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This was a dot matrix printer with a tractor paper feed attached, originally costing $835 It has a moving dot matrix head with 9 pins, and thermal printing features, and could print 9x9 dots per character in text mode or 72x240 dots per inch. It…

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This kerosene lantern was used by Charles Ryan, Sr. while watchman at the Walnut Street Gate of the Assabet Mills. It was carried by Mr. Ryan when making his hourly rounds through the mills.

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A brass lamp used to disinfect and deodorize your home. Formalin is a form of formaldehyde and was vaporized to kill a variety of bacteria in the home and workplace. The lamp sold for $1.75 and the formalin pellets were $.30 for 20 ct.

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The Ernest Jarvi World War II Collection includes a messkit, 2 meal cans, several samples of foreign currency, and US and German insignias. Ernest Jarvi was a member of the 320th Bomb Group during the War.

The meal cup has inscriptions of the…

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A powder horn made from a cow's horn.

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An old Buck Rogers Ray Gun from 1947 vintage.

Buck Rogers is a science fiction adventure hero and feature comic strip created by Philip Francis Nowlan first appearing in daily US newspapers on January 7, 1929, and subsequently appearing in…

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A horn trophy from the Kanto Athletic Club (A.C.) Collection.

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A pencil sharpener from the Roosevelt School in the 1930's.

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John Carlson lived in Maynard for several years and worked at the W.B.Case store. He left Maynard about 50 years ago and went to live out west. He carried this revolver for several years. Eventually he became a resident of Harrison, Maine. He…

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Two wood powder horns.

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A bayonet is a long, sharp blade that can be attached to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon.

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A set of maces/gavels used by the officers of the Roma Lodge #11030, Sons of Italy, Maynard, MA.

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An old school bell from Maynard, MA, school.

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This bell was used by Mr. John H. Vose, a teacher at the Garfield Intermediate School on Sudbury Street, to call the pupils into school. Purchased at an auction of the Vose property in the early 1900's by Mrs. James Sheridan, Sr. It was used by the…

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The keyboard was introduced in 1982 to be used with the VT 220 terminal.