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A photo of the shot-putting contest at the Finnish Summer Festival.

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Brown, full size paper bag with the Coop logo and the slogan, Where People Get Together, on the front.

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Six copies of a Shoppers Guide with a street map of Maynard and Acton, MA.

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Two shoe horns, one engrave with Oberg's and the other Florsheim.
Jacob Oberg founded the shoe store ca1903 on Main Street and then later moved to the Masonic Block. The store continued through family members until 1983 when it closed.

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This black and white photo of Shoddy Mill, South Acton, was taken from the Gutteridge History and is dated 1922.

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Laundry was owned by H. E. Tolman.
Telephone number was Maynard 400

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A masted schooner placed inside a decorative clear glass bottle.

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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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Copy of a promotion for the Sheridan Wonder Orchestra, Frank C. Sheridan, manager.

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A collection of ration coupons including War Ration Books One, Two and Three, Fuel Oil Ration, United Co-operative Butter Card, V-Fuel Oil Ration and Sugar Ration.

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Ralph Sheridan (top) and Joseph Boothroyd enjoy a steak and corn at a historical society function.

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A collection of sheet music spanning the 1920's, 30' s & 40's belonging to the school department, Nancy Duckworth Whiting, Doris Marsden, Bert Lawton, F. W. Hemenway and likely others.

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A Sheehan Funeral Home invoice to Mrs. Ayotte for the burial of Mr. Ayotte, dated August 19, 1933, for $274.00. Payment received by Susie Sheehan.

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A white porcelain shaving mug with the imprint of a man.

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This shaving mug was owned by James J. Morgan and used in McCormack's Barbershop.

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This was the property of Charles J. O'Neil, and is inscribed with his name.

Mr. Charles J. O'Neil was one of five men killed in an explosion at the old Powder Mills in Acton; May 2, 1895.

A copy of the Maynard Enterprise-Thursday May…

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This is a prototype Digital Equipment Corporation SHARK network computer/thin client.

In 1997, Digital Equipment Corporation produced the DIGITAL Network Appliance Reference Design (DNARD), and published the hardware specifications for free…

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One share purchased by Mikko Saari in the Kaleva Co-operative Association later to become the United Cooperative Society.