Box 1

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from film negative no.A1062.2. April 21, 1892. Image depicts six men posed in a workroom. Two men are dressed in suits and ties; one wears a bowler hat and another bowler hat sits on a workshelf nearby. Two men are dressed in white shirts with vests and ties; the other two men are dressed in work clothes. The room contains a number of looms, some with batteries visible. It is unclear what "experiment room" refers to, but perhaps different aspects of the machinery were...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from film negative no.A1062.3. April 21, 1892. Image depicts six men posed in a workroom. Two men are dressed in suits and ties; one wears a bowler hat and another bowler hat sits on a workshelf nearby. Two men are dressed in white shirts with vests and ties; the other two men are dressed in work clothes. The room contains a number of looms, some with batteries visible. It is unclear what "experiment room" refers to, but perhaps different aspects of the machinery were...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from film negative no.A1062.4. April 21, 1892. Image depicts six men posed in a workroom. Two men are dressed in suits and ties; one wears a bowler hat and another bowler hat sits on a workshelf nearby. Two men are dressed in white shirts with vests and ties; the other two men are dressed in work clothes. The room contains a number of looms, some with batteries visible. It is unclear what "experiment room" refers to, but perhaps different aspects of the machinery were...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from film positive no.A1062.5. April 21, 1892. Image depicts six men posed in a workroom. Two men are dressed in suits and ties; one wears a bowler hat and another bowler hat sits on a workshelf nearby. Two men are dressed in white shirts with vests and ties; the other two men are dressed in work clothes. The room contains a number of looms, some with batteries visible. It is unclear what "experiment room" refers to, but perhaps different aspects of the machinery were...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1063. 1891-1895. Image depicts a series of two-story wooden homes facing an unpaved street. The house in the center left has at least three chimneys and two entrances; it is most likely a duplex. It features Tudor-style timbering in the gables. The next house to the right has one front porch but may have two entrances; however, only one chimney is visible. The next house on the right has two entrances, one of each side of the front of the house,...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1064. 1891- 1895. Image depicts a view of a small, single-story clapboard building, with a man standing in the entrance. What appears to be a two-story residential house is in the right background, behind a picket fence; other buildings can be seen in the left background, also behind a picket fence. There is some snow on the ground and the trees are bare. The sign on the post in the foreground reads: This is a Private Way Dangerous Passing. The...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1065. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view of the Temple Shop at the Draper Company in Hopedale, Massachusetts The view shows a counter along the windows on the right and machinery, including lathes, on the left. A temple is a device on a loom located near the fell of the cloth, one on each side; temples hold the cloth out as wide as possible during the process of weaving and prevent it from being drawn in too much by the filling. See Box 1, Folder 5,...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1066. 1891-1895. Image depicts a two-story clapboard house with two chimneys. Shutters are closed over windows. A picket fence separates the home and yard from a tree-lined sidewalk and unpaved street. Part of the fence appears to cross a driveway. There is a shed in the backyard. A stepladder leans against the tree in the center foreground. It is not known who Knoff refers to. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists mostly of prints from the glass plate negatives in collection 6612 GPN: Draper Corporation Glass Plate Negatives. Collection 6612 GPN consists of two series: Series A, 5 inch by 7 inch glass plate negatives, approximately 1,500; and Series B, 8 inch by 10 inch glass plate negatives, approximately 2,000. Many of the photographs in Series A depict company outings, or "Field Days." These events were most likely organized by the Draper Company and may have...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists mostly of prints from the glass plate negatives in collection 6612 GPN: Draper Corporation Glass Plate Negatives. Collection 6612 GPN consists of two series: Series A, 5 inch by 7 inch glass plate negatives, approximately 1,500; and Series B, 8 inch by 10 inch glass plate negatives, approximately 2,000. Many of the photographs in Series A depict company outings, or "Field Days." These events were most likely organized by the Draper Company and may have...