Box 12

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,...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B150. May 9, 1903. Image depicts a view of the west side of Hopedale Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts, showing the edge of a residential house on the right and a complex of buildings in the background, two of which are connected by a covered walkway (seen in the center of the photo). Hopedale Street and the street perpendicular to it in the foreground are both unpaved but have sidewalks. Several trees line Hopedale Street. See Item 151, in this...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B151. May 9, 1903. Image depicts a view of the west side of Hopedale Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts, showing a residential house on the left, and what may be a barn building of some sort on the right. In the background on the far right is a brick building that is part of the Draper Company complex. Attached to the barn building is a tall tower with a bell at the top; this may be the old fire tower referred to in the caption on the reverse of...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B154. Image depicts a single-story stone building with an arched doorway and windows. 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 Boston architect C. Howard Walker. It is constructed of Milford granite, and was modeled after Merton College Chapel at Oxford. The marble sculptures and fountain seen in Box 3, Folder 2, Item 352 have apparently...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B156. May 9, 1903. Image depicts a view of the side of Henry Patrick's store in Hopedale, Massachusetts The building is a two-story clapboard, with shutters at some windows and a chimney in the rear. A horse-drawn wagon has been backed up to the door and is loaded with goods; another horse-drawn wagon carrying barrels is in the center of the image. The store was located on the west side of Hopedale Street; the front view of the store would be to...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B159. Image depicts part of the west side of Hopedale Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts, showing a small wooden clapboard house on the right, with shutters and curtains at the windows. In the center background is a small, one-story building that is probably the railroad depot. Railroad cars can be seen behind it. To the left is a horse-drawn carriage and two other horses probably hooked to wagons. What appears to be smoke in the air is probably...