Ashburnham Historical Society
P. O. Box 692
Main Street
Ashburnham, MA 01430

Phone: 978-827-9908
E-mail: ahs@ahshburnhamhs.org
Web site: http://www.ashburnhamhs.org

Hours: Call or e-mail to arrange an appointment

Furniture company materials:

G. C. Winchester Chair Manufacturer

• 2 illustrated bound catalogs – covers of both say “Manufacturers of Cane and Wood-Seat Chairs, Sofas, Settees, Cradles & Stools” – illustrations also are of tables and chamber suits – 1875, and no date, but also c. 1870s

W. F. Whitney Company, Inc.

• Promotional booklet – “Planned Settings for Lovers of Colonial Rooms” – color booklet of living, dining room and bedroom furniture, 1950
• Catalog – “Whitney Traditional Maple” – living room, dining room and bedroom furniture, 1952
• Catalog – “Now-a-day Group – Whitney Maple,” 1953, plus price list
• Company promotional folder, 9” X 12” – “Whitney Colonial Reproductions for use Throughout the House” – contains 4 large fold-out booklets with pictures: Windsor Chairs, living room furniture, bedroom furniture, dining room furniture, no date, probably c. 1950s
• Catalog – “Whitney Maple,” 1941, with price list
• Catalog – “Whitney Colonial Maple Furniture,” 1938
• Loose-leaf binder with 8” X 10” black and white photographs of furniture in rooms, all Colonial style, c. 1930s. Also 1930 price list
• Book: A Century of Chair Making 1828-1928: The History of Alfred H. Whitney Co., South Ashburnham, MA, 1928. Includes photographs of Whitney family and of original chair shop and current on in 1928.

The following materials were donated to the Ashburnham Historical Society by Ernest and Ruby Maynard:

Maynard Machine & Tool Co., Inc.

• Company brochures, c. 1970s and 1980s
• Photographs
• Equalizer Catalog, with marked pages of knives sold by Maynard, 1995

Photographs of other furniture companies, including W. F. Whitney Company, Inc. and Gage Manufacturing Company