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Aftermath of the fire at Brackett Appliance Company on Harriman Court.

This building was also known as "Flood's Barn"

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A textbook used by the Maynard Public Schools. John Maley was the last child born in the Sudbury part of Maynard just prior to the incorporation of the Town of Maynard in 1871. He lived to be 93 years old.

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Pictured here are the first seven women to become regular employees (in the factory division) of the Bradley Container Corporation located in the mill.

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Catherine DeGrappo, Ellen Barnes, Delfina B. DeMambro, Margaret T. Piecewicz, Natalie…

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This was a confidential report to the Directors of the Bradley Container Corporation after its first year of operation. It is a first-person account, presumably by the company president, Bradley Dewey (or another high-ranking executive).

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Bradley Container job and seniority lists in 1957.

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Two letterheads from the Bradley Container Corporation

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Oliver Warila, Bert Ruotsala, Hilma Hytonen, Mary Kukkula, Annie Swanson, Laura Salminen, Lyyli Kemppinen Nelson, Irja Jokela Jarvi, Laina Allen, Arvi Stabell, Reino Tuomanen

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Made up of Maynard, Acton, and Concord men for Memorial Day. Picture taken in front of the Methodist Church on the corner of Summer and Main Streets.

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Front: William Jones, Ernest Wollerscheid, Thomas Wright, Silas Sawyer, John…

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A brass eagle used on top of a flag flown by the Rebekah Lodge for many years.

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A wooden bread paddle used to take loaves of bread out of a large oven at the new VFW building at the corner of Main and Harriman Streets.

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Pastry Chef Rudolf Rolla (r) and an unidentified employee (l) show off a rather large submarine roll at the United Cooperative Society Store Bakery at 56-62 Main St.

Rudolf Rolla was the Pastry Chef at the Coop. His specialty was fancy German…

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The river is presumably the Assabet but which bridge is shown is a mystery.

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A metal windproof cigarette lighter.

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A British War Medal, 1914-1918, was awarded to officers and men of the British and Imperial Forces who either entered a theater of war or entered services overseas between Aug. 5, 1914 and Nov. 11, 1918. King George V is pictured on the front. On the…

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This axe was presumably made in Stow. It bears the name of O. Sawyer and J. Rogers (etched in smaller letters below Sawyer) on the blade. It was found in the old barn at William Salo's. The Salo barn stood for many years on Great Rd. at the…

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A book of pictures of all the American Woolen Mills properties.

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Brochure "Bygone Days" by Leo Francis Mullin, booklet prepared by Mr. Mullin of the events in his lifetime

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A mailed advertising brochure from 1922.