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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.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A358. August 18, 1906. Image depicts men crawling into tubes of fabric that lay on the ground. Once at the far end, they need to stand up, fully enveloped in the tube, and make their way to the next obstacle or to a finish line. One man is fully enveloped and partially upright; two are in the middle of crawling through the tubes; one is just entering a tube. Officials and spectators (men and women) look on. See also Item 360, Item 376 and Item...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A359. August 18, 1906. Image depicts men playing their field positions and a batter in place. A few spectators look on from beneath trees on the sideline on the right, barely visible. The field is large and well maintained. Residential houses are visible In the background. Founders of the Draper Company, brothers George and Ebenezer Draper were responsible for creating an integrated, planned community with innovative employee housing and...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A360. Another Obstacle Race challenge, Field Day, Hopedale, Massachusetts Gelatin silver print, [1974], from a glass plate negative, August 18, 1906. Image depicts another part of the obstacle race: men climbing through wooden barrels and then across a series of ropes hanging above the ground from a wooden frame. Officials and spectators look on. See also Item 358, Item 376 and Item 377, in this folder. 25 x 20.5 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A361. High Kick, Field Day, Hopedale, Massachusetts Gelatin silver print, [1974], from a glass plate negative, August 18, 1906. Image depicts a man in mid-air kicking right leg upward to hit an object hanging from a wooden frame. Officials and spectators look on. See Item 374, in this folder, for an almost identical view. 25 x 20.5 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A362. August 18, 1906. Image depicts a man attempting to jump over a pole (about 4.5 feet high) that spans two side supports. Officials stand by observing his jump. Spectators line both sides of the field. See Item 357, Item 378 and Item 379, in this folder, for other views of the high jump. 25 x 20.5 cm.