Draper Company Loom - E Model, 1900, 1900

Negative no.A39. Image depicts a view of an E-model loom from 1900, set up on a white cloth on the floor, with a curtain draped behind it for photography purposes, most likely within an unknown mill. The loom has a battery on the right-hand side. Draper Company is incised on the frame. Very similar (if not identical) to the loom seen in Box 7, Negative 27. The E-model loom had a regular pattern for prints and sheetings. The Draper Company, located in Hopedale, Massachusetts, manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 1, Folder 2, Item 39 for print of this negative.