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A group of employees of the Woolen Mill about to take a trip on an open trolley car. Photo taken on Main Street in front of the Congregational Church.

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Pictured is the train about to leave for Boston. Before the arrival of automobiles several trains per day left Maynard for Boston and Marlboro.

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Two sheets with three blank checks each - Holly, Comeau &Co Storage, Accessories and Repairing. Wm. Holly and John Comeau built the garage at Acton and Main Streets now occupied by Jarmolowicz (Jarmo's)

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A motor boat registration number 210, for Lake Boone.

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The cars are shown at the turnout near Priest's Corner, Stow, Mass.

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Spikes from the Boston & Maine RR, Marlboro Branch of the Fitchburg Division in Maynard.

Originally chartered as the Lancaster & Sterling R. R. On Monday after Thanksgiving in Dec 1848 work commenced on the gravel pit at "Brooks Crossing" now…

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The train has just left the depot heading toward Acton and then Boston. The first train ran over these tracks in 1849, the last in 1958. The Assabet Mills Clock Tower is seen in center left.

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This picture was taken on Main St. the day the Assabet Savings Bank was opened in the Riverside Block. The bank was located on the second floor. On the right is the Maynard Block, later the Masonic Building.
Front Seat: Fred Persons
Back Seat:…

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A promotional brochure produced by the Concord, Maynard & Hudson trolley and sponsored by various merchants along the route from Hudson to Concord. From the introduction: "The completion of the Concord, Maynard and Hudson Street Railway connects…

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The Concord, Maynard and Hudson trolley opened in 1901 and later was extended from Maynard to South Acton and West Acton. This small booklet was produced to give guidance to the employees of the trolley. Note on the sample page 24 the procedure to…

The folder contains newspaper clippings, photo copies of pictures, maps, an assessment of the historical significance of the car barn and other related materials.

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The Chandler, Howard & Co published a small card containing the 1911 timetable for the boats that ferried people between Maynard and Lake Boon. The boats kept a, more or less, hourly schedule. The card shows one of the boats on the water, probably…

The file contains a history of the early appearance of the automobile, important dates and newspaper clippings.

A file containing history, newspaper clippings, photocopies of buses, schedules, tickets etc... relating to the the bus company.,
John Lovell of Woburn came to Maynard in 1923 and soon was operating the Concord, Maynard and Hudson Bus Company. All…

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The Maynard to Waltham via Sudbury, Wayland and Weston route.

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Three adult tickets for the bus. The Lovell Bus Line succeeded the Concord, Maynard and Hudson Street Railroad in 1923 and operated over the same route and the same towns until 1954.

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A 1966 & 1969 bus schedule from Maynard to Harvard Square

Time table for the Boston to Fitchburg line including the Ashburnham, Greenville, Watertown and Milford Branchl.