Draper Corporation tenements, 127 Jones Road, 1919

Negative no.B2284. September 1919. Image depicts a two-story wood-shingled house with attic and four chimneys. The building is designed for occupancy by two or more families; there are two separate front entrances, each with their own porch. There is a bay window over each porch. Shrubs and flowers have been planted around the house. This house was built by the Draper Corporation for its employees. Tenements in this context simply means employee housing and not the "slum" housing usually thought of in reference to the word tenements. 8 x 10 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 12, Folder 2, Item 2284 for print of this negative.