Box 12

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...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B134. May 7, 1903. Image depicts a view of the west side of Hopedale Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts, showing the Draper Company shop and office. It is possible the two-story brick building in the center is the office, but it is unclear. That building, and the two-story building directly behind it with the one-story extension to the left all have striped awnings on some of the windows. Larger factory buildings can be seen behind in the...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B135. May 7, 1903. Image depicts a view of the west side of Hopedale Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts, showing the Draper Company shop, office, and hose house. It is unclear which building is which, although the one-story building on the right with the striped awnings may be the office. There is a one-story wooden clapboard building with a tower in the center left; in the background are several three- and four-story brick buildings, all part of...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B136. May 7, 1903. Image depicts a view of the west side of Hopedale Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts, showing two residential houses on the left, behind which are Draper Company buildings. Both houses are two-story wooden clapboard buildings with shutters at all the windows; the house nearer the center has an open front porch. Behind the two houses on the right is a three-story building with a tall smokestack, part of the Draper Company complex....

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B145. Image depicts a view of the interior of the Draper Company Screw Shop, showing two male workers at work. Machines line the left-hand wall, and large windows provide illumination. Hanging lamps provide more light if needed. There appears to be sawdust on the floor. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms, and manufactured some, if not all of the parts, including screws. See Item 147, in this folder, for a view of...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B147. Image depicts a view of the interior of the Draper Company Screw Shop. Machines line the left-hand wall, and large windows provide illumination, although the two closest windows appear to have been blocked with paper or some other material. Hanging lamps provide more light if needed. There appears to be sawdust on the floor. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms, and manufactured some, if not all of the parts,...