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The grand opening of the new Stow Laundromat

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Group portrait of young women (station attendants?) at Boeske's Gas Station (on Brown Street, Acton Street?)

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A book of newspaper clippings of marriage announcements, obituaries, anniversaries, news stories etc... superimposed on a shorthand stenography notepad. Sample page shows a news story of a tenth anniversary.

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These old medicine bottles were found at the site of the Turnpike School, now Glenwood Cemetery.

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Hand made glass and satin container box.

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A glass inkwell used at the Maynard Post Office for many years. The bottom of the inkwell says "Property of the U.S. P. O. Department".

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A glass inkwell used in the Maynard Public Schools. It was made by the Henry S. Wolkens Co., Boston, Mass.

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Used by the Boston Edison Company in Maynard

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W. W. Oliver ran a jewelry store in Lowe's Block, later referred to as Odd Fellows Block (now the China Ruby on Nason Street) in the early 1900's.

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A glass paper weight with a photo embedded on the underside. The underside says "Left, A.J. Sullivan, Asst. Postmaster, Maynard".

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Byron F. Tilton, Edward F. Tilton, Walter Tilton, Berintha Tilton

Edward Tilton was a special police officer and worked in the woolen mill. Walter Tilton built the house at 2 & 4 Concord Street.

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Located on Summer Street on the site of the parking lot across from the Fine Arts Theater. Built in 1867 by Peter Haley. Named Glendale House from the "Glendale" blanket being manufactured at the Assabet Manufacturing Company mills. Later become…

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The Great Road entrance gate and wall of Glenwood Cemetery was a W.P.A project. It was in such disrepair that it was taken down in 1951.

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Photo showing the construction of the main entrance from Parker St. of the Glenwood Cemetery.

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The National Register of Historic Places Form and Application. A description of Glenwood Cemetery including history, map, archeological features, ecology of the area and other aspects that allows the cemetery to be registered as a historic location.…

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Three pictures of the Goddard Goldsmith business. One picture shows Richard Goddard looking over a hand-made golden chalice. The next photo shows the Goddard Chalice. The last photo shows Richard Goddard at work engraving the chalice.

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This cane is a stand-in for the real Boston Post Cane which had been missing. The name of A. S. McDonald is engraved on the head.

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While showing a VCR tape of a slide show presented at the Maynard Historical Society in April of 1989 one of the participants was reminded of a train accident from a picture of a train approaching the Summer St. crossing. In the 1920's a man…

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Personal thimble used by Clara Maynard, spouse of Amory Maynard, 2nd.