Item 1040: Another view of drafting room, Draper Co.

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1040. 1895? Image depicts another view of the drafting room at the Draper Company in Hopedale, Massachusetts (see also Box 1, Folder 7, Item 1051 for a different angle). An easel is visible in the foreground with another to the right. A rolltop desk is in the center of the room, in front of a very large, three-pane window that allows plenty of natural light. What appears to be a shuttered window in the background on the right. A multiple-lamp fixture, all shaded, hangs from the ceiling and other hanging fixtures provide light as well. The Draper Company, located in Hopedale, Massachusetts, manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 25 x 20.25 cm.