Box 12

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2246. July 1, 1919. Image depicts a close-up of a sliding feeler for cops. A feeler is a device on a loom designed to transfer a full bobbin to the shuttle before the old one is entirely emptied. The feeler projects into the shuttle from the side and feels the yarn on the bobbin. When the bobbin is approaching emptiness, the feeler actuates the transfer motion and replaces the bobbin. A cop is a yarn package. The Draper Corporation manufactured...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2259. August 9, 1919. Image depicts groups of men, women, and children gathering at the baseball field for the event, most likely arranged by the Draper Corporation. Everyone is dressed in "Sunday best" and a few children in the right foreground are carrying balloons. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2260. August [9], 1919. Image depicts groups of men, women, and children gathering at the baseball field for the event, most likely arranged by the Draper Corporation. Everyone is dressed in "Sunday best." Four male runners have begun the race, starting in the left center background (shallow left field). Since the field is encircled with poles and rope, the runners apparently run a circuit around the field for a mile. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2261. August 9, 1919. Image depicts a group of 36 men posed in an outside setting. Some are dressed in police (?) uniforms, some in suits and ties, and some in white shirts and ties. Each is wearing a ribbon or medal, signifying receipt of an honor or award. The ribbons read in part "Hopedale Annual Field Day Draper Corporation." The Draper Corporation hosted annual Field Days for its employees every August. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2266. September 1919. Image depicts the Adin Ballou House on Dutcher Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts The house is a two-story wooden house with two chimneys, and both front and back doors. A wrap-around porch and set of steps join the front entry with a walkway to the sidewalk and street. Shrubs and climbing vines surround the porch and house. Ballou (1803-1890) was a prominent proponent of pacifism, socialism and abolitionism, and the founder...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2267. September 1919. Image depicts a two-story wood-shingled house plus attic. Shutters are at each window and a wrap-around porch and set of steps join the front entry with a walkway to the sidewalk and street. Shrubs and climbing vines surround the porch and house. No information could be found about who Dr. Osborn (or Osborne) was. Original photograph by the Draper Corporation. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2268. September 1919. Image depicts a two-story wood-shingled house with front porch and steps to front door. Corner view shows side of house with a set of back steps leading to a grassy yard. Other homes are in the background. These houses were built for Draper Corporation employees. Tenements in this context simply means employee housing and not the "slum" housing usually thought of in reference to the word tenements. Draper Company founders,...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2269. September 1919. Image depicts the Park Street School, a three-story brick building (the lower story is partially underground), with a cupola and three gable windows in the attic. The school was built on Park Street in 1914. A flagpole stands to the side of the school. Original photograph by the Draper Corporation. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2270. September 1919. Image depicts a two-story wood-shingled house plus attic, located at 106 Dutcher Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts Shutters are at each window and a wrap-around porch and set of steps join the front entry with a walkway to the sidewalk and street. Only the center entrance of the porch is roofed however; the rest of the porch is open to show bay windows on either side of the front door. Shrubs surround the porch and house....

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2271. September 1919. Image depicts a two-story wood-shingled house with attic. The house features a pitched roof and four bay windows on the front. Two entryways are connected by walkways to the sidewalk and street, indicating this was a two-family building. Shrubs and plants surround the house. A set of back steps is in view on one side of the house. This house was built for Draper Corporation employees. Tenements in this context simply means...