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Item 2288: Draper Corporation tenements, 101 Jones Road, 1919

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2

Scope and Contents

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2288. September 1919. Image depicts a two-story wood-shingled house with attic and two chimneys. A small screened porch is in view at the front of the building. Shrubs and trees surround the building. A fire hydrant is visible on the edge of the street. This house was built by the Draper Corporation for its employees. Tenements in this context simply means employee housing and not the "slum" housing usually thought of in reference to the word tenements. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.

Dates

  • 1919

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Extent

10.11 cubic feet

Format:

black and white photograph

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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