Item 918: Mrs. Hardwick at Draper Company Exhibit at Mechanics' Hall, 1910, 1910

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B918. Image depicts a woman identified as Mrs. Hardwick standing in a room with tables, possibly for meals at the exhibit at Mechanics' Hall. She is wearing a light-colored dress with dark stripes in a V-shape on the bodice, and one dark stripe down the skirt to again split into a V-shape on the edges of her overskirt. She is wearing an elaborate dark hat. Mrs. Hardwick was at an exhibit of Draper Company looms at Mechanics Hall in 1910; see Item 916, in this folder,, which shows Mrs. Hardwick standing in the middle of a Draper Company display of looms. What connection Mrs. Hardwick has to the Draper Company is unknown. The location of Mechanics Hall is unknown, but it does not seem to resemble the interior of Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts The Draper Company, located in Hopedale, Massachusetts, manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 20.25 x 25.25 cm.