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Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A119. 1901-1916? Image depicts a view of units 7 through 14 at Prospect Heights in Milford, Massachusetts The units are connected townhouse style, with eight separate entrances, and are made out of brick. The entire building is two stories with a small window visible in the third story on each end. There are chimneys on each end, in the middle, and two in the rear. Grass plots line the front, separated by walkways to each entrance. A large grassy...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A143. 1901-1916. Image depicts a view of a G Model twister manufactured by the Draper Company. The twister is photographed against a sheet, probably in an unknown mill, and is seen from the side rather than head-on. "Draper Company" is embossed on the piece on the floor, leaning against the machine. A twister is a machine for twisting together two or more separate ends, making either a ply yarn or a cable yarn, or for inserting additional twist in...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A152. 1901-1916. Image depicts a view of Bancroft Parkway in Hopedale, Massachusetts Substantial two-story, wood-shingled houses line the unpaved road. Electric poles can be seen on the left-hand side of the road. Most of the houses have two chimneys and are duplexes, as Hopedale housing built for Draper Company employees was generally not larger than a duplex. See Item 157 and Item 163, in this folder, for other views of these houses. 25 x 20.25...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A153. 1901-1916. Image depicts a closer view of a house on Bancroft Parkway, done in the Dutch Colonial (or gambrel) style. The house is wood-shingled, has shutters on every window, and has two separate entrances in the front; it is most likely a duplex. (See Item 171, in this folder, for another view of this house, although lacking the bushes in the front yard.) A similar wood-shingled house can be glimpsed behind this one in the left background....

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A155. 1901-1916. Image depicts two houses on Bancroft Parkway. The house on the right is a substantial two-and-a-half story wood-shingled house, with two separate porches, most likely a duplex. The house to the left, which is somewhat hidden by trees, is a wood-shingled duplex with two entrances. (This house can also be seen in Item 169, in this folder.) The unpaved road is wide and curves around between the two houses. Another house can be...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A156. 1901-1916. Image depicts two houses at the junction of Bancroft Parkway and an unknown street. The house in the center is a substantial two-and-a-half story wood-shingled house, with at least three chimneys. The house to the left of that is also wood-shingled, has at least three chimneys, and two separate entrances. Both are most likely duplexes. Electric poles run along the left side of the unpaved street. Bushes and woods appear to be at...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A157. 1901-1916. Image depicts three different house styles in houses on Bancroft Parkway. All are substantial wood-shingled houses with two separate entrances. The house in the center is two-and-a-half stories with two gables. The house to the right of that is also two-and-a-half stories with a steeply sloping back roof. The house on the far right is in the Dutch Colonial, or gambrel, style. All are duplexes. Part of another house can be glimpsed...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A158. 1901-1916. Image depicts three houses in a row on the right-hand side of Bancroft Parkway in Hopedale, Massachusetts All are substantial wood-shingled houses and all are most likely two-family residences, as Draper Company housing in Hopedale was rarely larger than duplexes. The house on the far right is only partially visible; the house to the left of that somewhat follows the gambrel style but with a more slanted roof. Its entrance appears...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A159. 1901-1916. Image depicts two houses on Bancroft Parkway in Hopedale, Massachusetts Both are substantial wood-shingled houses and both are most likely two-family residences. The house on the left is in the Dutch Colonial or gambrel style, while the house on the right has two front gables. Both houses have shutters at all the windows, some of which are closed. The unpaved road in the foreground curves to both the left and the right of the...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A160. 1901-1916. Image depicts a house in the center of the photo, with two chimneys and two entrances leading to separate porches. The house is a substantial wood-shingled residence. The house on the left is a two-and-a-half story wood clapboard house with a very steep pitched roof. Both are duplexes. The road is unpaved and curves around the house in the center in both directions. These houses were built for Draper Company employees. A better...