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Weave Room Employees - ca 1900's
American Woolen Mills
Still Image of the employees in the perching weave room in the mill in the early 1900's. Left to right: James Keller, Frank Johnson, Thomas Wright, Harry Brooklyn, William McAuslin, Hiram Parkin, August Moynihan, Herbert Whitehead, and __ Smith.
The Warping Room Employees - 1901
American Woolen Mills
A photo of employees who work in the Warping Department. These employees maintain machinery that uses strands of yarn to form heavier threads that will ultimately become a sixty inch finished width of fabric.
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,…
The Dressing Room Employees - ca 1900
American Woolen Mill
This photo shows some of the workers in the Dressing Room of the mills. The warp yarns from the dresser spools are combined and laid side by side as they are wound in sections on the dressing reel. This will ultimately furnish the warp threads for…
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)
Massachusetts State Department of Health - 1918
Fourth Annual Report
A statistical report of health attributes including influenza, cancer, venereal disease, water pollution, river conditions, food conditions and a long list of other public health issues. The sample page shows water consumption including the Town of…
Massachusetts State Department of Health - 1917
Third Annual Report
A statistical report about the health of the Commonwealth including: Tuberculosis, Infant Mortality, Venereal Disease, Water Supplies, Sewerage , River Pollution, Food and Drugs, Plumbers and many other health concerns.
Sample page shows river…
Sample page shows river…
Crosby's Acton and Maynard Directory - 1926
"Containing an Alphabetical List of the Inhabitants and Business Firms, Streets and Other Miscellaneous Matter, also a Buyers' Guide"
Sample pages shown.
Sample pages shown.
The Boston Almanac and Directory - 1889
List of every imaginable business, school, church, public office, street etc... and the people associated, all in Boston.
Annual Statistics of Manufactures - 1893
Statistics on practically every manufacturing process in the state of Massachusetts. Sample pages show Maynard's Assabet Mills and an example of some figures.
Mill Employees After Work Camaraderie - ca 1916
American Woolen Mills
A photo of the woolen mill employees enjoying some after work fun taken in the Thompson Street field (now a parking lot). Front Row (l-r): Ed King, Jack Kane, Ed McManus, Ralph Sheridan, and John Hoffman; Back Row (l-r): Ed Hoffman, George Peterson,…
Photo General Office Staff Assabet Mills - 1951
Photo taken prior to terminal closing 1951
From left to right. Eva Frye, Agnes Mahoney, Eva Tucker, Jean Haynes, Ann Lawrynowicz, Reginal Jones, Merton Merrick (Office Manager), Peter Stalker (Resident Manager).
Staff not included are Hartwell…
From left to right. Eva Frye, Agnes Mahoney, Eva Tucker, Jean Haynes, Ann Lawrynowicz, Reginal Jones, Merton Merrick (Office Manager), Peter Stalker (Resident Manager).
Staff not included are Hartwell…
Walnut Street Bridge - 1932
A photo of the Walnut Street Bridge in 1932. Several Maynard citizens are posing: (r-l) Richard Sherman, Victor Kizik, Johnny ___, Roy Dean, and (unidentified).
Photo of Mill Overseers - ca 1930
Left to right: Frank Grieve, A. Carlton, W. Spatt, W. Bain,______, George Stewart.
New England Telephone Directory - 1969
Phone numbers for Marlboro, Concord, Acton, Hudson, Maynard
New England Telephone Directory - 1966
Phone numbers for Marlboro, Concord, Acton, Hudson, Maynard
Millworkers - Early 1900's.
A photo of American Woolen Mills Company employees on a break. People moved to Maynard primarily to access job opportunities provided by the Maynard Mills. These were people of all races, religions, and nationalities.