Box 12

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B72. 1894- 1900. Image depicts the Howard W. Bracken House in Hopedale, Massachusetts, also known as the Lilla (Bancroft) Bracken Pratt House. The house is a substantial two-and-a-half story wood clapboard building with an extension on the right, two visible chimneys, shutters at all the windows, and a front porch that stretches the length of the front and extends on either side. Howard W. Bracken was the husband of Lilla Bancroft and the...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B77. 1898- 1900. Image depicts a stone building with an arched doorway and windows. Viewed from this angle, the library appears to have two floors, with the lower floor partially underground. This is a different view than that seen in Box 3, Folder 2, Item 352, which shows the fountain at the far left (not seen here). The library was donated to the town in 1898 by Joseph Bancroft, a Draper Company executive, in memory of his wife, Sylvia. The...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B78. 1898-1900. Image depicts a stone building with an arched doorway and windows. Viewed from this angle, the library appears to have two floors, with the lower floor partially underground. The fountain seen in Box 3, Folder 2, Item 352 is not visible here and may not have yet been installed. 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...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B83. Summer, 1902. Image depicts a bird's eye view of the area of Hopedale, Massachusetts, from Main to Dutcher streets, taken from a high vantage point, possibly from a Draper Company building. Image shows houses scattered throughout the area with trees interspersed. The distant background appears to be mostly trees. No factory buildings visible in this view. Original photograph by the Draper Company. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B84. 1894-1900. Image depicts a four-story wooden clapboard house, with shutters at all the windows (a few are closed). A porch stretches across the entire front of the house with two sets of steps to the porch. There is a bay window on the left side, with a back porch beyond it. A sign "Park House" sits above the front porch roof. This is most likely a Draper Company boardinghouse, and looks somewhat similar to Hopedale House. There is a small...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B91. ca. 1903. Image depicts an interior view of the Bancroft Memorial Library in Hopedale, Massachusetts A large, circular wooden desk sits in the center, behind which are rows of wooden bookcases, filled with books. Two card catalogs sit on either side of the room. Wooden railings can be seen on each side (sectioning off other rooms?), and the room has wooden arches and columns. There is a large hanging chandelier with eight lamps, plus wall...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B99. 1905? Image depicts a group of two-story brick buildings (although some seem to have at least one floor partially below ground) designed to accommodate two or more families. The buildings' features include multiple chimneys, shutters at each window, and lawns. An open field is in the foreground. There are three children barely visible in the road on the right, and hanging laundry on a clothesline on the left. Prospect Heights was built as...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B107. ca. 1905. Image depicts the end of a row of two-story brick buildings on the left. Another row of buildings can be seen behind it. These buildings were designed to accommodate two or more families. The building features include multiple chimneys, shutters at each window (all the shutters are closed on the end house on the left), and small lawns in front. A freestanding clothesline can be seen in the side yard in the center. Note the multiple...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B112. 1894-1900. Image depicts a four-story wooden clapboard house, with shutters at all the windows (a few are closed). A porch stretches across the entire front of the house with two sets of steps to the porch. There is a bay window on the left side, with a back porch beyond it. A sign "Park House" sits above the front porch roof. This is most likely a Draper Company boardinghouse, and looks somewhat similar to Hopedale House. There is a small...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B124. 1900-1903. Image depicts a view of the interior of an office in the Draper Company, possibly the Foundry Dept. office, given the wooden box stamped "Foundry Dept." under the table on the left. A rolltop desk in the center background is loaded with papers, ledgers, and cubbyholes, also filled with papers. A unit resembling a telephone sits at the edge of the desk, and may be a method of communicating to another office or the dept. floor. The...