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The 50th Annual Report of the American Woolen Company from December 31, 1948. The Report includes a notice to the stockholders, history of the wool industry in America for the last 50 years, description of the differing types of wool, the process of…

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This view of the Assabet Mill was taken looking out over the roof of the dye house.

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Specking room employees working at a loom.

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Members of the dry finishing department at the American Woolen Mills 1931.

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The Agreement between American Woolen Company and Textile Workers, 1952. The Contract contains information about Union dues, wages schedules, work assignments, and group insurance. This Contract was for the workers of the Assabet Mills/American…

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Photos of exterior of Assabet Mills taken by Robert McGarry

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Front: G. Soules, J. White, F. OBrien, W. Johnston, H. Lyons, J. Moynihan
Back: H. Morgan, R. Marsden, T. Marsden, W. Morrill, M. Vodoklys, W. Oates

In 1924 the American Woolen Company had a league comprised of several of the mill teams.…

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The 24th Annual Report for the American Woolen Mill Company includes: Officers/Directors Listing,President's Report, Treasurer's Report, and brief history of the Company.

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Start of New Village - Harrison Street
The American Woolen Company in June of 1901 purchased the Reardon Estate on the south side of Parker Street. Sixty houses were built on this property to house workers for the mill. The view shown is Harrison…

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A booklet from the Crompton & Knowles Loom Works (Worcester, MA) that describes the installation procedures for new automatic looms, c. 1930.

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A booklet from the Crompton & Knowles Loom Works (Worceter, MA) that describes the improvements made to their looms with the addition of a Mechanical Warp Stop Motion, Regan Type.

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Dry Finishing Room Employees at Assabet Woolen Mills

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

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Photo of Fulling or Wet Finishing Department 1902 Assabet Mills

A copy of an American Woolen Company advertisement from the Museum of American Textile History.

A copy of an article from the Museum of American Textile History citing a brief history of Maynard, MA and the American Woolen Company.

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Taken at the coal pile on Walnut Street before the installation of oil. The men in the picture are the second hands and employees of both departments which were under one head.

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Coal was the main source of power for the mill complex in the early 1900s. The coal was brought to the mill by train and was unloaded and shoveled into the boilers by these workers.

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View of Assabet Mills taken from Main Street in 1867. At that time,Walnut Street was on the southern side of the river and ran from Main Street to Thompson Street. In 1872, the street was relocated on the northern side of the river, running from…