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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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This is a photo of Freshman students in the Class of 1944, taken in the George Washington Auditorium, Summer Street.

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The class celebrate the 15th (black and white) and the 45th year milestones. The 45th reunion was held in Ogunquit, Maine.

45th identified participants:
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Bottom row, 13 on floor: Richard Trench, Joe Dutlowski,___?, Connie Lehto, Edward…

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Names on back of photo:
Evelyn Russo, Ruth Garside, Ruth Croft, Kathleen Crotty, Theresa Mariano, A. Hamlin, E. Sivartz, H. Imaka, E. Perry, R. Schivenka, D. Newman, M. Smith, Lawler, Mahoney, Layton, White, Murphy, HInds, Walls, Brown, Lynch,…

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A sepia photo of Grade 2(?) in front of the Roosevelt School.

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A sepia photo of Grade 3 class in front of the Roosevelt School.

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A sepia photo of the Grade 5(?) in front of the Woodrow Wilson School (Main Street School).

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The class picture was taken in front of the 2nd Nason Street School that was destroyed by fire in 1916. It is the site of the Library (Roosevelt School).

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Photo taken on steps of George Washington Auditorium.

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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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Picture taken at Memorial Park on November 11, 1975.

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Joseph Dineen, William Baron, James Whalen, William Sweeney, Ralph (George?) Jamieson

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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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A booklet published by the American Woolen Company celebrating the Christmas season of 1922, including Christmas messages from each Mill President.

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The Chandler, Howard & Co published a small card containing the 1911 timetable for the boats that ferried people between Maynard and Lake Boon. The boats kept a, more or less, hourly schedule. The card shows one of the boats on the water, probably…

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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.