Drafting Room, Draper Company

Negative no.A999. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view of the Drafting Room at the Draper Company in Hopedale, Massachusetts Four male employees are visible; three sitting at drafting tables, and one leaning against a cabinet of drawers in the rear. Two framed prints hang on the wall in the rear with others propped up on the cabinet of drawers. The man seated on the left is dressed in a three-piece suit and wears a hat; he also holds a shuttle in his hands. The man leaning in the back also wears a three-piece suit and a hat. The man second to the left wears a vest but not a suit jacket; the man on the right wears a three-piece suit. Although taken from the same angle as seen in Box 3, Negative 1051, the arrangement of furniture is different, and this photo was probably taken at a different time. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 1, Folder 5, Item 999 for print of this negative.