Skip to main content

Item 987: Train load of Draper Company looms, 1911

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Printed from glass plate negative no.B987. September 30, 1911. Image depicts a railroad train at a depot (which is behind the train and not visible in this image--see Item 988), presumably in Hopedale, Massachusetts The train engine pulls a coal car and a long series of closed boxcars that carried Draper Company looms. Two residential buildings can be seen on the left; several sets of railroad tracks intersect in this image. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. See also Box 15, Folder 4, Item 988. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.

Dates

  • 1911

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Extent

10.11 cubic feet

Format:

black and white photograph

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall Tower Road
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3183