Pattern Room, Draper Company

Negative no.A1027. 1891-1895. Image depicts the pattern room, also called the pattern shop, at Draper Company. Here is where wooden patterns of gears and parts would be made before the parts would be manufactured in metal form. Six male workers are visible, standing around the shop. Several tables are laid out in a line down the room and carpenters' tools can be seen on the shelves in the right background. More tools are on the counters under the windows on the right. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. See Box 1, Negative 1009 for another view of this room with some of the same employees. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 1027 for print of this negative.