Roper Shop and Park, 1907

Negative no.A397. December 28, 1907. Image depicts a view of the Roper Shop (formally known as C.F. Roper & Co.) building in the background, with part of Hopedale Park in the foreground. The shop is a four-story brick building with a two-story extension on the right. In the foreground is an electric pole with a transformer on it--along with either a police or fire box--at the corner of two streets fronting the park. Two houses can be seen in the left background. C.F. Roper & Co. operated a brass foundry owned by Charles Roper, who had begun his years in Hopedale as an inventor with the Draper research department. The building was located on Northrop Street, adjacent to the town park. The company made and sold boat propellers, boat speedometers and a number of other devices. Eventually it became the Hopedale Manufacturing Co. See also Negative 398, in this box. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 3, Folder 3, Item 397 for print of this negative.