woolen Company, 1934.

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Joe Boothroyd's insurance card that outlines the benefits offered by the Woolen Mill.

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A black and white aerial photograph of the Mill complex during the Maynard Industries era.

This photo was taken during the winter and looking to the north (Main Street runs left-to-right and Walnut Street runs vertically on the left side and a…

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A drawing of the woolen mills for insurance purposes.

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Six color photos (with duplicates) of the Maynard Mill's garage.

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A copy of a large framed lithograph.

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The carpet was likely produced at the American Woolen Company Assabet Mill.

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A booklet detailing the auctioning of properties formerly owned by Assabet Mills (including 101 cottages, 49 two family dwellings, and 12 parcels of unimproved land.)

Includes a sale terms, a detailed description of the properties (with…

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A series of 32 black and white photos documenting the removal of a chimney at the Maynard Mills.

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A colored photo of an aerial view of the Mill.

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Copy of a postcard of the mill area taken from Summer Hill.



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A photo of the Assabet Mills taken from Beacon Street.

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A ledger beginning in November 1884 through September 1901 reporting the various accidents that occurred in the woolen mill. These include deaths, amputations, broken bones, bruises, lacerations etc. The author of the ledger is unknown. Many of the…

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

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Christmas Party photograph of the Main Office of the American Woolen Company.

Eva Edwards Frye is noted in the original accession record.

Rear (l-r): Raymond Veitch, ?? Templeton, Margaret McCormack, William Bain, Lucille Sims, Rachel Dzerkaz,…

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This "curfew bell" signaled to the mill employees that by 9 p.m. each night they were to be home and in bed. Amory Maynard warned that any of his employees found on the streets after the bell tolled would lose their jobs. In October 1935, the bell…