Item 1065: Temple Shop, Draper Company

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1065. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view of the Temple Shop at the Draper Company in Hopedale, Massachusetts The view shows a counter along the windows on the right and machinery, including lathes, on the left. A temple is a device on a loom located near the fell of the cloth, one on each side; temples hold the cloth out as wide as possible during the process of weaving and prevent it from being drawn in too much by the filling. See Box 1, Folder 5, Item 1000 for a view of the Temple Shop with a dozen employees and taken from the opposite angle as this one. The Temple Shop was built in 1868 for W. W. Dutcher. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. See Box 1, Folder 5, Item 994 for a very similar shot. 20.25 x 25 cm.