Item 183: Bancroft Parkway (back yards)

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A183. 1901-1916. Image depicts a view of the back yards of the houses on Bancroft Parkway in Hopedale, Massachusetts Substantial two-story wood-shingled houses line the unpaved road on both sides. Most of the houses have two chimneys and are most likely duplexes, as Hopedale housing for Draper employees was generally not larger than a duplex. The unpaved road is quite narrow and each house has a free-standing clothesline in the yard (several have laundry hanging from them}. Note the trash cans at the end of each walk leading from the houses. These houses were built for Draper Company employees. See Box 2, Folder 2, Item 166 for another view of back yards on Bancroft Parkway. 25 x 20.25 cm.