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A sepia photo of Lessie Maynard, born 1868, daughter of William Maynard.

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The program for the Sixth Annual Service of Patriotism which was held on Sunday, November 11, 1973 at the Mission Evangelical Church under Rev. R. Gary Heikkila.

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A black Remington Rand typewriter.

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Three store model vehicles designed for advertising. They are a 1918 Model T car advertising Tru Value Stores; a red truck advertising Tru Value Stores; and a yellow Mack truck advertising Stanley tools.

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An account / recollection of the history of Bradley Container Corporation by an employee of the company. Details the introduction of the plastic tube to the U.S. market (a forerunner to the plastic toothpaste tube)

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Front: Sgt.James Ruggerio, Chief Albert Crowley, Arner Tibbetts
2nd: Joseph Falco, Anthony Kalinowski, , Gaetano Perillo, Louis Fave
3rd: William Duggan, Edward Byrne, Jose Cardoza, Wayne Allen
4th: Thomas Vincent, Edward Lawton, Richard…

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The manual includes various by-laws, general laws, rules and regulations, application, and forms. It also includes water, highway, sewer, tree, cemetery, and inspection information as well as specification for pipe installations.

The original…

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A photograph of the Mill Complex and surrounding area.

Orientation: Above the intersection of Walnut & Main Streets facing east.

In the lower left is the Masonic Building (Main Street) with the Telephone Exchange building behind it. This is…

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An aerial photograph of the Maynard High School (1964-2013).

Orientation: The photo was taken facing a westerly direction. Alumni Field is in the foreground, lower right. Great Road is on the right stretching out West to the Assabet River and…

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A photograph of Alumni Field and surrounding area taken from an airplane.

Orientation: The view is from the south looking north. Great Road runs along the top of the image.

The lower left shows a hockey rink (1934-1970-ish). Originally…

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An outing of the Middlesex and Essex Counties Assessors at Salem Willows.

Maynard attendees (l to r): Frank C. Sheridan, Wilbur G. Clark & Herbert W. Martin seated to the left of women with hat in left center of photo.

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A compilation of "who's who" in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1888-1890. Includes an entry for Lorenzo Maynard on pages 399-400.

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This is the current definitive history of the town written for the centennial in 1971.

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The "Don't You Wish You Knew?" club was a social group started in 1899 by local businessmen with membership limited to 20 with the apparent goal of sponsoring elaborate masquerade balls.

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This is a collection of Town Report excerpts in support of the Hobos and Tramps monograph (see related resource).

(If anyone can provide details on what happened in law during 1904-1905 please contact us)

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List of elected and non-elected officials that served the town for its first 100 years. The lists were collected from the Maynard Annual Reports and compiled by Ralph Sheridan.
Included are the people who were on the Board of Selectman, School…

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"Home Market Club", "Forester Guide", "Rosebud", "Middlesex" and the "Captor" are just a few names of cigars manufactured in Maynard through the late 1920's.

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Starting in 1906, for about 10 years, you could board a small steam-powered boat near Ben Smith Dam and for 25 cents take a leisurely weekend ride upstream to Lake Boon in Stow.

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Before the widespread availability of refrigeration one of the only way to keep things cool was with ice. Fresh water supplies, such as the Assabet River flowing through town, was a source of ice during the winter and a major industry grew up around…