Box 3

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A346. September 29, 1905. 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 (two are double, the others are single), 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,...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A347. September 29, 1905. Image depicts a group of two-story brick buildings designed to accommodate two or more families. The buildings' features include multiple chimneys, shutters at each window, and lawns. An open field is in the foreground. Prospect Heights was built as housing for Draper Company employees, but most houses in Prospect Heights were brick, as opposed to the wooden housing found in Hopedale, Massachusetts The houses are believed...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A348. September 29, 1905. Image depicts a group of two-story brick buildings designed to accommodate two or more families. The buildings' features include multiple chimneys, shutters at each window, and lawns. An open field is in the foreground. Prospect Heights was built as housing for Draper Company employees, but most houses in Prospect Heights were brick, as opposed to the wooden housing found in Hopedale, Massachusetts The houses are believed...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A349. September 29, 1905. Image depicts a two-story brick building designed to accommodate multiple families. The building is the end unit of what is probably a string of attached townhouses. A street lamp and stone wall are in view along the street. Building features include chimneys and shutters at each window, and some Tudor-style timbers decorating the gable. The building has a small lawn that reaches to the sidewalk in front. Prospect Heights...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A350. September 29, 1905. Image depicts two two-story brick buildings designed to accommodate two or more families. Building features include chimneys and shutters at each window. Each residence has a small lawn that reaches to the sidewalk in front. A grassy field is in the foreground view. The house on the left is a two-family; the house on the right appears to be a multiple-family. Glimpses of similar housing can be seen behind these units....

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A351. May 31, 1906. Image depicts a three-story stone building situated on a street corner. The building was designed by architect Fred Swasey of Milford and built in 1886; it appears to be in the Romanesque style, somewhat similar to that of H. H. Richardson. The building has two chimneys and a gabled roof with decorative ironwork running along the upper edge. There are three entrances at the front; two women and one man pose in front of the...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A352. June 6, 1906. Image depicts a single-story stone building with an arched doorway and windows. The library was donated to the town in 1898 by Joseph Bancroft, a Draper Company executive, in memory of his wife, Sylvia. The building was designed by Boston architect C. Howard Walker. It is constructed of Milford granite, and was modeled after Merton College Chapel at Oxford. On the left are marble sculptures that include an eagle, Greek goddess,...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A355. August 18, 1906. Image depicts a bath house and residential buildings in the distance, viewed from across Hopedale Pond. Two men are in sitting in inner tubes in the water, but most people (including some women) appear to be in canoes. The heads of a few spectators are in the immediate foreground; other spectators can be seen on the dock outside the bath house. 25 x 20.5 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A356. August 18, 1906. Image depicts the start of the boat race at Field Day, with six rowboats, each with two male rowers, lined up to begin the race. Spectators are seated in boats along the shore in foreground and are also seen at the bath house on the opposite shore of Hopedale Pond. Note the two women with parasols in the boat on the right. 25 x 20.5 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A357. August 18, 1906. Image depicts a man jumping over a pole (perhaps four feet high) that spans two side supports. He wears a shirt with the letter B in front. Officials stand by observing his jump. Spectators (mostly men) line both sides of the field. See Item 362, Item 378 and Item 379, in this folder, for other views of the high jump. 25 x 20.5 cm.