Item 179: Hopedale Street (west side) showing Draper Company buildings, 1903

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B179. Image depicts a view of the west side of Hopedale Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts, showing a number of Draper Company buildings. There is a one-story wooden clapboard building with a tower in the center; the tower is hidden behind trees. In the background are several three- and four-story brick buildings, all part of the Draper Company complex. The sign on the pole in front of the wooden clapboard building reads: "Private Property. Do No Drive In. Very Dangerous." The wooden clapboard building is at a junction of Hopedale and another street, both unpaved. A set of trolley tracks runs along Hopedale Street. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. See Box 12, Folder 4, Item 136 for a view of the buildings on the street to the left of what is shown in this image, and Box 12, Folder 4, Item 165 for a view of the east side of Hopedale Street taken from behind the pole with the sign. See also Box 12, Folder 4, Item 135 which is much the same image taken in early May before the trees completely leafed. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.