Box 12

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B175. Image depicts a stone church with a tower in front (hidden behind trees), and an extension to the right. Trees and grass surround the church. The church is located at 65 Hopedale Street; the unpaved street can be seen in the foreground. The parish was formed October 2, 1867. The church building was erected through the generosity of Eben S. Draper and George Albert Draper in memory of their father and mother. Dedication services for the...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B177. May 16, 1903. Image depicts a view of the Draper Company shop, although it is unknown if this is the temple shop or another department of the company. The building is a wood clapboard building, and appears to be four stories tall. A covered walkway on the left connects it to a brick building seen on the far left. A horse hooked to an empty buggy stands on tree-shaded Hopedale Street. Grass and open space is in the foreground. The Draper...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B178. May 16, 1903. Image depicts a view of the west side of Hopedale Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts, showing the Draper Company office. It is possible the two-story brick building in the center is the office, but it is unclear; the two-story building directly behind it with the one-story extension to the left may all be part of the office. Both buildings have striped awnings on some of the windows. Larger factory buildings can be seen behind...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B179. Image depicts a view of the west side of Hopedale Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts, showing a number of Draper Company buildings. There is a one-story wooden clapboard building with a tower in the center; the tower is hidden behind trees. In the background are several three- and four-story brick buildings, all part of the Draper Company complex. The sign on the pole in front of the wooden clapboard building reads: "Private Property. Do No...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B180. May 16, 1903. Image depicts a view of the west side of Hopedale Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts, between Social and Union streets. Several residential houses can be seen, partially hidden by the trees lining Hopedale Street. Behind them on the right can be seen a three-story building belonging to the Draper Company. The streets are unpaved but have sidewalks. Some open space with grass is in the foreground. See Box 12, Folder 4, Item 164...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B181. May 28, 1903. Image depicts a view of a chain warper manufactured by the Draper Company of Hopedale, Massachusetts The warper has been photographed against a sheet to set it off from other machinery on the floor. A warper is any machine for preparing and arranging the yarns intended for the warp of a fabric. A ball warper, for instance, is a machine for winding off yarn from a large number of packages and coiling it as a loose rope into a...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B182. May 28, 1903. Image depicts a view of a chain warper manufactured by the Draper Company of Hopedale, Massachusetts The warper has been photographed against a sheet to set it off from other machinery on the floor. A warper is any machine for preparing and arranging the yarns intended for the warp of a fabric. A ball warper, for instance, is a machine for winding off yarn from a large number of packages and coiling it as a loose rope into a...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B188. June 1, 1903. Image depicts a view of the east side of Dutcher Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts The house on the right is a substantial two-and-a-half story building, most likely a two-family (note the two sets of steps in the front). The house beyond it is smaller and may be a single family. Beyond that house is a series of connected townhouses, probably multi-family. All are wood clapboard buildings. All have large expansive lawns in...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B189. June 1, 1903. Image depicts a view of the side of a house on the east side of Dutcher Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts The house is a two-and-a-half story wood clapboard building with shutters on all the windows. The porch in the front (on the left) is covered with ivy or a climbing vine. An expansive lawn surrounds the house; a freestanding clothesline is in the side yard, in front of a much smaller house or storage building. A dog lays on...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B190. Image depicts a line of houses in Prospect Heights, Milford, Massachusetts The first in the line is a series of connected townhouses, with eight total entrances. The next house appears to be detached (there are two small children in front of it), and then a second set of connected townhouses, with a detached house beyond that, etc. These are two-story brick buildings designed to accommodate multiple families. These buildings feature...