Item 398: Roper Shop and Park, 1907

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A398. December 28, 1907. Image depicts a view of the Roper Shop (formally known as C.F. Roper & Co.) building in the background, with part of Hopedale Park in the foreground. The shop is a four-story brick building with a two-story extension on the right. Two houses can be seen in the left background. Although taken on the same date as Item 397, in this folder, snow is visible on the ground only in this image. C.F. Roper & Co. Operated a brass foundry owned by Charles Roper, who had begun his years in Hopedale as an inventor with the Draper research department. The building was located on Northrop Street, adjacent to the town park. The company made and sold boat propellers, boat speedometers and a number of other devices. Eventually it became the Hopedale Manufacturing Co. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.