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A blue Valentine depicting a little girl holding flowers with white love birds circling above her head. The inscription on the inside reads: To: Annie, From: Lempi.

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A Valentine candy box decorated with white lace and made by Russell Stover.

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A sweet Valentine showing a young boy holding his bouquet of hearts with his kitten looking on. The inscription inside reads: To: Annie, From: Agnes Anderson. The inside is also dated 1928.

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A beautiful Valentine showing two Cupids with their crepe paper basket. Inside the three dimensional basket is a Valentine message. The inscription reads: From: Omnij Jalmar Hyden. The date of 1925 is noted.

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James Clafkin, a Maynard man, who later became Deputy Supt. of the Boston Police, was an inspector at the time this picture was taken and as he also was a charter member of the Twilight Club for many years he brought his assoicates to Lake Boone for…

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A sidewalk sale outside of the Outdoor store at 24 Nason Street. (In the background signs can be seen for Hawes Florist and the Firestone Tire Store). The salesman is wearing a "Salute to Maynard" hat (centennial?)

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A black and white copy of a photo of the Tarmo Athletic Club Gymnastic Team, dated 1907.

Standing, 2nd from left - Lauri Jokinen
Standing, 1st on right - Otto Fonsell

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The mill was located at the corner of Waltham and Parker Streets, on the river side of Parker Street. Built in 1820 by William May, it was sold to John Sawyer and then later to William Parker. In 1831 it became the Fourdrinier Paper Co., Inc. That…

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Located on Summer Street, the corner stone for the St. George's Church was laid on August 10, 1895 and was consecrated on April 14, 1897. The building is currently a private residence.

The second photo shows the church and the rectory located…

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The School is located on Percival Street.

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Earl Kitchener Lodge, Sons of St. George, organized in April 1917 with Mark Newton as the first President. Meetings were held in St. George's Church basement. May 2, 1919 an affair of special interest to English people was a triple celebration in…

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The large barn shown in the photos was from the Thompson or Eveleth property (Elmhurst Farm) located on Great Road and moved across the fields to this location in the 1920's. The barn was taken down in the 1970's.


From the 1960s to 2010's the…

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A description of the three levels of quality offered at the Coop store.

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Promotional sign for the PDP-8 series of computers.

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The Odd Fellows Building was built in the late 1890's for Julius Loewe who had a pharmacy in one part of the store. There was also a jeweler and a men's clothing store. On the second floor was a hall where several of the local organizations held…

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The entire block was destroyed by fire in 1917. (see 1999.B37)

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A sepia photo of the second grade in the Nason St. School. The man with whiskers is William "Daddy" Priest, the custodian. Mrs. Jenkins is the teacher, not in photo.

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Photograph of Mill Workers. A few have been identified.
Four standing in the back, first on left is John McCormick, other three unidentified. Directly in front of McCormick is Joe Chidley (five buttoned sweater). Two to the left of Chidley is…

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The water has been lowered in order to repair foundations at the mill buildings. A trestle used during WW 1 is exposed . This trestle was used to support a water flume to carry water to the boiler room while #1 mill was being built in 1917 and …