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Material – dye stuffs, glassware, 2 scales, and notes on chemical dying - belonging to donor’s father, Donald Christensen
1885 Almanac published by The Daily and Weekly American, Lawrence, MA. Lilian B. Haverty lived at 297 South Broadway, Lawrence, MA. She was principal of the Saunders School.
Photographs taken by donor of the Essex County Jail in Lawrence
Framed reproduction of a portion of the Lawrence-made Jacquard-woven tapestry of "Columbus Discovering America” which was on display at Chicago's Columbian Exposition of 1893
Print – “New England Factory Life – Bell Time” – drawn by Winslow Homer
Books:
Holy Rosary Parish, 100 Years of Faith and Family, Lawrence, Massachusetts
Giant in the Stream
by Frances Coleman Hayes, published by Lawrence: Bread & Roses Heritage Committee, Inc. & Lawrence Eagle- Tribune in 1987
Team photo of the Ayer Mill – Industrial League baseball champions, 1934. Newspaper articles and handwritten family history accompany the donation. The men on the team are identified and include the donor’s father Seward Proctor.
Note from donor: My grandfather, Frank David Proctor, was a 40 year employee of Ayer Mills. He lived the rest of his days at 573 Massachusetts Ave., North Andovver. My aunt, Laura E. Proctor, was store manager of the Fields Department Store on Essex St., until the store closed."
Small brass tag that reads, “Dog Tax, 222, Lawrence, 1931” with an illustration of a dog. Research conducted by Kathy Flynn using our dog license registers taught us that “the {tag} was issued to F. H. Schwartz of 165 Ferry St. for a ten-year-old “mongrel” named Mumsy”.