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Twelve safety pins per package. Boye was a well known sewing machine needle manufacturer.

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A bumper sticker and 2 campaign buttons expressing opposition to regionalization of Maynard High School.

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United CO-OP Society Oil Truck

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Four page paper published on Saturdays with a synopsis of dime novel with the intent to promote sales.

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The Practical Weaver is a book of reference for the mathematics involved in the daily running of the weaving, carding, spinning rooms. This includes wages, advertising and production costs, to name a few.

A scrapbook with a variety of Maynard newspaper clippings from the estate of Eva Edwards Frye. These date from 1901 to 1976. Included are original school-age essays, wedding announcements, maps, and photos.

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Copies of several hundred newspaper articles relating to the regionalization effort of the Maynard schools with Boxborough and Acton. The articles appeared in the Maynard Beacon, The Middlesex News, The Acton Beacon, Minuteman Chronicle. Shown is…

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An article appearing in the Maynard Enterprise of July 24, 1935 on the results of an investigation of milk pricing by the United Cooperative Society.

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A newspaper article describing the real meaning behind Valentine's Day. It shows a picture of several antique Valentines belonging to the Maynard Historical Society. The article was published on February 10, 1983 and was seen in the The Beacon, the…

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"Newcomer's Guide to Maynard's Stores and Services" put together in the mid 1980's by the Maynard Public Library. The businesses submitted the following: name, address, telephone number, business hours, basic line of goods or services, special items…

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"All you want to know about New Caledonia"

ACTON, Mass., May 3. -- Three of the buildings belonging to the plant of the American Powder Company, near the boundary line of Acton and Concord, were blown up shortly after 9 o'clock this forenoon. Five of the employes were killed.

BOSTON, March 12. The American Powder Mills, at South Acton, Mass., exploded at 9:05 o'clock this a morning, causing much consternation and alarm. Two mills are wrecked, together with considerable machinery. The loss of life is confined to two hired…

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The event was held at the Maynard Rod & Gun Club.

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A small tan-colored New Testament, dated 1880.