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File Folder for Knight & Maynard
1846-1862
Folder contains various copies of Town of Sudbury documents relative to Knight & Maynard [Manufacturing Company] at Assabet Village.
Assabet Manufacturing Co. Letterhead - ca1890
Letterhead from the Assabet Manufacturing Co. with order to Sawyer Mills on obverse.
AGREEMENT - 1943
American Woolen Company and the
Textiles Workers Union of America (C.I.O.)
Union Contract with the workers of the 13 American Woolen Company Mills including the Assabet Mills of Maynard.
Accident and Sickness Insurance Identification Card
American Woolen Company
Joe Boothroyd's insurance card that outlines the benefits offered by the Woolen Mill.
American Woolen Co.
Assabet Mill
Maynard, Mass.
A drawing of the woolen mills for insurance purposes.
"Drawing-In" Process Stereographic Card
Possibly taken at the Assabet Mil
Caption: 10797 - Drawing-in, preparatory to actual weaving of a woolen fabric.
Caption: 10797 - Drawing-in, preparatory to actual weaving of a woolen fabric.
Signatures on the Beams
A collection of photographs taken at the time of a renovation in the woolen mill showing the many signed beams by the workers.
Some of the names visible are: Hearon, Carew, Helin, Voellings, Kopp, Wango, Clark, Savella, Melenski, Murray, Smith,…
Some of the names visible are: Hearon, Carew, Helin, Voellings, Kopp, Wango, Clark, Savella, Melenski, Murray, Smith,…
Injury Report Ledger
Assabet Manufacturing Company
A ledger beginning in November 1884 through September 1901 reporting the various accidents that occurred in the woolen mill. These include deaths, amputations, broken bones, bruises, lacerations etc. The author of the ledger is unknown. Many of the…
Dynamo Control Room Photo
With the installation of a dynamo in the new power plant, electricity became available and on September 1, 1902, a contract was made between the American Woolen Company and the Town of Maynard for lighting the streets of the town. Thus, the old…
Woolen Manufacturing Process Photos
Carding step 1.
The wool fibers are straightened and smoothed as they go through one cad cylinder after another. The photo 318.a shows a section of a back winder.
Carding step 2.
After carding, the wide, thin web of wool fiber into strips.…
The wool fibers are straightened and smoothed as they go through one cad cylinder after another. The photo 318.a shows a section of a back winder.
Carding step 2.
After carding, the wide, thin web of wool fiber into strips.…
Dry Finishing Room
Fabrics are steamed, brushed, sheared and pressed during this series of operations. The nap is raised by brushes and then cut to a uniform height by the huge shear blade, which operates like a stationary lawn mower as the fabric is fed under it.…
New Mill Equipment
In 1862,the mills became the Assabet Manufacturing Company. The small wooden buildings were replaced by brick buildings of enlarged capacity. New machinery was installed, and the manufacture of carpets changed to the manufacture of blankets, flannels…
Dry Finishing Employees
Employees of the dry finishing department 1905.
Front Row:
Second from left Albert C. Fourth from left P. Carbone
Front Row:
Second from left Albert C. Fourth from left P. Carbone
Dry Finishing Office Employees
Photo of Office Employees Dry Finishing Department.
Left to Right
Thomas Quirk, ____,_____,____, Tom Deane
Left to Right
Thomas Quirk, ____,_____,____, Tom Deane
Assabet Mills - ca 1930
American Woolen Company
Series of external views of the mill c.1930. One photo shows unloading of wool into the building.
