Box 7

Scope and Contents Negative no.A22. 1894-1900. Image depicts a close-up view of the battery on a Draper Company Model E loom with a duplex harness. A battery is a mechanism found on single box automatic looms. The battery holds a plentiful supply of filling bobbins and transfers them, one at a time, to the shuttle as the need arises. The Draper Company, located in Hopedale, Massachusetts, manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. See Negative 27, in this box, for a view of the entire loom. 5 x 7 in. See...

Scope and Contents Negative no.A27. 1894-1900. Image depicts a Draper Company Model E loom with a duplex harness. The loom has been photographed against a temporary background set up within an unknown mill. According to a 1900 catalog published by Draper, the E model loom had a regular pattern for prints and sheetings. The Draper Company, located in Hopedale, Massachusetts, manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. See Negative 22, in this box, for a close-up view of the battery on this loom. 5 x 7 in....

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Negative no.A31. Image depicts a view of a Draper Company D Model LH Loom, photographed against a sheet, most likely within an unknown mill. This model appears very similar to the D Model loom seen in Box 9, Negative 73, but is not exactly the same. A notation on the back of the print reads: "Draper Loom - D Model LH Mar 1898." The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 1, Folder 2, Item 31 for print of this negative.

Scope and Contents Negative no.A37. 1894-1900. Image depicts a view of a Draper Company A Model loom, photographed against a sheet, most likely within an unknown mill. The loom has a battery on the right-hand side. The Model A loom was also called the 1894 pattern, and was obsolete by 1900. The Model A loom had a shorter lay and shuttle box than was used by Draper by 1900, had a Mason take-up and plain rocker motions. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 5 x 7 in. See Collection...

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Negative no.A38. 1898? Image depicts the rear view of a D-model loom set up on a white cloth on the floor, with a curtain draped behind it for photography purposes, most likely within an unknown mill. The D-model loom was considered a heavy standard loom. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. See Box 9, Negative 73 for the front view of this loom, which was dated from 1898. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 1, Folder 2, Item 38 for print of this negative.

Scope and Contents Negative no.A39. Image depicts a view of an E-model loom from 1900, set up on a white cloth on the floor, with a curtain draped behind it for photography purposes, most likely within an unknown mill. The loom has a battery on the right-hand side. Draper Company is incised on the frame. Very similar (if not identical) to the loom seen in Box 7, Negative 27. The E-model loom had a regular pattern for prints and sheetings. The Draper Company, located in Hopedale, Massachusetts, manufactured...