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Sewing Room Employees.
Starting with first row.
Margaret Keegan, Nellie McHan, Mame Kelly, Lizzie McHass, Cecelia O'Toole, Meg Scully, Net Binns?, Kate Sweeney, Sadie McGarrey, Frank Moynihan, Connie Desmond, Mary Callahan, Nellie Crotty,…

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The American Woolen Mills Employees Booster is a monthly publication with news and overviews of each of the AWC mills.

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A collection of 19 pictures taken in the winter of 1985 of houses that once where the property of the American Woolen Company for the tenancy of its employees. Four photos shown: top left, Railroad Street; top right, Taft Avenue; bottom left, Parker…

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A book outlining the payroll rates for the employees of the American Woolen Company including hourly wages for spinners, carders, weavers, finishers, and shippers.

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Wage envelope for R. Kelsey from the American Woolen Company, indicating $6.25 weekly wage.

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The 1860 Seventh Annual Circular published by the American Water Wheel Company describes the company's recent improvements, product updates, and customer endorsements.

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A bill from the American Woolen Company's Electric Light Department, dated May 1929, for $4.20 for one month's worth of light.

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A Union Picket Card issued to Patrick Lalli of 1 Rockland Ave., Maynard, MA.

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A book that describes the inception and history of the American Woolen Company, including pictures/sketches of the American Woolen Company's 19 mills.

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Two blanket labels and one set of directions on the cleaning and care of woolen blankets.

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The Practical Weaver is a book of reference for the mathematics involved in the daily running of the weaving, carding, spinning rooms. This includes wages, advertising and production costs, to name a few.

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A series of copies of Assabet Mills/Maunfacturing Company memos written by Amory Maynard from the Counting Room, 1867-1872. These memos were written to Mr. Charles Sargent and addressed the need for various machinery activities.

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Series of external views of the mill buildings taken July 18, 1931and November 22,1931. Some photos indicate year the building was added.

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Woolen cloth being shipped by express from the Assabet Mills in 1920. The mill workers were able to load 347 pieces of wrapped wool onto the train car in 5 and 1/2 minutes.
From Left to Right 1.___, 2. Florian Konowicz, 3. Harley O'Brien, 4. John…

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A book of photographs of all the American Woolen Company mills. Undated.

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The hurricane moved ashore in Connecticut shortly after high tide on August 31, producing a storm surge of 10-15 ft and winds of over 115 mph. Widespread areas were left without power from eastern Connecticut to southern Massachusetts. Digital…

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A series of American Woolen Company Stock Certificates and Common Dividends issued in 1922, 1946-1951, to John F. King, an employee.

A large, brown addressed mailing envelope to
American Woolen Company
Box 666 Grand Central Post Office
New York 17, N.Y.

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These cards were to be used by the employees of the Assabet Mills for their severance pay at the time of the closing of the mills.

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A booklet describing the Payroll Allotment Plan for United States Savings Bonds during WWII, in the name of Albert W. Connors, an oiler with the American Woolen Company, 1941.