Item 1008: Hopedale, Massachusetts: aerial view from Draper Co. chimney, looking southeast

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1008. 1891-1895. Image shows an aerial view of part of Hopedale, Massachusetts, taken from the (top of the) chimney of the Draper Company. The Bancroft house is at the bottom (presumably Joseph Bancroft's house--Bancroft was George Draper's brother-in-law); the Adin Ballou house is at the center left (Ballou was the founder of the Hopedale Community in 1842); and George Draper's house is at the center along Hopedale Street. Other residences, business buildings, and churches line neighboring town streets, but no part of the Draper Company complex is visible. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.5 cm.