Box 3

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A394. November 29, 1907. Image depicts a view of Hopedale Pond in the distance, as seen from Darling Hill in Hopedale Park, Hopedale, Massachusetts Most of the area in the foreground is trees and brush; there are some houses faintly visible in the distant background on the far shore of the pond. See also Item 395 and Item 396, in this folder. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A395. November 29, 1907. Image depicts a view of Hopedale Pond in the center, as seen from Darling Hill in Hopedale Park, Hopedale, Massachusetts The pond is fairly obscured by the trees and brush in the foreground; beyond the pond is mostly empty land with a few houses scattered here and there. See also Item 394 and Item 396, in this folder. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A396. November 29, 1907. Image depicts a view of Hopedale Pond in the center, as seen from Darling Hill in Hopedale Park, Hopedale, Massachusetts The pond is surrounded by trees and open ground; there are a few houses scattered about in the background. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A397. December 28, 1907. Image depicts a view of the Roper Shop (formally known as C.F. Roper & Co.) building in the background, with part of Hopedale Park in the foreground. The shop is a four-story brick building with a two-story extension on the right. In the foreground is an electric pole with a transformer on it--along with either a police or fire box--at the corner of two streets fronting the park. Two houses can be seen in the left...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A398. December 28, 1907. Image depicts a view of the Roper Shop (formally known as C.F. Roper & Co.) building in the background, with part of Hopedale Park in the foreground. The shop is a four-story brick building with a two-story extension on the right. Two houses can be seen in the left background. Although taken on the same date as Item 397, in this folder, snow is visible on the ground only in this image. C.F. Roper & Co. Operated a...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A399. April 27, 1908. Image depicts Ballou Park, sometimes referred to as Adin Ballou Park, showing trees, bushes, and a bronze statue of Adin Ballou, the founder of the Hopedale Community. The statue was unveiled in October 1900 and is located on the Ballou property; it was the gift of Gen. W. F. Draper. In 1900 the Ballou house was moved from this site and the park established. See Box 12, Folder 3, Item 67 and Box 3, Folder 1, Item 330 for...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A400. May 13, 1908. Image depicts a view of Hopedale Pond, part of the park system in Hopedale, Massachusetts Image is taken from ground level, showing weeds and rushes in the water in the foreground with the pond in the background. Trees on both sides of the pond; a few residences and one chimney (probably from the Draper Company) are barely visible in the distant background. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A401. June 2, 1908. Image depicts a view of an island in Hopedale Pond, part of the park system in Hopedale, Massachusetts Island consists primarily of trees; some bushes on shore visible in lower foreground. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A406. June 2, 1908. Image depicts the pond viewed from behind a screen of trees along the shore of the pond. Very similar to Item 408, in this folder. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A407. June 2, 1908. Image depicts a view looking across the pond. Two chimneys, one smoking quite a bit, are in the distant center background. The chimneys most likely belonged to Draper Company buildings. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.