Item 942: Draper Company Exhibit, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1911, 1911

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B942. June 20, 1911. Image depicts an exhibition of some sort in Fall River, Massachusetts This image shows two Draper looms, the one on the left with a shuttle lying on it and the one on the right showing a loom battery attached to the loom at the right. Behind the looms are tables with a display of bobbins on them, and a mannequin with a woman's dress on it to the right. The display is surrounded by wooden posts topped with a wooden framework that has plants decorating it and lights on it. The photograph is taken from a higher vantage point, possibly a balcony. See Item 944, in this folder, for a broader view of this exhibit room. The Draper Company, located in Hopedale, Mass, manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.