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Scope and Contents Negative no.A44. October 1900. Image depicts a view of the Drafting Room at the Draper Company. Individual drafting tables on the right appear to be separated by sheets. The right side of the room appears to be flooded with light. Windows are visible in the rear. More drafting tables with cloth (?) spread out on them are in the foreground. The calendar on the rear wall reads October 1900. This view is a different angle from that seen in Box 1, Negative 999,Box 3, Negative 1040 and Negative...

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Negative no.A46. 1894-1900. Image depicts a view of an E-model loom with one battery on the right side. "Hopedale Draper Company Massachusetts" incised on frame. The E model loom was for a regular pattern for prints and sheetings. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 1, Folder 3, Item 46 for print of this negative.

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Negative no.A47. Image depicts a view of a D-model loom frame, seen here without any interior parts attached. A notation on the back of the print reads: "Loom frame (D Model) May 1898." The Draper Company, located in Hopedale, Massachusetts, manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 1, Folder 3, Item 47 for print of this negative.

Scope and Contents Negative no.A48. Image depicts a view of an F-model loom seen here from the rear. The F model loom was designed for an extra heavy pattern for goods 72 inches and wider. A notation on the back of the print reads: "Loom - F Model Feb 15, 1900." See Negative 55, in this box, for a close-up view of an F model loom from the end showing the picker stick. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 1, Folder 3, Item 48 for print of this...

Scope and Contents Negative no.A49. 1894-1900. Image depicts a view of a D-model dobby loom, photographed against a sheet, probably in an unknown mill. The battery is on the right with a long box for the bobbins. A dobby loom is a loom equipped with a dobby and capable of weaving small figures. The dobby is a mechanism attached to a loom for controlling the operation of the harnesses. Dobbies are made so that they can operate up to 25 harnesses and by this means figured cloths can be woven. The Draper Company...

Scope and Contents Negative no.A50. 1894-1900. Image depicts a view of a C-model loom with a duplex harness, photographed against a sheet, probably in an unknown mill. The battery is on the right-hand side, although there appears to be no box for the bobbins. The harness is the frame containing the heddles through which the warp threads are drawn prior to weaving. By lifting or lowering the harnesses in the loom the shed is formed. The shed is the opening formed when some warp threads are raised by their...

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Negative no.A52. 1894-1900. Image depicts a view of a B model loom, photographed against a sheet, probably in an unknown mill. The B model loom, also called the 1895 loom, was the Draper standard for prints and other light goods until 1898. The loom was obsolete by 1900. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 1, Folder 3, Item 52 for print of this negative.

Scope and Contents Negative no.A54. 1894-1900. Image depicts a view of a D model loom with a worm gear take-up motion, photographed against a sheet, probably in an unknown mill. The take-up motion is a mechanism on a loom for taking up the cloth as it is woven. The speed with which it performs this action determines the number of picks per inch. A worm gear take-up motion is continuous, as opposed to the intermittent motion. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 5 x 7 in. See...

Scope and Contents Negative no.A55. Image depicts a close-up view of an F-model loom seen from one end, showing the picker stick. (The picker stick, by delivering a sharp blow to the shuttle, causes the shuttle to be thrown from one shuttle box, across the race plate, into the opposite shuttle box.) The F model loom was designed for an extra heavy pattern for goods 72 inches and wider. A notation on the back of the print reads: "F Model Loom Feb 1900." See Negative 48, in this box, for a broader view of an F...