Item 67: Ballou Park with statue of Adin Ballou, 1903

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B67. Image depicts Ballou Park, sometimes referred to as Adin Ballou Park, showing flowering trees, bushes, park benches (on either side of the statue and in the left background), and a bronze statue of Adin Ballou, the founder of the Hopedale Community. The statue was unveiled in October 1900 and is located on the Ballou property; it was the gift of Gen. W. F. Draper. In 1900 the Ballou house was moved from this site and the park established. In the foreground is an unpaved street with trolley tracks; another unpaved street runs off it into the right background. See also Box 3, Folder 1, Item 330 and Box 3, Folder 3, Item 399. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.