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Assabet River - 1887
The Assabet River seen after a thunder storm in July 1887. The view is of the river looking upstream toward the Ben Smith Bridge perhaps taken from the Mill Street Bridge.
Russell's Bridge - 1978
The first Russell's Bridge connected Stow to Sudbury over the Assabet River.
Cider Making on Lincoln Street - ca 1900
The sign on the building reads, "Sweet Cider For Sale".
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Clarence Broadbent, Arthur W. Martin, Herbert Martin, Thomas Usher, William Coulter, George Lawton
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Clarence Broadbent, Arthur W. Martin, Herbert Martin, Thomas Usher, William Coulter, George Lawton
Easter Bonnets - 1905
Three young women showing off their bonnets from Jennie Dean Millinery.
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Florence Salisbury, Emma Burns, Marion Titley
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Florence Salisbury, Emma Burns, Marion Titley
Saari Family Post Card
Seated is Mikko Saari, standing on the right is Selma Saari,
Anne Saari is young girl on her father's lap. The women standing on the left is identified as Ellen Kantonen.
Anne Saari is young girl on her father's lap. The women standing on the left is identified as Ellen Kantonen.
George & Lida Hart - 1927
George was active in affairs serving as a selectman in the early 1900's. This photo was taken at the time of their golden wedding anniversary.
The Maynard - Stow Town Line ca 1910
The small sign near the second telephone is an early traffic sign, "Motor Vehicles, Thickly Settled". Ben Smith's tomb is on the left (no longer there).
Maynard in the Future - 1909
Copy of a postcard that predicts Maynard's future as predicted in 1909.
Comfort Station at Memorial Park
Built by the W. P. A. during the depression of the 1930's. It was used as an alert center for the Air Wardens during World War II. Dismantled when the parking lot was enlarged at the rear of Memorial Park.
Maynard Trust Company - ca 1915
Maynard Trust Co. under construction. It is the building at 75 Main Street.
Masonic Building from Walnut Street - ca 1900
A view of the back of the Masonic building, located at 100 Main St.
West End from Summer Hill - 1930's
The Ben Smith Bridge and the Mill Street Bridge are seen as well as the Assabet River. The chimney, center left, is the old pumping station on Winter Street.
West End from Summer Hill - 1920's
The Assabet River, Ben Smith Bridge and the Mill Street Bridge are visible on the right side of picture. The old pumping station chimney, back and to the left, on Winter Street and the chimney at the trolley barn are seen on the left.
Assabet River Motor Launch at Whitman's Crossing - 1910
In 1906 Peter Wilcox and another Maynard man were granted a licence to operate a passenger boat from Maynard to Lake Boon. A boat house and landing wharf was built on the river near the Ben Smith Dam and a landing wharf was installed at Whitman's…