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Dance Card - 1903
Chas. A. Welch Lodge
Accepted and Free Masons
The concert and ball was held at the Music Hall from 8 PM to 2 AM. The dance card was used to appoint a partner for each dance.
Centennial Monograph: The First Lodge in Maynard
The International Order of Good Templars, who promoted total abstinence from alcoholic beverages, had a lodge in Assabet Village, prior to Maynard's incorporation.
Centennial Monograph: Dance Organizers
In the days before the canned entertainment of radio and television, people created their own diversions - and dances were immensely popular.
Centennial Monograph: St. Bridget's Temperance Society
The history of one of the larger temperance societies that operated for about 20 years from 1890 to the 1910s.
Centennial Monograph: The Battle of the Bottle
An account of the turbulent interplay of alcohol, the Temperance movement and Prohibition in Maynard.
File Folder for Roller Polo
The file contains the history of roller polo as played in pre-1900.
Team Members: Robert Denniston, Allie Martin, Sylas Sawyer, James Morgan
The photo is of the hard, rubber ball.
Team Members: Robert Denniston, Allie Martin, Sylas Sawyer, James Morgan
The photo is of the hard, rubber ball.
Methodist Church and Music Hall - ca 1900
The Methodist Church at the corner of Summer and Main Street soon after construction with the Music Hall to the far left and the Paper Mill falls in the fore ground.
The Falls, Maynard, Mass - ca 1900
Paper Mill Dam
Until 1927 was located south of where the Assabet River runs under the "Paper Mill Bridge". Both the dam and the bridge was washed out in the flood of November 1927. The bridge was replaced and is being replaced again in 2012. The large dark…
Industrial Exhibit Badge - May 1900
A badge from the Industrial Exhibit during Merchant's Week, May 15-May 18, 1900.The Exhibit was held at the Music Hall (the Rink). Admiral Sampson was the guest of honor.
Reserved Seat Ticket for show "Ruth" - June 27, 1912
The performance was at the Music Hall, Maynard, on July 27, 1912. (This was the same year that the Music Hall was destroyed by fire.)
Ruins of Music Hall (The Rink)
Better known as The Rink, built in 1885 by Lorenzo Maynard. Later site of Tutto's Bowling Alleys. Completely destroyed by fire Tuesday, November 26, 1912.
Music Hall Fire - 1912
The Music Hall was the center of all activity in town. Shows, balls, roller skating, dances, basketball, reunions, graduations, etc. Completely destroyed by fire in December 1912. (Tutto's Alleys)