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Order Book 1929-1930
American Woolen Company
The book records 5653 orders for different color, style, quality and kind of finished woolen cloth over an eleven month period.
Cloth Sample Book - 1913
American Woolen Company
The book contains 580, 3 x 5 in., finished woolen samples that represent the various colors and textures of the cloth produced at the mill. Likely used by salesmen to show the available materials.
American Woolen Company MIlls
A book describing the mills owned by the American Woolen Company in the 1920's. The Maynard description is shown as well as some introductory pages.
Assabet Mill Survey Map - 1922
American Woolen Company
The buildings in red are made of brick, the yellow are made of wood.
Original Packing Box with Blanket from American Woolen Co.
An original American Woolen Company packing box with blanket.
Two American Woolen Company Military Medical Blankets
Two green/brown, woolen, medical blankets manufactured for the US Military by the American Woolen Company.
American Woolen Company Christmas Party - 1935
Christmas Party photograph of the Main Office of the American Woolen Company.
Eva Edwards Frye is noted in the original accession record.
Rear (l-r): Raymond Veitch, ?? Templeton, Margaret McCormack, William Bain, Lucille Sims, Rachel Dzerkaz,…
Eva Edwards Frye is noted in the original accession record.
Rear (l-r): Raymond Veitch, ?? Templeton, Margaret McCormack, William Bain, Lucille Sims, Rachel Dzerkaz,…
American Woolen Mills - ca 1900
A picture of the American Woolen Mills, c. 1900, with the railroad embankment and bridge (later removed). In the background, behind Mill #5, are the tower on the home of Lorenzo Maynard, the upper part of Amory Maynard's home, and the tank house for…
Assabet Mills Twin Chimneys - ca 1932-33
A picture taken behind the block at River Street of the Walnut Street Bridge (note: ball-type globes on street lights on bridge), back of billboards, and the twin smoke stacks of American Woolen Mills.
American Woolen Mills - Early 1900's.
A picture of the American Woolen Company Mills at full production in the early 1900's.
Millworkers - Early 1900's.
A photo of American Woolen Mills Company employees on a break. People moved to Maynard primarily to access job opportunities provided by the Maynard Mills. These were people of all races, religions, and nationalities.
Mill Employees After Work Camaraderie - ca 1916
American Woolen Mills
A photo of the woolen mill employees enjoying some after work fun taken in the Thompson Street field (now a parking lot). Front Row (l-r): Ed King, Jack Kane, Ed McManus, Ralph Sheridan, and John Hoffman; Back Row (l-r): Ed Hoffman, George Peterson,…
Final Inspection of Fabrics - ca 1900
American Woolen Company
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)
The Dressing Room Employees - ca 1900
American Woolen Mill
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…
The Warping Room Employees - 1901
American Woolen Mills
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.