Temple Shop men, Draper Company

Negative no.A1000. 1891-1895. Image depicts the male employees of the Temple Shop at the Draper Company in Hopedale, Massachusetts A dozen men, some in work clothes, and two in suits, stand in the Temple Shop, among equipment including lathes. A temple is a device on a loom located near the fell of the cloth, one on each side; temples hold the cloth out as wide as possible during the process of weaving and prevent it from being drawn in too much by the filling. See Negative 994, in this box, for a view of the Temple Shop without employees and taken from the opposite angle as this one. The Temple Shop was built in 1868 for W. W. Dutcher, a three-story brick factory on Social Street. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 1, Folder 5, Item 1000 for print of this negative.