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When Amory Maynard came to Maynard in 1846 he lived in one of the Smith houses on Summer Hill Road. Later he built this house on Main Street (now 145) opposite the Mill and lived there until he moved to a new house on Maynard Hill ("Beechmount") in…

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Pictures taken in front of the Amory Maynard home on Main Street.

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Front: Phil Bower, Allie Peterson, Jack Cronin
2nd: Chet Downey, Harold Sheridan, Mike Lynch
3rd: Bill Hunt, Paul Luker, John Lyons
Back: Jake Moynihan,…

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Amory Maynard's mansion on "Maynard's Hill" now Dartmouth Street. Built about 1873 and occupied by Amory Maynard and family until his death in 1895. Destroyed by fire in the early morning in July 1965. At the time of the fire the house was owned by…

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Former Maynard House on fire. The house was located at Darmouth and Elmwood Streets. At the time of the fire the house was owned by Anthony Taryma.

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The son of William Maynard, grandson of Amory Maynard. Resided on Main Street until 1920's, sold his property and moved to Boston.
Second photo taken later in his life.

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In 1846 Amory Maynard moved to the Assabet River valley, now Maynard, and with his partner William Knight dammed the river and begin a woolen mill. The area became known as Assabet Village and 1871 became incorporated as a town named for Amory. The…

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The building was built by Amory Maynard in the 1880's.

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Moose Social Club on 2nd floor. Nell Coughlin.
Eric Simons, Wm. Pero, Oscar Alving, Ed Ryan

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The top photo is Amory, the next one down is Mary. The bottom two are unidentified Maynards.

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Music celebrating the American Workman, Grover Cleveland on the cover.

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This a folded card. The Address side had to be exposed via Post Office Regulations.

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The American Woolen Mills Employees Booster is a monthly publication with news and overviews of each of the AWC mills.

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A picture of the American Woolen Company Mills at full production in the early 1900's.

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The American Woolen Company, by 1900, was was operating 26 mills, one of the in Maynard. By 1923, it reached a total of 57 mills.

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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…

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A black and white photo of a gathering of American Woolen Company employees. Margaret McCormack is second from left in the row with women. William Bain is in the first chair on the far left of the row with men. Perhaps taken around the late 1940's or…

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A booklet describing the Blue Cross Insurance Plan for employees of the American Woolen Company, 1945.