Browse Items (8204 total)
Sort by:
Miscellaneous Town of Maynard Documents
File contains tax bills, selectman correspondence, parking meter information etc...
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.…
Assabet Mills Twin Chimneys - ca 1932-33
A picture taken behind the block at River Street of the Walnut Street Bridge (note: ball-type globes on street lights on bridge), back of billboards, and the twin smoke stacks of American Woolen Mills.
Assabet Mills Photo - ca 1932-33
A picture of the American Woolen Co. Mills further up and off from Thompson Street. This picture is of Mill Buildings #1, and # 5, and the field that is now Digital parking lot.
Assabet Mills Building #21 Swimming Hole Photo - ca 1932-33
A picture of the Assabet Mills swimming hole just right of the tree cluster off Thompson Street and Main Street, across the pond. The building is numbered 21.
Assabet Mills - 1917-1918
A picture of the Assabet Mills, dated 1917-1918, of Mill Building No. 1. This was taken after pond was all drained. Note pipeline at right. This supplied water for the wheels to supply power to run the mills.
The Shuttle
The shuttle, a double pointed device that carries the automatic bobbin, trails a taut thread and packs it tightly against the woven part of the fabric at the instant the shuttle reaches either end of its travel. It is the combination of the filling…
Your Maynard Guide and Directory - 1976
"The Town Book"
Mostly a phone directory of the residents and businesses of Maynard, also some information on the churches and town government.
The Maynard Guide - 1989 Edition
A guide endorsed by the Maynard Chamber of Commerce with information on government, history, activities, churches and businesses in Town.
Maynard Business Directory - 1984 Edition
A booklet produced by the Maynard Chamber of Commerce with information on the history of Maynard, Public Library, a map, various societies and organizations and ads of the businesses in the Town.
Senior Class Pictures - Class of 1936
Maynard High School
Top: l to r
Fred Keegan, Charles Kulevich
Bottom: l - r
Frank Makrecky, Benny Mikatajcis
Fred Keegan, Charles Kulevich
Bottom: l - r
Frank Makrecky, Benny Mikatajcis
Paper Mill Dam
A picture of the paper mill dam shows the dam located south of where the Assabet River runs under the Paper mill Bridge, Both the dam and the bridge were washed out in November 1927. The bridge was replaced.
Assabet Mills - 1872
This picture shows the iron bridge on the newly located Walnut Street. Note that the Maynard Block, or Masonic building, had not yet been built.
Millpond Picture
A picture of the Millpond. In order to make the river a more stable source of power, Amory Maynard bought from Haman Smith a strip of land connecting the river to the mill area. Artemus Whitney, a close associate of Maynard's, dug a canal that led…
