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  • Collection: Assabet Mills

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A wooden slat with the following imprinted upon it: "American Woolen Co., Inc., Order No. 7263, Assabet Mills, Maynard, Mass".

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Three wooden Assabet Mills shipping crate slats. These were remnants of shipping crates used to ship products.

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

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The program dedicated three markers at the corner of Walnut St and Main St. that illustrate a brief history of the mill.

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A commemorative program celebrating the Mill Clock installation and donation by Lorenzo Maynard in 1892.

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A souvenir box with a painting of the Assabet Mills and Mill Pond on the cover.

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View across the pond of the mill with two chimneys visible.
Chimney on left taken down in mid-1950's.
The RR Station can be seen on the left in the top photo.

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The attached houses where built in 1901 to house mill workers. The location is corner of Main St. and Florida Rd. where Post Office is now located. The wall the woman is sitting on can be seen in front of Amory Maynard House, 145 Main St.

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

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

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

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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 theā€¦

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

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

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

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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.

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Cloth label that was sown on the finished product.