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Bobbins were wound with the yarn that was used in weaving.

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The shuttle carried the weft back and forth through the warp to make the weave.

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A copy of the corporation petition to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts creating the Maynard Country Club, Inc. presented by George H. Gutteridge, Frank E. Sanderson, Wallace C. Priest, Howard A. Wilson, Oliver C. Trees, James J. Ledgard, Charles…

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A record of customers, dates of services, fees, paid invoices in a bound ledger.
Shown is a page for Hans Erikson and an invoice for James Russo.

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A ledger recording the real estate transfer of the property owned by the woolen company to private owners. The record indicates the purchase price, parcel location, interest payments and the balanced owed as of March 1936. Example shown is the…

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Assabet is labeled on these maps of Stow and Sudbury in 1856. Assabet and the surrounding area is to become the Town of Maynard in 1871.

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The book came from the former James Bent house on 95 Summer St.

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Tony Collins ( right?), Maynard's first full time fireman, is riding the wagon with an unknown individual. The man on the left is operating the valve to get water from the elevated stand. Water was sprayed on the roads to suppress dust.

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The ducks where release onto the Assabet River from the Elks and floated to the Damon Mill Dam in West Concord. It was part of a fundraiser, first to arrive won.

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The album contain over 200 photos taken in the 1910's and 1920's at various locations in Maynard including on Brooks Street. Some of the people identified include: John Lawton, Bertha Lawton, Lessie Lawton McGarry, William McGarry, Vera Lawton, Jean…

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Ashtray handcrafted by Connie Ayotte Stigliani

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A collection of arrow points, sinkers, grinding stones and scrapers recovered in the 1930's at the Puffer Pond cranberry bog. Some of these artifacts may date back several thousand years. The area was later taken by the Army in WWII for an ordinance…

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A coffee mug imprinted with "Only in Maynard" slogan used as fundraiser for planting flowers along the Assabet River Rail Trail. See attached article.

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Two Maynard Historical Society Membership Cards issued for the Maynard Centennial Celebration, 1971.

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Two blue and white banners used during the 1971 Centennial Celebration. The first was hung on the side of a car representing the Maynard Centennial Committee, and the other was on a car representing the Maynard Historical Society. They were used…

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Centennial plate, celebrating the 1971 Maynard Centennial. The plate is cream and blue with a gold edging. Images of Maynard landmarks are imprinted on the inner section of the plate.

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Seven (7) white and blue Centennial Cups.

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Two medals engraved with the phrase "Pro Patria" and the name C. E. Lent on one and Wm F. Baron on the other, Town of Maynard, Mass.

These medal were presented to all Maynard men who served in the the Armed Forces during World War I.