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Shuttle Photos
This shuttle with a bobbin of Khaki yarn was used in the Assabet Mills during World War One.
Photo negatives included.
Photo negatives included.
Beehive Money Safe Photos
This large floor safe was installed in the main office building in the Assabet Mills.
Boiler Room Photo
This is one of the large boilers used to heat the mill buildings. The boilers could be fired by either gas or oil with an easy conversion.
Machine Shop Flood Photo - 1936
During the flood of the Assabet River on March 13,1936, the river rose high enough to spill over its banks and to include the Walnut Street machine shop in mill Building No. 11 as part of the river.
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…
American Woolen Company Christmas Party - 1935
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,…
Eva Edwards Frye is noted in the original accession record.
Rear (l-r): Raymond Veitch, ?? Templeton, Margaret McCormack, William Bain, Lucille Sims, Rachel Dzerkaz,…
Textile Workers Union Banner - 1903
A Banner for the Textile Workers Union #771, Maynard, displayed on a wooden rod.
Injury Report Ledger
Assabet Manufacturing Company
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…
Birds Eye View of Assabet Mills - 1910
Copy of a post card of the mill area taken from Summer Hill.
(See A252-A206)
(See A252-A206)
Collection of Mill Chimney Photos
A series of 32 black and white photos documenting the removal of a chimney at the Maynard Mills.
Notification of Public Auction of Assabet Mills properties
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…
Includes a sale terms, a detailed description of the properties (with…
American Woolen Co.
Assabet Mill
Maynard, Mass.
A drawing of the woolen mills for insurance purposes.