Roper Shop and Park, 1907

Negative no.A398. 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. Two houses can be seen in the left background. Although taken on the same date as Negative 397, in this box, snow is visible on the ground only in this image. 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. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 3, Folder 3, Item 398 for print of this negative.