Item 1009: Pattern shop, Draper Co.

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1009. 1891- 1895. Image depicts the pattern shop at Draper Company. Here is where wooden patterns of gears and parts would be made before the parts would be manufactured in metal form. Six male workers are visible, standing around the shop. A saw is visible halfway down the aisle on the left. Several tables are laid out in a line down the room and carpenters' tools can be seen on the shelves in the right background. The Pattern Shop was located in a three-story brick building on Social Street, on the west side of Mill River. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. See Box 1, Folder 6, Item 1027 for another view of this room with some of the same employees. 25 x 20.25 cm.