Originally organized as the "Sovereigns of Industry" in 1875, it created a grocery store and cultural center that served the town for over 50 years as a cooperative.
An account of how motion pictures (movies) came to Maynard: from the silent picture shows of the early 1900s to the arrival of talking motion pictures in 1913 to multiple theaters in Maynard during the 1920s.
Lorenzo Maynard's house as seen on Dartmouth Street. Amory Maynard's house was up the hill west of Lorenzo's. ( Amory's house was destroyed by fire in 1965.)
The black and white photo is Lorenzo's house in Winchester after he left Maynard.
A review of various forms of transportation and how they conveyed residents of Maynard, including walking, horseback, stage-coaches, steam trains, electric trolleys, busses and, finally, the automobile.