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A wooden 1920 pencil box with a slide top and ruler attached. These were used by school children.

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Slates were commonly used in schools in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. A slate is a small, rectangular blackboard made from slate stone. The edges were wrapped in leather or wood to protect students' hands. Students used slates because…

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A vintage steering wheel from (possibly) c1910-c1915 time period.

We do not know what kind of vehicle this belonged to, but given other William Salo donations to the collection were from his farm this is more likely a tractor steering wheel than…

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A hand drill is a manual tool that converts and amplifies circular motion. Though it has been replaced in most applications by power drills, the hand drill is used by many woodworkers.

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This multi-tool includes: hatchet, hammer, pliers, screw driver, pry bar, wrench, cutter, wire stretcher.

The Thomas Mfg. Co. started about the year 1900 and made a line of combination/multitools.

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A color photo of Virginia Weckstrom, Pianist. Virginia played the piano at "A Concert", an event sponsored by the Maynard Centennial Committee on June 27, 1971. Virginia is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Weckstrom. Virgina received her Master of…

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A poster by digital promoting the PDP-12 computer.

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A sign in register for visitors to the Digital facilities covering the period from March 25, 1986 to October 19, 1990. A sample page is shown.

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A sign in book for visitors to the Digital facilities covering the period from April 1, 1993 to June 10, 1994. Sample page shown.

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Includes the birth, marriage and death records for the town of Stow, Massachusetts through 1850.

"This publication is issued under the authority of a vote passed by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, November 6, 1901".

Committee on…

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An oral history project directed by Sarah Chiasson took place in 2002 in Maynard. A number of interviews took place with local Maynard individuals. Tape recorded conversations, photos, and written transcriptions remain from the Project. Those…

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Three pictures of the aftermath of a fire at Voses including a picture after structured was razed. The Digital Equipment Corporation owned the property.

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This plaque was evidently on the first VT220 produced in Taiwan and presented to Ken Olsen by Richard H. Yen