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These are a sample of the yardsticks in the MHS collection. They were used both as advertising tools and in some cases measuring intruments to determine amount of oil/kerosene in a 55 gallon drum. Note telephone numbers: 540, TW 7-2951, 897-2951

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Front : Aino (Emma) Alatalo, Emma Weckstrom,_____?, Maria Laine, Iida Klemola, Lempi Raikunen

Center: Bertha Wirta, Sylvia Filppu, Aino Tarvainen, Mary Jarvi, Mary Kukkula, Elsa Heikkila, Selma Stansfield, Signe Heikkinen

Back: Impi Rivers,…

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This appears to be a customer that has won some windshield washer fluid at the gas station operated by the United Cooperative Society. The station was located at 5 Waltham Street.

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A memo from the United Co-operative Society's Manager, Waldemar Niemela. The memo is a listing of eight Coop Unions in Massachusetts and New York.

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A stock certificate, number 13860, for 1 share of UCS stock issued to Arne Leino in 1953.

A brief biography of Arne by his niece, Karina Leino Thompson:

The certificate was owned by my uncle Arne Leino. He was born in 1916 and died in 1981. He…

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One share of stock issued to Owen J. Hill in 1956 for the sum of $5.00.

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Front: Kusti Linna, Aili Saarela, Mary Kukkula, Arvo Rivers, Laina Walsh, Saimi Korsman, Ivar Dahiroth, Fred Uljua

Center: Burt Ruotsala, Charles Hekkala, Edward Helander, Arne Luoma, Oscar Laine, Albin Saaristo, Anton Anderson, August Lehto,…

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The seal is used to execute a legal document or guarantee the document's authenticity. A seal is unique to a sealer and is used by government agencies, corporations and notaries public to show that the docum ent is validly executed, acknowledged or…

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The Co-op was at 56-62 Main Street.

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The 53rd Annual Report of the Maynard United Cooperative Society, dated March 19, 1959. The Annual Meeting was held at the Green Meadow School Auditorium.

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A color photo of the loading dock of the United Coop Garage. It is an end view of the loading dock, oil burner division.

Presented at the meeting of the Maynard Historical Society by B.R.Koski.

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The Coop was briefly located at the corner of Waltham St. and Powder Mill Road.

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Anderson, Salenius, Manty, Rivers, Palmer
Parker, Kuivila, Osmo, Suikala, Helander

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This book was the property of the Young Co-Operators Club of Maynard, a sub-unit of the United Co-Operative Society.