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Item 107: Cluster of houses in Prospect Heights, Milford, Massachusetts

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B107. ca. 1905. Image depicts the end of a row of two-story brick buildings on the left. Another row of buildings can be seen behind it. These buildings were designed to accommodate two or more families. The building features include multiple chimneys, shutters at each window (all the shutters are closed on the end house on the left), and small lawns in front. A freestanding clothesline can be seen in the side yard in the center. Note the multiple stairways in the rear of these buildings as well. Several small boys sit or lie on the grass in the center. Open space is visible in the foreground. Prospect Heights was built as housing for Draper Company employees, but most houses in Prospect Heights were brick, as opposed to the wooden housing found in Hopedale, Massachusetts The houses are believed to have been designed by Peabody & Stearns. See Box 3, Folder 1, Item 335 for a view of the entire row of houses on the left. Original photograph taken by the Draper Company. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.

Dates

  • 1882-1920

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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