Item 163: Houses on Bancroft Parkway

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A163. 1901-1916. Image depicts houses on Bancroft Parkway in Hopedale, Massachusetts Substantial two-and-a-half story, wood-shingled houses line the unpaved road. Electric poles can be seen on the left-hand side of the road. Most of the houses have two chimneys and are duplexes, as Hopedale housing built for Draper Company employees was generally not larger than a duplex. See Item 152 and Item 157, in this folder, for other views of these houses. These houses were built for Draper Company employees. 25 x 20.25 cm.