WPA, Works Progress Administration, renamed Work Project Administration in 1939, was the largest New Deal program to help the country to recover from the Great Depression of the 1930's.
A photo of a class visit to Washington, DC, in 1908. Standing: Louis Sullivan, Ralph Lawton, Vincent Sweeney, Raymond Veitch, Herbert Lawton, ___?, Carl Persons
Seated: girl in far right corner, Bertha Lawton
Maynard Assembly #21: Instituted November 13, 1926, Constituted November 9, 1927. The cookbook seems to have been a fund raiser project for the girls. Shown is the cover, a sample page of recipes and advertisements.
"The International Order of the…
The businessman put on a merchant week program that attracted patrons and prominent leaders from the nearby towns. Each day had a theme: Genealogical Day, Historical Day, Rear Admiral Sampson Day, Educational Day, Commonwealth Day, Firemen's Day. …
Charles Berriel took this picture for the Maynard Historical Society showing the Soldier's and Sailor's Monument in the center with World War II Honor Roll at the left and World War I Honor Roll at the right.
The school was built in 1877 at the corner of Acton and Pleasant Streets at a cost of $3579.41. It was "heated by a furnace, which is a great improvement over the old system of stoves and wood fires, with long funnels constantly getting out of…
John Roberts was a Private, Co I, 1st Maine Calvary , Union Army, killed in action on May 3, 1863. Buried in an unmarked grave near Louisa Court House, VA. There is a Commemorative Marker in the Robert's lot at the Glenwood Cemetery.