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Woolen Mill Power House - 1902
Photograph of the Mill Power House taken in 1902 showing huge steam-powered generators, electrical distribution equipment, wiring, and the operators of the equipment.
Note: ages of employees, employee sitting on top of one of the generators and on…
Note: ages of employees, employee sitting on top of one of the generators and on…
Weave Room Employees - ca 1900's
American Woolen Mills
Still Image of the employees in the perching weave room in the mill in the early 1900's. Left to right: James Keller, Frank Johnson, Thomas Wright, Harry Brooklyn, William McAuslin, Hiram Parkin, August Moynihan, Herbert Whitehead, and __ Smith.
Walnut Street Bridge and Assabet Mills Powerhouse & No. 5 Mill
An undated postcard showing the bridge over the Assabet River on Walnut Street (looking from the Main Street side).
This photograph shows a number of interesting features of the day:
On the left is the Mill sawmill.
In the distance, down…
This photograph shows a number of interesting features of the day:
On the left is the Mill sawmill.
In the distance, down…
Wage Envelope from American Woolen Company
Wage envelope for R. Kelsey from the American Woolen Company, indicating $6.25 weekly wage.
Two American Woolen Company Military Medical Blankets
Two green/brown, woolen, medical blankets manufactured for the US Military by the American Woolen Company.
The Warping Room Employees - 1901
American Woolen Mills
A photo of employees who work in the Warping Department. These employees maintain machinery that uses strands of yarn to form heavier threads that will ultimately become a sixty inch finished width of fabric.
The Dressing Room Employees - ca 1900
American Woolen Mill
This photo shows some of the workers in the Dressing Room of the mills. The warp yarns from the dresser spools are combined and laid side by side as they are wound in sections on the dressing reel. This will ultimately furnish the warp threads for…
Spinning Room - 1905
American Woolen Company Mills
A photo of employees in the Spinning Room of the American Woolen Company Mills in 1905.
Russian Army Coating Report - 1915
A summary of the Assabet Mills part of a 5 million yard order from the Russian Army for olive drab Melton (a smooth heavy woolen cloth used for overcoats) to the American Woolen Company. The Maynard Assabet Mills produced 675,000 yards in 21 days…
Report of the Committee on Lighting -1902
Town of Maynard
The Committee's report and recommendations to the Town voters relative to an Agreement with the American Woolen Company to supply street lighting for the Town.
Committee:
P. J. Sullivan
George H. Hart
A. J. Coughlan
James F. Sweeney
C. H.…
Committee:
P. J. Sullivan
George H. Hart
A. J. Coughlan
James F. Sweeney
C. H.…
Original Packing Box with Blanket from American Woolen Co.
An original American Woolen Company packing box with blanket.
Order Ledger 1928 - 1929
The book records orders for different quantities, color, style, quality and kind of finished woolen cloth over a ten month period.
Order Ledger 1919 -1921
American Woolen Company
The book records orders for different quantity, color, style, quality and kind of finished woolen cloth over a two year period.
Order Ledger - 1914
American Woolen Company
The book records orders for different quantities, color, style, quality and kind of finished woolen cloth over an eleven month period.
Order Book 1929-1930
American Woolen Company
The book records 5653 orders for different color, style, quality and kind of finished woolen cloth over an eleven month period.
Order Book 1927-31
American Woolen Company
The book has the date of order, date of carding and spinning , quantity and other information of the finished woolen cloth.
Notification for Separation Pay Mailing Card - 1951
Assabet Mills
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.
Millworkers - Early 1900's.
A photo of American Woolen Mills Company employees on a break. People moved to Maynard primarily to access job opportunities provided by the Maynard Mills. These were people of all races, religions, and nationalities.