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These were used as an alarm on the streets before there were sirens. It is exceptionally loud! They were also called Halloween Noisemakers, with possible origination in Germany.

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Maynard hosted a band jamboree in the spring of 1965 of high school bands from several towns.

1st & 2nd photo: Band on Great Road at the entrance of Alumni Field
3rd photo l to r: Walter Mullin ('66)
___?, Karl Aromaa ('66); Color Guard
4th…

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Band members at half time performance at a football game.

1st photo: Russell "Rudy" Lattuca ('65)

2nd. photo: from the right, Janette Tompkins ('68), Shirley Grant ('68), Debbie Gott ('69), Pat Bennett ('68)

3rd photo: from the left, Paula…

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Half time performance at Alumni Field at a fall football game.
Bottom photo: Karl Aromaa with rifle; Walter Mullin with flag

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Used with stereo card to enhance depth perception.

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A red container for American Powder Mills gun powder. The label reads "Sporting Powder- American Cyanamid Corporation".

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Pathex was the trade name of Pathe Exchange, Inc., Pathe's US subsidiary. In America, film exchanges distributed movie releases to theaters. The 9.5 mm format was introduced in America for Christmas of 1925 (Model D projectors). A lot of money was…

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The Rules and Restrictions of a Fund established to provide quarters for the Frank J. Demers Post, American Legion.

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A program for the service held at the Mission Evangelical Church recognizing Vietnam Veterans and other military personnel.

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A list of men in the Stow militia compiled by Yael Walcott, Town Clerk. See pdf for handwritten list.

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A carriage lantern manufactured by Dietz. The company started in 1840 when its founder, 22-year-old Robert Edwin Dietz purchased a lamp and oil business in Brooklyn, New York. Though famous for well built indoor and outdoor kerosene lanterns, the…

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Five stencils used to mark cases and bundles at the American Powder Mills.

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A box labeled American Cyanamid & Chemical Corp. Powder Division, Maynard Mass. It contained dangerous high explosives and ammonia dynamite.

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Used mostly around the barns. Could be hung from a nail or hook during milking or other chores.

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A Union Crayon Co. crayon box that held one grosss dustless school crayons, manufactured in Lowell, Massachusetts.

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A piece of a wooden box with the label "American Cyanamid and Chemical Corp. - American Powder Division - Maynard, Mass, U.S.A." Mr. & Mrs. Worsley Fardy were traveling in New Hampshire and saw this piece of a box at a flea market.

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Two wood marking gauges. A marking gauge is used in woodworking and metalworking to mark out lines for cutting or other operations. The purpose of the gauge is to scribe a line parallel to a reference edge or surface.

The third tool is…

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Eight Christmas tree lights of various colors in the shape of candles. The fluid inside the plastic candle would heat up and ripple.

A hand-painted glass lampshade and a carnival glass-like lampshade. They were typically used on ceiling fixtures. These were popular in the 1920s.

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Seated: PC Donald Marchant, Executive Board; PC J. Foster Toohey, Commander; Russell Rogers, JVC; PC Howard Schreiber, Executive Board

Standing: ___ Bolger, ___Sgt. -at- Arms; PC Alfred Dentino, Finance Officer; PC Robert Murray,…

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