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A medal souvenir form the World's Fair held in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York in 1939.

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1. Doris and Worsley at antique show when they owned "Trinkets N' Treasures"
2. Easter Sunday 1960
3. College Graduation
4. Wedding 1942
5. Doris teaching fourth grade at Roosevelt School

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Worsley Fardy was an Industrial Arts teacher in the Maynard Public Schools. He was also a former member of the town Planning Board.

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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.

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One of four wrenches.

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One of four wrenches.

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One of four wrenches.

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Two bottles for rye whiskey bottled by J. A. Coughlan & Co., 12 Summer St., Maynard, Mass.

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The WT/78 Word Terminal shows its VT52 heritage from the general design, but the keyboard was custom designed to support "word processing": color coded keys with fixed functions like cut, paste, insert page, etc. The terminal we have in the…

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A green World War II Army jacket with the name of Schnair imprinted on the collar. Mr. Peter Schnair was a resident of Maynard, MA.

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A WW II Army jacket belonging to Sgt. Antonio S. Terrasi of Maynard.

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An Army/Air Force (AAF) verified sortie list of 30 heavy bombardments in which Sgt. Connors participated. These occurred over enemy occupied Continental Europe on dates Nov. 1943 to June 1944. He was a participant in the 384th Bombardment Group H. …

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Blank certificate that would be filled in when a person reported for military registration.

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This blanket was owned by Irvin Stock (see photo) who served in the U.S. Army Air Force, World War II, 1943-1946.

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Two trophies awarded by the Y. P. Club for a Relay Race during Summer Festival in Maynard, 1925.

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State Champions

Front: Waino Maki, Jack Manning, Anthony Columbo
Back: Wm. Wehkoja, Aimo Kangas, Armas Frigard, Waino Saarinen, Waino Ojalehto, Charles Hekkala

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Maynard Champs

Front: Waino Ojalehto, Waino Saarinen, Tony Colombo, Aimo Kangas
Back: Oiva Alasaari, Charles Manty, Joseph Boulden, Charles Hekkals, George Ojalehto

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A Champion trophy won by Maynard's Young People's Socialist Baseball League (Y.P.S.L.). The League was active in the 1920s.

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A collection of 29 yard (measuring) sticks promoting various Maynard business:

A. E. Larkin - Painter and paperhanger, active in Town affairs and served as assessor.
Maynard Coal Co., Inc. - Stick used to measure oil depth
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These are a sample of the yardsticks in the MHS collection. They were used both as advertising tools and in some cases measuring intruments to determine amount of oil/kerosene in a 55 gallon drum. Note telephone numbers: 540, TW 7-2951, 897-2951