Box 12

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B59. Image depicts a Draper Company horse posed outside the same stone building seen in Item 50, in this folder. The horse is black (or dark colored); his rein is being held by a man on the left, wearing a white shirt, white pants, and a straw hat. He has a mustache but does not appear to be either of the two men seen in Item 50, in this folder. The horse is probably one of the horses owned by the Draper Company for pulling carts and wagons. The...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B61. Image depicts a Draper Company horse posed outside the same stone building (on the right) seen in Item 50, in this folder. The horse is black (or dark colored); posed next to him is a dark-haired man wearing dark pants with suspenders, a white shirt and a very large tie. The horse is probably the same one seen in Item 51 and Item 58, in this folder. The man is the same one as the man seen on the right in Item 50, in this folder. The horse is...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B62. Image depicts a Draper Company horse posed outside the same stone building seen in Item 50, in this folder. The horse is black (or dark colored); his rein is being held by a man on the left, wearing a white shirt and white pants. He holds his straw hat in his right hand, possibly to attract the horse's attention so the horse will pose with his head up. The man has a mustache but does not appear to be either of the two men seen in Item 50, in...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B67. Image depicts Ballou Park, sometimes referred to as Adin Ballou Park, showing flowering trees, bushes, park benches (on either side of the statue and in the left background), 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. In...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B68. Image depicts one man holding the reins of two horses, presumed to be Draper Company horses. Both horses are black or dark colored. The man wears a vest, tie and hat; he has a mustache and dark curly hair. He is probably a cart or wagon driver for Draper. The stone building on the right is unidentified but is possibly the Bancroft Memorial Library. Several residential buildings can be seen in the background. This man can also be seen in Item...

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...