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

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

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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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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

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

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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…

"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."

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

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A 1966 & 1969 bus schedule from Maynard to Harvard Square

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Three adult tickets for the bus. The Lovell Bus Line succeeded the Concord, Maynard and Hudson Street Railroad in 1923 and operated over the same route and the same towns until 1954.