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A gilt eagle for American flagpole.

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One of many three ring binders used throughout the corporation.

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A ratchet brace drill is a hand-tool used to drill holes or nails into wood.

While a brace was an efficient tool when the crank could be swept in a full circle, it became much less useful if something obstructed a full sweep. The invention of a…

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A vintage steel hook designed to hold meat and/or to help in baling hay.

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A plumb line in a chalk filled container.

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A drawknife is a traditional woodworking hand tool used to shape wood by removing shavings. It consists of a blade with a handle at each end.

They are ancient tools used by Viking Shipwrights in 100 A.D.

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A small, vintage screwdriver.

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A brown, wooden mace.

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A 1917 US Doughboy helmet from World War I. It has camouflage decals of yellow, green, dark red. An iron cross is painted on the front, likely added by the wearer after the war.

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United States Civil Defense refers to the use of civil defense in the history of the United States, which was the organized non-military effort to prepare Americans for military attack. The triangle in the badge emphasized the 3-step Civil Defense…

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A set of handcuffs with keys used in law enforcement.

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This multi-tool includes: hatchet, hammer, pliers, screw driver, pry bar, wrench, cutter, wire stretcher.

The Thomas Mfg. Co. started about the year 1900 and made a line of combination/multitools.

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A photograph of Kenneth Olsen, co-founder and CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation from 1957-1992.

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A photo of the first Board of Directors of Digital Equipment Corporation.

(L-R): Henry Hoagland, Jack Barnard, Jay Forrester, William Congleton, Harlan Anderson, Ken Olsen, Dorothy Rowe, Vernon Alden, Arnaud de Vitry, and Wayne Brobeck

Ken…

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The log records the presence, absence and excused absence at call firemen meetings and response to fire alarms.

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Maynard Fire Department accounting journal from 1918 through 1941.

(Note: The PDF consists of selected year excerpts spanning the decades covered by the document.)

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The book contains the "Constitution of Maynard H & Ladder Truck No. 1", "Rules of Order", members from 1890 through 1896, and members from ca1939 through 1971 (not shown in pdf file).

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"Buried Treasure" is collection of memoirs by Doris Wiley Fardy, a teacher in the Fowler School and the Roosevelt School, Maynard. The book was a compilation of short essays originally printed in the Maynard Enterprise and the The Assabet Valley…

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An oral history project directed by Sarah Chiasson took place in 2002 in Maynard. A number of interviews took place with local Maynard individuals. Tape recorded conversations, photos, and written transcriptions remain from the Project. Those…

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A sepia photo of J. O. Eaton's house on Nason St., early 1900's.