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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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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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An insurance identification card for Edwin A. Laurila, an employee of the American Woolen Company in 1918.

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An illustration of the standard cover of the boxes for blankets produced by the American Woolen Company, circa 1940. The color of the box indicated the color of the blanket enclosed.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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