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Cloth Sample Book - 1913
American Woolen Company
The book contains 580, 3 x 5 in., finished woolen samples that represent the various colors and textures of the cloth produced at the mill. Likely used by salesmen to show the available materials.
Collection of Mill Chimney Photos
A series of 32 black and white photos documenting the removal of a chimney at the Maynard Mills.
Collection of World War I Military Coat Buttons - ca 1918
World War I buttons cut off military coats, shredded in the Shoddy Mill, Assabet Mills. They were found by Edmund Duggan.
Comptometer
A comptometer used in the Assabet Mills. The Comptometer was the first commercially successful key-driven mechanical calculator, patented in the United States by Dorr Felt in 1887. The partnership was incorporated as the Felt & Tarrant…
Construction of Mill Building No. 1 and No. 2 - 1916
A photo of the construction of Mill Building No. 1 and No.2 in 1916. The Millpond was drained during the construction period. A wooden flume was erected from the cove near the point at Front Street to the corner of mill building No. 5.
Curfew Bell
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…
Drawing In Room Employees Assabet Mills 1905 Photo
Drawing In Room Employees:
Front Row:
Frank Riley, John Manning
Second Row:
Unknown
Third Row:
Maude Turnbull,____,___,___,Albert Batley, Mame McCarthy, Clara Binks,___,____
Back Row:
_____, Jim Sheridan,_____,John Sheridan, Fred…
Front Row:
Frank Riley, John Manning
Second Row:
Unknown
Third Row:
Maude Turnbull,____,___,___,Albert Batley, Mame McCarthy, Clara Binks,___,____
Back Row:
_____, Jim Sheridan,_____,John Sheridan, Fred…
Dressing and Slasher Room Assabet Mills Employees - 1905
Taken at the coal pile on Walnut Street before the installation of oil. The men in the picture are the second hands and employees of both departments which were under one head.
Dressing and Slasher Room Group - 1900's American Woolen Company Mills
These men are employees of the American Woolen Mills in the early 1900's. They are working in the Dressing and Slasher Room. (Front Row) Wilbur Hamlin, John Brophy, Harry Sullivan, David Sharpe; (Back Row) William Whitehead, George Howes, Harry…
Dry Finishing Employees
Employees of the dry finishing department 1905.
Front Row:
Second from left Albert C. Fourth from left P. Carbone
Front Row:
Second from left Albert C. Fourth from left P. Carbone
Dry Finishing Office Employees
Photo of Office Employees Dry Finishing Department.
Left to Right
Thomas Quirk, ____,_____,____, Tom Deane
Left to Right
Thomas Quirk, ____,_____,____, Tom Deane
Dry Finishing Room
Fabrics are steamed, brushed, sheared and pressed during this series of operations. The nap is raised by brushes and then cut to a uniform height by the huge shear blade, which operates like a stationary lawn mower as the fabric is fed under it.…
Dry Finishing Room Employees - 1901
A 1901 picture of employees in the Dry Finishing Room at the Assabet Mills. The finishing process included steaming, brushing, shearing, and pressing the fabric. This process may be repeated two or three times before it is ready for final inspection.
Dynamo Control Room Photo
With the installation of a dynamo in the new power plant, electricity became available and on September 1, 1902, a contract was made between the American Woolen Company and the Town of Maynard for lighting the streets of the town. Thus, the old…
Employees in Dry Finishing Department - 1931
Members of the dry finishing department at the American Woolen Mills 1931.
Employees of the American Woolen Company - 1935
Photos of individual Woolen Company Employees 1935.
2013.241- 244
(top left)G. Stuart, mill chemist (top right) H.C. Johnson. production manager. (bottom left) Frank Brayden, boss fuller
(bottom right) Roy Nelson,…
2013.241- 244
(top left)G. Stuart, mill chemist (top right) H.C. Johnson. production manager. (bottom left) Frank Brayden, boss fuller
(bottom right) Roy Nelson,…
File Folder for Knight & Maynard
1846-1862
Folder contains various copies of Town of Sudbury documents relative to Knight & Maynard [Manufacturing Company] at Assabet Village.
Final Inspection of Fabrics - ca 1900
American Woolen Company
A photo showing the final examination of the fabrics as they are pulled over high racks. Inspectors reject or pass the finished pieces according to rigid standards set for the particular grades of fabric. (May not be the Maynard Mill)
Flood of 1927 at American Wool Company Photos
Views of Assabet Mill from Walnut Street during the Flood of 1927.