Box 1

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A996. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view looking down Adin Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts The street is unpaved but is lined with sidewalks and trees on both sides. The street curves to the left in the distance, and part of a clapboard building can be seen beyond the curve. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A997. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view of Adin Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts Adin Street is unpaved but has paved sidewalks. In the center background is the Eben S. Draper House, built in 1885 by architect George T. Clarke of Boston. The house is three stories with multiple gables. Another house is to the left, further in the background. Eben Sumner Draper (1858-1914) was a leading figure in what later became the Draper Corporation, and served...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A998. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view of Adin Street at the corner of another, unnamed street in Hopedale, Massachusetts Both streets are unpaved, but the far corner has a sidewalk and several stone steps leading up the house glimpsed behind the trees. The amount of space around the house suggests this was a upper-class neighborhood. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A999. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view of the Drafting Room at the Draper Company in Hopedale, Massachusetts Four male employees are visible; three sitting at drafting tables, and one leaning against a cabinet of drawers in the rear. Two framed prints hang on the wall in the rear with others propped up on the cabinet of drawers. The man seated on the left is dressed in a three-piece suit and wears a hat; he also holds a shuttle in his hands. The...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1000. 1891-1895. Image depicts the male employees of the Temple Shop at the Draper Company in Hopedale, Massachusetts A dozen men, some in work clothes, and two in suits, stand in the Temple Shop, among equipment including lathes. 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...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1001. 1891-1895. Image depicts a two-story building designed in 1880 by architect Fred Swasey of Milford. A few men are standing on the porch entryway, barely visible under the overhang of the entryway roof. In the background are two smokestacks and partial views of a mill building and residences. Social Street runs in front of the building. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 25 x 20.25 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1002. 1891-1895. Image depicts a view of Hopedale Pond in Hopedale, Massachusetts, at ground level. Bushes line the pond in the foreground; some algae can be seen on the water. Trees line the pond in the background. See Item 1019, in this folder, for a much better overall picture of the pond. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1003. 1891-1895. Image depicts workers standing at the top of a scaffolded chimney that stands more than twice the height of three-story mill buildings to the left and right. The chimney extends through the roof of a one or two-story building in the center. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. Very similar to Item 1004, in this folder. 20.25 x 25 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1004. 1891-1895. Image depicts workers standing at the top of a scaffolded chimney that stands more than twice the height of three-story mill buildings to the left and right. The chimney extends through the roof of a one or two-story building in the center. 20.25 x 25 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A1005. 1891-1895. Image depicts a Northrop battery attached to a loom manufactured by Kilburn, Lincoln & Co. 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. A shuttle has been placed on the cloth being woven on the loom. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms including the...