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Time table for the Boston to Fitchburg line including the Ashburnham, Greenville, Watertown and Milford Branchl.

"A legal base study is a study of all the various kinds of laws applicable to a specific town. The study is directed solely to an administrative viewpoint; only those laws determining governmental structure are studied."

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View of Assabet Mills taken from Main Street in 1867. At that time,Walnut Street was on the southern side of the river and ran from Main Street to Thompson Street. In 1872, the street was relocated on the northern side of the river, running from…

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An insurance identification card for Edwin A. Laurila, an employee of the American Woolen Company in 1918.

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An illustration of the standard cover of the boxes for blankets produced by the American Woolen Company, circa 1940. The color of the box indicated the color of the blanket enclosed.

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The winter of 1936's large snowfall amounts was followed by heavy spring rains resulting in the worst flooding since 1850. In one day after 6 inches of rainfall the water was within a foot of it's bank by the mill buildings. Photo of mill number 6.

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A booklet describing the Payroll Allotment Plan for United States Savings Bonds during WWII, in the name of Albert W. Connors, an oiler with the American Woolen Company, 1941.

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These cards were to be used by the employees of the Assabet Mills for their severance pay at the time of the closing of the mills.

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In the early years of transporting students the town had only one bus. You had to live on the outskirts of town. Mr. White was the owner and driver, and all grades were picked up on the same run.

In this picture campers are being pickup at the…

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The dealership was operated by E. Nelson at 9 Powder Mill Road, Maynard, Mass.

A large, brown addressed mailing envelope to
American Woolen Company
Box 666 Grand Central Post Office
New York 17, N.Y.

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The first B & M passenger train from South Acton to Maynard was in July 1850.

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Eight folders that contain histories, newspaper clippings, schedules, tickets, boating news, train wrecks and accident information and general information on the state of public transportation in Maynard

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The first and third photo shows the car barn before the fire and after it was rebuilt. The other photos show the structure after the fire.

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The car barn was built by the trolley company in 1901, on the south side of the Great Boston Road, near the intersection of Main Street, Maynard. It was brick construction with a wood roof, measuring 51 ft by 204 ft, having four tracks accommodating…

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The car is on Nason St. returning from South Acton. The watering trough in the foreground is now at the corner of Acton and Summer Streets in front of the fire station.