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A courtesy thermometer advertising Allen's Cafe, Joseph Allen & Son, 2 & 4 Waltham St., Maynard, Mass, Phone #343-W. It was "A Good Place for Friends to Meet"!

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A courtesy thermometer advertising Allen's Cafe, 2 & 4 Waltham St., Maynard, Mass, Tel # 343. It was owned by Joseph Allen.

It was known as the "House of match Covers" because the walls were completely convered with match book covers. Customers…

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A courtesy thermometer from Allen's Cafe, Maynard, Mass, "The House of Match Covers".

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An advertising thermometer for Allen's Cafe, 2-4 Waltham St., Maynard, Mass, Tel. 343. "A Good Place for Friends to Meet", also known as the House of Match Covers.

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This was used by Digital Field Service engineers to open the cabinet doors on a variety of larger VAX systems.

Digital Part #: 12-26339-01
Also has a mark: A-1

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This was a school bus stop located at 169 Parker Street and Old Marlborough Road. The sign reads "Allandale Bus Stop", with the names Maureen, Kelli, and Leslie underneath.

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Front - Bat Boy: Joseph Mancini

Center Kneeling (6): William Whitney, John Lent, Michael Barrett, Richard Uglevich, David Sullivan, Robert Sczerzen

Back Standing (10): Ralph Lent (Coach), Wayne Allen, Gene Paakkonen, William Bigusiak,…

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A history of the plays/concerts produced by the All American Club (poorly named, actually was the Finnish people who put on the productions, in Finnish). The events were presented at the Parker Street Hall in Maynard as well as other locations in…

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The club presented a music event on March 14th, 1971 at Maynard High School. The program list many of the local companies as sponsers.

Officers of the club:
Harold Hicks , President
Robert Mayes, Vice President
Frances Schipper,…

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This photo is from one of the early Halloween parties of the All American Club.

In 1945, when the Finnish boys and girls who had grown up in Maynard came back from World War II, they wanted to form a Finnish American club at the Parker Street Hall…

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An All American Club Dance ticket for April 18, 1945. It was held at the Parker St. Hall. The price was a total of $.50.

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Scene from the Finnish hist. play, "The Death of Elina", performed at the Parker Street Hall.

l to r: Huklah Nelson, Roy Helander, Waino Ojalehto, William Wehkoja, Ellen Hangas

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Members of the ALKU marching in a parade, June 1931. Many of these marchers were most of the people that worked in the kitchen and helped serve the dinner at the annual summer festival.

Front two right to left: Naemi Kajander, Esther…

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An invoice for $3.15 from Alina's Beauty Salon, 73 Main Street, Maynard, is for items bought by the United Co-op, dated September 29, 1935.

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A black and white photo of Alice Warren, Chairwoman of the Fair Committee for the Maynard Girl Scouts, in 1952. The photo shows her marching in a parade with the Segal's Gale Shop in the background.

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Alice Louise Fearns Mullin:

Alice Lousie Fearns was born on September 27, 1912, in the home in which she grew up, at 7 Haynes Street, Maynard, MA. She was the daughter of Bertha Amelda Wall, a high school mathematics teacher from Marlboro;…

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"The peasant Alfred Heikki's son Torppa , b. March 4, 1880 in Veteli, and his wife, Maria Amalia Gustaf's daughter, b. October 15, 1879 and their two children Juho Teodor, 1903 and Hugo Alfred,1904 from Veteli in the Grand Duchy are traveling abroad…

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Diploma from the Veteli, Finland elementary school.
Translation by Roy Helander

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"I can hereby attest that the young man, Alfred Torppa, from Vetili at my farm has passed courses in anatomy of house pets, horse shoeing, and birthing as well as the more ordinary outer and inner sicknesses with satisfaction. He has also taken…

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Translation: " The American immigrant Alfred Heikki's son Torppa, born March 4, 1880 in Veteli, married on April 4, 1901 to Maria Amalia August's daughter Tofferi, born in Halsua on October 15, 1879 and live in matrimony in America.
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