Box 12

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists mostly of prints from the glass plate negatives in collection 6612 GPN: Draper Corporation Glass Plate Negatives. Collection 6612 GPN consists of two series: Series A, 5 inch by 7 inch glass plate negatives, approximately 1,500; and Series B, 8 inch by 10 inch glass plate negatives, approximately 2,000. Many of the photographs in Series A depict company outings, or "Field Days." These events were most likely organized by the Draper Company and may have...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists mostly of prints from the glass plate negatives in collection 6612 GPN: Draper Corporation Glass Plate Negatives. Collection 6612 GPN consists of two series: Series A, 5 inch by 7 inch glass plate negatives, approximately 1,500; and Series B, 8 inch by 10 inch glass plate negatives, approximately 2,000. Many of the photographs in Series A depict company outings, or "Field Days." These events were most likely organized by the Draper Company and may have...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists mostly of prints from the glass plate negatives in collection 6612 GPN: Draper Corporation Glass Plate Negatives. Collection 6612 GPN consists of two series: Series A, 5 inch by 7 inch glass plate negatives, approximately 1,500; and Series B, 8 inch by 10 inch glass plate negatives, approximately 2,000. Many of the photographs in Series A depict company outings, or "Field Days." These events were most likely organized by the Draper Company and may have...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists mostly of prints from the glass plate negatives in collection 6612 GPN: Draper Corporation Glass Plate Negatives. Collection 6612 GPN consists of two series: Series A, 5 inch by 7 inch glass plate negatives, approximately 1,500; and Series B, 8 inch by 10 inch glass plate negatives, approximately 2,000. Many of the photographs in Series A depict company outings, or "Field Days." These events were most likely organized by the Draper Company and may have...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists mostly of prints from the glass plate negatives in collection 6612 GPN: Draper Corporation Glass Plate Negatives. Collection 6612 GPN consists of two series: Series A, 5 inch by 7 inch glass plate negatives, approximately 1,500; and Series B, 8 inch by 10 inch glass plate negatives, approximately 2,000. Many of the photographs in Series A depict company outings, or "Field Days." These events were most likely organized by the Draper Company and may have...

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...