Box 3

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.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A408. June 2, 1908. Image depicts the pond viewed from behind a row of birch trees along the shore of the pond. A small building is just visible on the opposite shore. Very similar to Item 406, in this folder, although taken from a different angle. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A412. June 11, 1908. Image depicts a complex of multiple-story buildings viewed from across a body of water. Two smokestacks and a water tower are in the background view and a railroad car sits between the buildings and the water. A grassy area is in the immediate foreground. Based on the image of the Old Shop in Item 418, in this folder, it is difficult to place that building in this view. See Item 419, in this folder, for an almost identical...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A415. June 7, 1908. Image depicts a complex of multiple-story buildings viewed from across what is probably Hopedale Pond. A water tower is in the background and a railroad bridge appears to be in front of the buildings. In the foreground is a grassy area, trees, and a park bench. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25 x 20.25 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A417. June 10, 1908. Image depicts a complex of multiple-story buildings, one with a tower topped with a lightning rod, and another with a smoking chimney, all in the background. In the center left is the Old Shop, a wooden building with a cupola and weathervane; a man is barely visible standing in the doorway. See Item 418, in this folder, for a better view of the Old Shop. An unpaved street is in the foreground; trolley tracks cross the street...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A418. June 10, 1908. Image depicts a single-story wooden building with a cupola and weathervane at the top. A man dressed in suit and tie stands by the door. A railroad bridge can be seen in the background on the right and another wooden building is partially visible on the right. An open field is in the foreground. See also Item 417, in this folder, in which the Old Shop is less visible and which is taken from another angle. 25 x 20.25 cm.