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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…

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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…

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"Containing an Alphabetical List of the Inhabitants and Business Firms, Streets and Other Miscellaneous Matter, also a Buyers' Guide"
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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)

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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…

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Photos of individual Woolen Company Employees 1935.
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(top left)G. Stuart, mill chemist (top right) H.C. Johnson. production manager. (bottom left) Frank Brayden, boss fuller
(bottom right) Roy Nelson,…

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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.

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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.

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Two photo albums and a scrapbook showing the events that occurred as part of the towns 100th birthday.
Two sample pages shown.

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A book "Containing Alphabetical Lists of the Residents, Churches, Schools, Societies, Town Officers, Fraternal Orders, Etc. together with Street and Business Directories"

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A book that contains " a complete resident, street and business directory, town officers, schools, societies,churches, Post-Offices, state census for 1900, rates of postage, etc."

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Owned by Gideon Foster

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Operator in Weave Room March 19, 1901.

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Employees of the dry finishing department 1905.
Front Row:
Second from left Albert C. Fourth from left P. Carbone

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An information booklet with lists of Acton, Concord and Maynard (shown) tax payers, advertisers, moral lessons, calenders, court schedules and other miscellaneous tidbits.

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A booklet published by the V.F.W. with ads for the local businesses. Several sample pages shown.

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It would seem that Maurice worked for Mrs. A. M. Wilkins of Lincoln for the summer and requested a reference letter as to his work habits. It is interesting that Mrs. Wilkins summered in Lincoln but spent time in Washington, D. C.

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Mary Priest Maynard is wife of Amory Maynard, founder of the Town of Maynard.

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Walter Zancewicz was aboard the first ship, Marine Serpent, that entered Pearl Harbor after the bombing of December 7, 1941. The second photo is the ship.